Robert Wachter, MD

Professor

Robert M. Wachter, MD is Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). In 2022, the Department was ranked the best internal medicine department in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Wachter is author of 300 articles and 6 books. He coined the term “hospitalist” in 1996 and is often considered the “father” of the hospitalist field, the fastest growing medical specialty in the U.S. history. He is past president of the Society of Hospital Medicine and past chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He has written two books on safety and quality, including Understanding Patient Safety, the world’s top selling safety primer. His 2015 book, The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age, was a New York Times science bestseller. In 2004, he received the John M. Eisenberg Award, the nation’s top honor in patient safety. Thirteen times, Modern Healthcare magazine has ranked him as one of the 50 most influential physician-executives in the U.S.; he was #1 on the list in 2015. He is a Master of the American College of Physicians and an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. In 2020-23, his tweets on Covid-19 were viewed over 500 million times by 275,000 followers and served as a trusted source of information on the pandemic. In 2024, he chaired groups examining the impact of AI on patient safety (for the Lucian Leape Institute of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement) and on health professions education (for the Josiah Macy Foundation).
Education
2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars, 1990 - Health Policy, Ethics, Epidemiology, Stanford University
Chief Resident, 1988 - Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Residency, 1986 - Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
M.D., 1983 - School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
B.A., 1979 - Political Science/Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Honors and Awards
  • Board of Directors, Josiah Macy Foundation, 2024-now
  • MACP (Master of the ACP), American College of Physicians, 2020
  • Elected Member, National Academy of Medicine, 2020
  • Chair of Int'l Advisory Board, The Healthcare Improvement Studies (THIS) Institute, Univ of Cambridge, 2019-2023
  • Holly Smith Distinguished Professor in Science and Medicine, UCSF, 2017
  • Commencement Speaker, Univ of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2017
  • #1 Most Influential Physician-Executive in the United States, Modern Healthcare magazine, 2015
  • "The Digital Doctor" on the Science Bestseller List, The New York Times, 2015
  • Alumni of the Year award, Univ of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2015
  • Chair of the Board, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2013-2014
  • Neilson Distinguished Professor Award (leadership of specialty medicine in US), Assoc of Specialty Professors of Medicine, 2011
  • US-UK Fulbright Scholar (study at Imperial College London), Fulbright Commission, 2011
  • Master of Hospital Medicine, Society of Hospital Medicine, 2010
  • Holly Smith Award for exceptional service to School of Medicine, UCSF, 2008
  • Named one of 50 most influential physician-executives in US (each year), Modern Healthcare magazine, 2007-2018
  • Benioff Endowed Chair in Hospital Medicine, 2007
  • John M Eisenberg Award (nation's top honor in patient safety), National Quality Forum/Joint Commission, 2004
  • First elected president, Society of Hospital Medicine, 2000
  • Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award, UCSF, 1996
Publications

  1. Judson TJ, Lo L, Demko JE, Mourad M, Liu KD, Wachter RM, Lopez I, Tummalapalli SL. Addressing Inpatient Hyponatremia Through Targeted Automatic E-consults: A Pilot Randomized Trial. 2024. PMID: 39438379


  2. Santhosh L, Rosenstein LA, Wachter RM. Revitalizing grand rounds in the time of COVID. 2024. PMID: 39363156


  4. Patel R, Dani SS, Khadke S, Kumar A, Ahmad J, Saji AM, Shah J, Mehta N, Wener K, McQuillen DP, Abraham G, Faust J, Maley J, Patel S, Mullington J, Wachter RM, Mosenthal A, Sax PE, Ganatra S. Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir for Acute COVID-19 in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease and Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection. 2024. PMID: 39081650


  5. Adler-Milstein J, Redelmeier DA, Wachter RM. The Limits of Clinician Vigilance as an AI Safety Bulwark. 2024. PMID: 38483397


  6. Park HJ, Gonsalves GS, Tan ST, Kelly JD, Rutherford GW, Wachter RM, Schechter R, Paltiel AD, Lo NC. Comparing frequency of booster vaccination to prevent severe COVID-19 by risk group in the United States. 2024. PMID: 38448400


  9. Kulkarni SA, Wachter RM. The Hospitalist Movement 25 Years Later. 2023. PMID: 37802086


  12. Ganatra S, Dani SS, Ahmad J, Kumar A, Shah J, Abraham GM, McQuillen DP, Wachter RM, Sax PE. Oral Nirmatrelvir and Ritonavir in Non-hospitalized Vaccinated Patients with Covid-19. 2022. PMID: 35986628


  14. Wachter RM. Nailing the nuance on COVID-19. 2022. PMID: 35857614


  15. James CA, Wachter RM, Woolliscroft JO. Preparing Clinicians for a Clinical World Influenced by Artificial Intelligence. 2022. PMID: 35311917


  16. Lyles CR, Wachter RM, Sarkar U. Focusing on Digital Health Equity. 2021. PMID: 34677577


  17. Judson TJ, Mourad M, Wachter RM. Building a Targeted Automatic e-Consult (TACo) Program. 2021. PMID: 34933816


  18. Schaffer AC, Yu-Moe CW, Babayan A, Wachter RM, Einbinder JS. Rates and Characteristics of Medical Malpractice Claims Against Hospitalists. 2021. PMID: 34197302


  22. Dzeng E, Wachter RM. Ethics in Conflict: Moral Distress as a Root Cause of Burnout. Volume 35 of Issue 2. 2020. PMID: 31667744


  23. Berger A, Matloubian M, Shah NP, Wachter RM, DeRisi JL, Anderson M. The Molecular Medicine Investigation Unit: Linking Patient Care and Scientific Inquiry in Physician-Scientist Training. Volume 12 of Issue 1. 2020. PMID: 32089799


  24. Sankaran S, Andrews JP, Chicas M, Wachter RM, Berger MS. Patient safety movement in neurological surgery: the current state and future directions. 2019. PMID: 31585429


  25. Ray JM, Ratwani RM, Sinsky CA, Frankel RM, Friedberg MW, Powsner SM, Rosenthal DI, Wachter RM, Melnick ER. Six habits of highly successful health information technology: powerful strategies for design and implementation. Volume 26 of Issue 10. 2019. PMID: 31265064


  27. Nundy S, Montgomery T, Wachter RM. Promoting Trust Between Patients and Physicians in the Era of Artificial Intelligence. 2019. PMID: 31305873


  29. Emanuel EJ, Wachter RM. Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Will the Value Match the Hype? Volume 321 of Issue 23. 2019. PMID: 31107500


  30. Wachter RM, Murray SG, Adler-Milstein J. Restricting the Number of Open Patient Records in the Electronic Health Record: Is the Record Half Open or Half Closed? Volume 321 of Issue 18. 2019. PMID: 31087007


  31. Gandhi TK, Kaplan GS, Leape L, Berwick DM, Edgman-Levitan S, Edmondson A, Meyer GS, Michaels D, Morath JM, Vincent C, Wachter R. Transforming concepts in patient safety: a progress report. Volume 27 of Issue 12. 2018. PMID: 30018115


  32. Wachter RM, Howell MD. Resolving the Productivity Paradox of Health Information Technology: A Time for Optimism. Volume 320 of Issue 1. 2018. PMID: 29813165


  33. Wachter RM, Gupta K.. Understanding Patient Safety, 3rd Edition 2018. PMID:


  34. Patel H, Fang MC, Mourad M, Green A, Wachter RM, Murphy RD, Harrison JD. Hospitalist and Internal Medicine Leaders' Perspectives of Early Discharge Challenges at Academic Medical Centers. Volume 13 of Issue 6. 2017. PMID: 29240850


  35. Sarkar U, McDonald K, Motala A, Smith P, Zipperer L, Wachter RM, Shanman R, Shekelle PG. Pragmatic Insights on Patient Safety Priorities and Intervention Strategies in Ambulatory Settings. Volume 43 of Issue 12. 2017. PMID: 29173287


  36. Uphaus T, Grings A, Gröschel S, Müller A, Weber-Krüger M, Wachter R, Gröschel K. Automatic detection of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients with ischaemic stroke: better than routine diagnostic workup? Volume 24 of Issue 7. 2017. PMID: 28503795


  37. Armstrong K, Anderson ME, Carethers JM, Loscalzo J, Parmacek MS, Wachter RM, Zeidel ML. International Exchange and American Medicine. Volume 376 of Issue 19. 2017. PMID: 28146413


  38. Gupta R, Moriates C, Harrison JD, Valencia V, Ong M, Clarke R, Steers N, Hays RD, Braddock CH, Wachter R. Development of a high-value care culture survey: a modified Delphi process and psychometric evaluation. Volume 26 of Issue 6. 2016. PMID: 27798226


  39. Pannick S, Wachter RM, Vincent C, Sevdalis N. Rethinking medical ward quality. Volume 355. 2016. PMID: 27756729


  40. Wachter RM. Measurement, Certification, and Quality: Meeting Enduring Challenges with Modern Tools. Volume 123 of Issue 9 Suppl. 2016. PMID: 27550005


  41. Schoenfeld AJ, Wachter RM. The Search for Better Patient Handoff Tools. Volume 176 of Issue 9. 2016. PMID: 27479543


  42. Wachter RM, Goldman L. Zero to 50,000 - The 20th Anniversary of the Hospitalist. Volume 375 of Issue 11. 2016. PMID: 27508924


  44. Gupta K, Wachter RM, Kachalia A. Financial incentives and mortality: taking pay for performance a step too far. Volume 26 of Issue 2. 2016. PMID: 26893513


  45. Young JQ, Wachter RM, Ten Cate O, O'Sullivan PS, Irby DM. Advancing the next generation of handover research and practice with cognitive load theory. Volume 25 of Issue 2. 2016. PMID: 26786521


  46. Hoffman A, Hatefi A, Wachter R. Hospitalists, value and the future. Volume 3 of Issue 1. 2016. PMID: 31098182


  47. Khanna RR, Wachter RM, Blum M. Reimagining Electronic Clinical Communication in the Post-Pager, Smartphone Era. Volume 315 of Issue 1. 2016. PMID: 26746450


  48. Murray SG, Wachter RM, Cho KC, Dhaliwal G. CLINICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING. A Breakthrough Diagnosis. Volume 373 of Issue 19. 2015. PMID: 26535516


  49. Pannick S, Davis R, Ashrafian H, Byrne BE, Beveridge I, Athanasiou T, Wachter RM, Sevdalis N. Effects of Interdisciplinary Team Care Interventions on General Medical Wards: A Systematic Review. Volume 175 of Issue 8. 2015. PMID: 26076428


  50. Wachter RM. Hospital medicine in 2015: Remarkable successes and a crucial crossroads. Volume 10 of Issue 12. 2015. PMID: 26097222


  51. Wachter RM, Kerbel RB, Aung KK. Interview of Robert M. Wachter, MD. Volume 3 of Issue 2. 2015. PMID: 26179733


  52. Wachter R, Wehrwein P. A Conversation With Robert Wachter, MD. Reality Bytes: Medicine's Bumpy Ride Into the Digital Age. Volume 24 of Issue 5. 2015. PMID: 26117963


  54. Coronini-Cronberg S, Bixby H, Laverty AA, Wachter RM, Millett C. English National Health Service's savings plan may have helped reduce the use of three 'low-value' procedures. Volume 34 of Issue 3. 2015. PMID: 25732487


  55. Austin JM, Jha AK, Romano PS, Singer SJ, Vogus TJ, Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ. National hospital ratings systems share few common scores and may generate confusion instead of clarity. Volume 34 of Issue 3. 2015. PMID: 25732492


  56. Güder G, Gelbrich G, Edelmann F, Wachter R, Pieske B, Pankuweit S, Maisch B, Prettin C, Brenner S, Morbach C, Berliner D, Deubner N, Ertl G, Angermann CE, Störk S. Reverse epidemiology in different stages of heart failure. Volume 184. 2015. PMID: 25710785


  57. McTiernan P, Wachter RM, Meyer GS, Gandhi TK. Patient safety is not elective: a debate at the NPSF Patient Safety Congress. Volume 24 of Issue 2. 2014. PMID: 25411320


  58. Pannick S, Beveridge I, Wachter RM, Sevdalis N. Improving the quality and safety of care on the medical ward: A review and synthesis of the evidence base. Volume 25 of Issue 10. 2014. PMID: 25457434


  59. Moriates C, Mourad M, Novelero M, Wachter RM. Development of a hospital-based program focused on improving healthcare value. Volume 9 of Issue 10. 2014. PMID: 24980982


  60. Liao JM, Wachter RM. Grading residents' clinical performance: unique opportunities and challenges. Volume 29 of Issue 7. 2014. PMID: 24706098


  61. Wachter RM. Hospitalist workload: the search for the magic number. Volume 174 of Issue 5. 2014. PMID: 24686774


  63. Austin JM, D'Andrea G, Birkmeyer JD, Leape LL, Milstein A, Pronovost PJ, Romano PS, Singer SJ, Vogus TJ, Wachter RM. Safety in numbers: the development of Leapfrog's composite patient safety score for U.S. hospitals. Volume 10 of Issue 1. 2014. PMID: 24080719


  64. Dalton AR, Vamos EP, Harris MJ, Netuveli G, Wachter RM, Majeed A, Millett C. Impact of universal health insurance coverage on hypertension management: a cross-national study in the United States and England. Volume 9 of Issue 1. 2014. PMID: 24416171


  66. Driver TH, Katz PP, Trupin L, Wachter RM. Responding to clinicians who fail to follow patient safety practices: perceptions of physicians, nurses, trainees, and patients. Volume 9 of Issue 2. 2013. PMID: 24343947


  67. Berger MS, Wachter RM, Greysen SR, Lau CY. Changing our culture to advance patient safety: the 2013 AANS Presidential Address. Volume 119 of Issue 6. 2013. PMID: 24289847


  68. Wachter RM. Observation status for hospitalized patients: a maddening policy begging for revision. Volume 173 of Issue 21. 2013. PMID: 23835681


  70. Auerbach AD, Wachter RM. Focusing on value: this time is different. Volume 8 of Issue 9. 2013. PMID: 23955925


  71. Pronovost PJ, Wachter RM. Progress in patient safety: a glass fuller than it seems. Volume 29 of Issue 2. 2013. PMID: 23939487


  72. Cowling TE, Cecil EV, Soljak MA, Lee JT, Millett C, Majeed A, Wachter RM, Harris MJ. Access to primary care and visits to emergency departments in England: a cross-sectional, population-based study. Volume 8 of Issue 6. 2013. PMID: 23776694


  73. Rennke S, Nguyen OK, Shoeb MH, Magan Y, Wachter RM, Ranji SR. Hospital-initiated transitional care interventions as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review. Volume 158 of Issue 5 Pt 2. 2013. PMID: 23460101


  74. Wachter RM, Pronovost P, Shekelle P. Strategies to improve patient safety: the evidence base matures. Volume 158 of Issue 5 Pt 1. 2013. PMID: 23460060


  75. Shekelle PG, Pronovost PJ, Wachter RM, McDonald KM, Schoelles K, Dy SM, Shojania K, Reston JT, Adams AS, Angood PB, Bates DW, Bickman L, Carayon P, Donaldson L, Duan N, Farley DO, Greenhalgh T, Haughom JL, Lake E, Lilford R, Lohr KN, Meyer GS, Miller MR, Neuhauser DV, Ryan G, Saint S, Shortell SM, Stevens DP, Walshe K. The top patient safety strategies that can be encouraged for adoption now. Volume 158 of Issue 5 Pt 2. 2013. PMID: 23460091


  76. Shekelle PG, Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ, Schoelles K, McDonald KM, Dy SM, Shojania K, Reston J, Berger Z, Johnsen B, Larkin JW, Lucas S, Martinez K, Motala A, Newberry SJ, Noble M, Pfoh E, Ranji SR, Rennke S, Schmidt E, Shanman R, Sullivan N, Sun F, Tipton K, Treadwell JR, Tsou A, Vaiana ME, Weaver SJ, Wilson R, Winters BD. Making health care safer II: an updated critical analysis of the evidence for patient safety practices. of Issue 211. 2013. PMID: 24423049


  77. Wachter RM, Verghese AC. Attending physicians on ward rounds--reply. Volume 309 of Issue 4. 2013. PMID: 23340628


  78. Hwa M, Sharpe BA, Wachter RM. Development and implementation of a balanced scorecard in an academic hospitalist group. Volume 8 of Issue 3. 2013. PMID: 23335279


  79. Graber ML, Wachter RM, Cassel CK. Bringing diagnosis into the quality and safety equations. Volume 308 of Issue 12. 2012. PMID: 23011708


  80. Wachter RM. Disciplining doctors for misconduct: character matters, but so does competence. Volume 21 of Issue 12. 2012. PMID: 22996570


  81. Wachter RM, Verghese A. The attending physician on the wards: finding a new homeostasis. Volume 308 of Issue 10. 2012. PMID: 22968883


  82. Lyndon A, Sexton JB, Simpson KR, Rosenstein A, Lee KA, Wachter RM. Predictors of likelihood of speaking up about safety concerns in labour and delivery. Volume 21 of Issue 9. 2012. PMID: 22927492


  83. Wachter RM. Personal accountability in healthcare: searching for the right balance. Volume 22 of Issue 2. 2012. PMID: 22942398


  84. Nelson JR, Wellikson L, Wachter RM. Specialty hospitalists: analyzing an emerging phenomenon. Volume 307 of Issue 16. 2012. PMID: 22535853


  85. Greaves F, Pape UJ, King D, Darzi A, Majeed A, Wachter RM, Millett C. Associations between Internet-based patient ratings and conventional surveys of patient experience in the English NHS: an observational study. Volume 21 of Issue 7. 2012. PMID: 22523318


  86. Laverty AA, Smith PC, Pape UJ, Mears A, Wachter RM, Millett C. High-profile investigations into hospital safety problems in England did not prompt patients to switch providers. Volume 31 of Issue 3. 2012. PMID: 22392671


  87. Greaves F, Pape UJ, King D, Darzi A, Majeed A, Wachter RM, Millett C. Associations between Web-based patient ratings and objective measures of hospital quality. Volume 172 of Issue 5. 2012. PMID: 22331980


  88. Wachter RM, Bell D. Renaissance of hospital generalists. Volume 344. 2012. PMID: 22331278


  89. Wachter RM.. Understanding Patient Safety 2012. PMID:


  90. Auerbach AD, Sehgal NL, Blegen MA, Maselli J, Alldredge BK, Vittinghoff E, Wachter RM. Effects of a multicentre teamwork and communication programme on patient outcomes: results from the Triad for Optimal Patient Safety (TOPS) project. Volume 21 of Issue 2. 2011. PMID: 22069113


  91. Driver TH, Wachter RM. Can healthcare go from good to great? Volume 7 of Issue 1. 2011. PMID: 21997854


  92. Schmaltz SP, Williams SC, Chassin MR, Loeb JM, Wachter RM. Hospital performance trends on national quality measures and the association with Joint Commission accreditation. Volume 6 of Issue 8. 2011. PMID: 21990175


  93. Young JQ, Ranji SR, Wachter RM, Lee CM, Niehaus B, Auerbach AD. "July effect": impact of the academic year-end changeover on patient outcomes: a systematic review. Volume 155 of Issue 5. 2011. PMID: 21747093


  94. Young JQ, Pringle Z, Wachter RM. Improving follow-up of high-risk psychiatry outpatients at resident year-end transfer. Volume 37 of Issue 7. 2011. PMID: 21819028


  95. Taylor SL, Dy S, Foy R, Hempel S, McDonald KM, Ovretveit J, Pronovost PJ, Rubenstein LV, Wachter RM, Shekelle PG. What context features might be important determinants of the effectiveness of patient safety practice interventions? Volume 20 of Issue 7. 2011. PMID: 21617166


  96. Dy SM, Taylor SL, Carr LH, Foy R, Pronovost PJ, Ovretveit J, Wachter RM, Rubenstein LV, Hempel S, McDonald KM, Shekelle PG. A framework for classifying patient safety practices: results from an expert consensus process. Volume 20 of Issue 7. 2011. PMID: 21610267


  97. Shekelle PG, Pronovost PJ, Wachter RM, Taylor SL, Dy SM, Foy R, Hempel S, McDonald KM, Ovretveit J, Rubenstein LV, Adams AS, Angood PB, Bates DW, Bickman L, Carayon P, Donaldson L, Duan N, Farley DO, Greenhalgh T, Haughom J, Lake ET, Lilford R, Lohr KN, Meyer GS, Miller MR, Neuhauser DV, Ryan G, Saint S, Shojania KG, Shortell SM, Stevens DP, Walshe K. Advancing the science of patient safety. Volume 154 of Issue 10. 2011. PMID: 21576538


  99. Lyndon A, Zlatnik MG, Wachter RM. Effective physician-nurse communication: a patient safety essential for labor and delivery. Volume 205 of Issue 2. 2011. PMID: 21640970


  100. Ovretveit JC, Shekelle PG, Dy SM, McDonald KM, Hempel S, Pronovost P, Rubenstein L, Taylor SL, Foy R, Wachter RM. How does context affect interventions to improve patient safety? An assessment of evidence from studies of five patient safety practices and proposals for research. Volume 20 of Issue 7. 2011. PMID: 21493589


  101. Sehgal NL, Fox M, Sharpe BA, Vidyarthi AR, Blegen M, Wachter RM. Critical conversations: a call for a nonprocedural "time out". Volume 6 of Issue 4. 2011. PMID: 21480495


  103. Wachter RM. The hospitalist field turns 15: new opportunities and challenges. Volume 6 of Issue 4. 2011. PMID: 21480487


  104. Allaudeen N, Schnipper JL, Orav EJ, Wachter RM, Vidyarthi AR. Inability of providers to predict unplanned readmissions. Volume 26 of Issue 7. 2011. PMID: 21399994


  105. Alper EJ, Wachter RM. Commentary: Medical malpractice and patient safety: tear down that wall! Volume 86 of Issue 3. 2011. PMID: 21346433


  106. Sehgal NL, Sharpe BA, Auerbach AA, Wachter RM. Investing in the future: building an academic hospitalist faculty development program. Volume 6 of Issue 3. 2011. PMID: 21387552


  107. Foy R, Ovretveit J, Shekelle PG, Pronovost PJ, Taylor SL, Dy S, Hempel S, McDonald KM, Rubenstein LV, Wachter RM. The role of theory in research to develop and evaluate the implementation of patient safety practices. Volume 20 of Issue 5. 2011. PMID: 21317181


  108. Auerbach AD, Wachter RM, Cheng HQ, Maselli J, McDermott M, Vittinghoff E, Berger MS. Comanagement of surgical patients between neurosurgeons and hospitalists. Volume 170 of Issue 22. 2010. PMID: 21149758


  109. Blegen MA, Sehgal NL, Alldredge BK, Gearhart S, Auerbach AA, Wachter RM. Republished paper: Improving safety culture on adult medical units through multidisciplinary teamwork and communication interventions: the TOPS Project. Volume 86 of Issue 1022. 2010. PMID: 21106808


  110. Wachter RM. Why diagnostic errors don't get any respect--and what can be done about them. Volume 29 of Issue 9. 2010. PMID: 20820015


  111. Blegen MA, Sehgal NL, Alldredge BK, Gearhart S, Auerbach AA, Wachter RM. Improving safety culture on adult medical units through multidisciplinary teamwork and communication interventions: the TOPS Project. Volume 19 of Issue 4. 2010. PMID: 20693223


  112. Goeschel CA, Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ. Responsibility for quality improvement and patient safety: hospital board and medical staff leadership challenges. Volume 138 of Issue 1. 2010. PMID: 20605815


  113. Chassin MR, Loeb JM, Schmaltz SP, Wachter RM. Accountability measures--using measurement to promote quality improvement. Volume 363 of Issue 7. 2010. PMID: 20573915


  114. Mookherjee S, Vidyarthi AR, Ranji SR, Maselli J, Wachter RM, Baron RB. Potential unintended consequences due to Medicare's "no pay for errors" rule? A randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention with internal medicine residents. Volume 25 of Issue 10. 2010. PMID: 20532660


  115. Kneeland PP, Kneeland C, Wachter RM. Bleeding talent: a lesson from industry on embracing physician workforce challenges. Volume 5 of Issue 5. 2010. PMID: 20533581


  116. Wachter RM. The relationship between hospitalists and primary care physicians. Volume 152 of Issue 7. 2010. PMID: 20368658


  117. Vasilevskis EE, Knebel RJ, Dudley RA, Wachter RM, Auerbach AD. Cross-sectional analysis of hospitalist prevalence and quality of care in California. Volume 5 of Issue 4. 2010. PMID: 20394024


  118. Sehgal NL, Green A, Vidyarthi AR, Blegen MA, Wachter RM. Patient whiteboards as a communication tool in the hospital setting: a survey of practices and recommendations. Volume 5 of Issue 4. 2010. PMID: 20394030


  119. Wachter RM. Understanding the new vocabulary of healthcare reform. Volume 5 of Issue 4. 2010. PMID: 20394023


  120. Wachter R. Patient safety at 10 years: how far have we come? What's next? Volume 26 of Issue 3. 2010. PMID: 20387299


  122. Wachter RM. Patient safety at ten: unmistakable progress, troubling gaps. Volume 29 of Issue 1. 2009. PMID: 19952010


  123. Pronovost PJ, Miller MR, Wachter RM, Meyer GS. Perspective: Physician leadership in quality. Volume 84 of Issue 12. 2009. PMID: 19940567


  125. Vasilevskis EE, Knebel RJ, Wachter RM, Auerbach AD. California hospital leaders' views of hospitalists: meeting needs of the present and future. Volume 4 of Issue 9. 2009. PMID: 20013852


  126. Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ. Balancing "no blame" with accountability in patient safety. Volume 361 of Issue 14. 2009. PMID: 19797289


  127. Mazotti LA, Vidyarthi AR, Wachter RM, Auerbach AD, Katz PP. Impact of duty-hour restriction on resident inpatient teaching. Volume 4 of Issue 8. 2009. PMID: 19824096


  130. Wachter RM, Holmboe ES. Diagnostic errors and patient safety. Volume 302 of Issue 3. 2009. PMID: 19602685


  131. Sarkar U, Wachter RM, Schroeder SA, Schillinger D. Refocusing the lens: patient safety in ambulatory chronic disease care. Volume 35 of Issue 7. 2009. PMID: 19634806


  132. Wachter RM. Growth in care provided by hospitalists. Volume 360 of Issue 26. 2009. PMID: 19553655


  133. Lee JH, Vidyarthi AR, Sehgal NL, Auerbach AD, Wachter RM. I-CaRe: a case review tool focused on improving inpatient care. Volume 35 of Issue 2. 2009. PMID: 19241732


  134. Sehgal NL, Fox M, Vidyarthi AR, Sharpe BA, Gearhart S, Bookwalter T, Barker J, Alldredge BK, Blegen MA, Wachter RM. A multidisciplinary teamwork training program: the Triad for Optimal Patient Safety (TOPS) experience. Volume 23 of Issue 12. 2008. PMID: 18830769


  135. Wachter RM, Flanders SA, Fee C, Pronovost PJ. Public reporting of antibiotic timing in patients with pneumonia: lessons from a flawed performance measure. Volume 149 of Issue 1. 2008. PMID: 18591635


  136. Bottle A, Millett C, Xie Y, Saxena S, Wachter RM, Majeed A. Quality of primary care and hospital admissions for diabetes mellitus in England. Volume 31 of Issue 3. 2008. PMID: 18574381


  137. Pronovost PJ, Goeschel CA, Wachter RM. The wisdom and justice of not paying for "preventable complications". Volume 299 of Issue 18. 2008. PMID: 18477787


  138. Singh SN, Wachter RM. Perspectives on medical outsourcing and telemedicine--rough edges in a flat world? Volume 358 of Issue 15. 2008. PMID: 18403771


  139. Maa J, Wachter RM, Gosnell JE, Harris HW. The future of general surgery. Volume 299 of Issue 9. 2008. PMID: 18319410


  140. Wachter RM. The state of hospital medicine in 2008. Volume 92 of Issue 2. 2008. PMID: 18298978


  141. Wachter RM, Foster NE, Dudley RA. Medicare's decision to withhold payment for hospital errors: the devil is in the det. Volume 34 of Issue 2. 2008. PMID: 18351196


  142. Josephson SA, Engstrom JW, Wachter RM. Neurohospitalists: an emerging model for inpatient neurological care. Volume 63 of Issue 2. 2008. PMID: 18306369


  143. Sehgal NL, Wachter RM. Color-coded wristbands: promoting safety or confusion? Volume 2 of Issue 6. 2007. PMID: 18081179


  144. Sehgal NL, Wachter RM. Identification of inpatient DNR status: a safety hazard begging for standardization. Volume 2 of Issue 6. 2007. PMID: 18080337


  145. Maa J, Gosnell JE, Carter JT, Wachter RM, Harris HW. The surgical hospitalist: a new solution for emergency surgical care? Volume 92 of Issue 11. 2007. PMID: 18041231


  146. Pronovost PJ, Miller M, Wachter RM. The GAAP in quality measurement and reporting. Volume 298 of Issue 15. 2007. PMID: 17940238


  147. Issa AM, Phillips KA, Van Bebber S, Nidamarthy HG, Lasser KE, Haas JS, Alldredge BK, Wachter RM, Bates DW. Drug withdrawals in the United States: a systematic review of the evidence and analysis of trends. Volume 2 of Issue 3. 2007. PMID: 18690965


  148. Maa J, Carter JT, Gosnell JE, Wachter R, Harris HW. The surgical hospitalist: a new model for emergency surgical care. Volume 205 of Issue 5. 2007. PMID: 17964447


  149. Biedermann R, Donnan L, Gabriel A, Wachter R, Krismer M, Behensky H. Complications and patient satisfaction after periacetabular pelvic osteotomy. Volume 32 of Issue 5. 2007. PMID: 17579861


  150. Wachter RM. What will board certification be-and mean-for hospitalists? Volume 2 of Issue 2. 2007. PMID: 17427981


  151. Vidyarthi AR, Auerbach AD, Wachter RM, Katz PP. The impact of duty hours on resident self reports of errors. Volume 22 of Issue 2. 2007. PMID: 17356987


  152. Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ. The 100,000 Lives Campaign: A scientific and policy review. Volume 32 of Issue 11. 2006. PMID: 17120921


  153. Wachter RM, Shojania KG, Markowitz AJ, Smith M, Saint S. Quality grand rounds: the case for patient safety. Volume 145 of Issue 8. 2006. PMID: 17043345


  154. Wachter RM. Is ambulatory patient safety just like hospital safety, only without the "stat"? Volume 145 of Issue 7. 2006. PMID: 17015874


  155. Sehgal NL, Wachter RM. The expanding role of hospitalists in the United States. Volume 136 of Issue 37-38. 2006. PMID: 17043952


  156. Pronovost PJ, Miller MR, Wachter RM. Tracking progress in patient safety: an elusive target. Volume 296 of Issue 6. 2006. PMID: 16896113


  157. Wachter RM. The hospitalist movement 10 years later: life as a Swiss army knife. Volume 8 of Issue 3. 2006. PMID: 17406164


  158. Auerbach AD, Chlouber R, Singler J, Lurie JD, Bostrom A, Wachter RM. Trends in market demand for internal medicine 1999 to 2004: an analysis of physician job advertisements. Volume 21 of Issue 10. 2006. PMID: 16836622


  159. Vidyarthi AR, Arora V, Schnipper JL, Wall SD, Wachter RM. Managing discontinuity in academic medical centers: strategies for a safe and effective resident sign-out. Volume 1 of Issue 4. 2006. PMID: 17219508


  160. Wachter RM. Reflections: the hospitalist movement a decade later. Volume 1 of Issue 4. 2006. PMID: 17219506


  161. Wachter RM. Could computerization harm patient safety? Volume 8 of Issue 2. 2006. PMID: 16926823


  164. Arora V, Wetterneck TB, Schnipper JL, Auerbach AD, Kaboli P, Wachter RM, Levinson W, Humphrey HJ, Meltzer D. Effect of the inpatient general medicine rotation on student pursuit of a generalist career. Volume 21 of Issue 5. 2006. PMID: 16704390


  165. Wachter RM. International teleradiology. Volume 354 of Issue 7. 2006. PMID: 16481633


  166. Wachter RM. The "dis-location" of U.S. medicine--the implications of medical outsourcing. Volume 354 of Issue 7. 2006. PMID: 16481632


  167. Vidyarthi AR, Katz PP, Wall SD, Wachter RM, Auerbach AD. Impact of reduced duty hours on residents' educational satisfaction at the University of California, San Francisco. Volume 81 of Issue 1. 2006. PMID: 16377825


  168. Leeper NJ, Wener LS, Dhaliwal G, Saint S, Wachter RM. Clinical problem-solving. One surprise after another. Volume 352 of Issue 14. 2005. PMID: 15814884


  169. Wachter RM, Hollander H, Goldman L.. Hospital Medicine (2nd Edition) 2005. PMID:


  171. Hauer KE, Wachter RM, McCulloch CE, Woo GA, Auerbach AD. Effects of hospitalist attending physicians on trainee satisfaction with teaching and with internal medicine rotations. Volume 164 of Issue 17. 2004. PMID: 15451761


  172. Wachter RM, Shojania KG. The patient safety movement will help, not harm, quality. Volume 141 of Issue 4. 2004. PMID: 15313760


  173. Huddleston JM, Long KH, Naessens JM, Vanness D, Larson D, Trousdale R, Plevak M, Cabanela M, Ilstrup D, Wachter RM. Medical and surgical comanagement after elective hip and knee arthroplasty: a randomized, controlled trial. Volume 141 of Issue 1. 2004. PMID: 15238368


  174. Wachter RM. The end of the beginning: patient safety five years after 'to err is human'. Volume Suppl Web Exclusives. 2004. PMID: 15572380


  175. Wachter RM. Hospitalists in the United States--mission accomplished or work in progress? Volume 350 of Issue 19. 2004. PMID: 15128892


  178. Wachter RM. Intensivist consultation and outcomes in critically ill patients. Volume 289 of Issue 8. 2003. PMID: 12597748


  179. Flanders SA, Wachter RM. Hospitalists: the new model of inpatient medical care in the United States. Volume 14 of Issue 1. 2003. PMID: 12554016


  180. Morris A, Wachter RM, Luce J, Turner J, Huang L. Improved survival with highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients with severe Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Volume 17 of Issue 1. 2003. PMID: 12478071


  181. Auerbach AD, Wachter RM, Katz P, Showstack J, Baron RB, Goldman L. Implementation of a voluntary hospitalist service at a community teaching hospital: improved clinical efficiency and patient outcomes. Volume 137 of Issue 11. 2002. PMID: 12458985


  182. Morris A, Creasman J, Turner J, Luce JM, Wachter RM, Huang L. Intensive care of human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients during the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Volume 166 of Issue 3. 2002. PMID: 12153955


  183. Shojania KG, Duncan BW, McDonald KM, Wachter RM. Safe but sound: patient safety meets evidence-based medicine. Volume 288 of Issue 4. 2002. PMID: 12132985


  184. Wachter RM. The evolution of the hospitalist model in the United States. Volume 86 of Issue 4. 2002. PMID: 12365336


  185. Baudendistel TE, Wachter RM. The evolution of the hospitalist movement in the USA. Volume 2 of Issue 4. 2002. PMID: 12195860


  186. Wachter RM, Shojania KG, Saint S, Markowitz AJ, Smith M. Learning from our mistakes: quality grand rounds, a new case-based series on medical errors and patient safety. Volume 136 of Issue 11. 2002. PMID: 12044134


  187. Pantilat SZ, Lindenauer PK, Katz PP, Wachter RM. Primary care physician attitudes regarding communication with hospitalists. Volume 48 of Issue 4. 2002. PMID: 12021754


  188. Wachter RM, Pantilat SZ. The "continuity visit" and the hospitalist model of care. Volume 48 of Issue 4. 2002. PMID: 12021759


  189. Pantilat SZ, Wachter RM. The patient provider relationship and the hospitalist movement. Introduction. Volume 48 of Issue 4. 2002. PMID: 12021750


  190. Wachter RM, Goldman L. The hospitalist movement 5 years later. Volume 287 of Issue 4. 2002. PMID: 11798371


  191. Pantilat SZ, Lindenauer PK, Katz PP, Wachter RM. Primary care physician attitudes regarding communication with hospitalists. Volume 111 of Issue 9B. 2001. PMID: 11790363


  192. Wachter RM, Pantilat SZ. The "continuity visit" and the hospitalist model of care. Volume 111 of Issue 9B. 2001. PMID: 11790368


  193. Reddy JC, Katz PP, Goldman L, Wachter RM. A pneumonia practice guideline and a hospitalist-based reorganization lead to equivalent efficiency gains. Volume 7 of Issue 12. 2001. PMID: 11767300


  194. Minichiello TM, Auerbach AD, Wachter RM. Caregiver perceptions of the reasons for delayed hospital discharge. Volume 4 of Issue 6. 2001. PMID: 11769297


  195. Wachter RM. Who will pay for the value of hospitalists? Volume 7 of Issue 11. 2001. PMID: 11725813


  196. Plauth WH, Pantilat SZ, Wachter RM, Fenton CL. Hospitalists' perceptions of their residency training needs: results of a national survey. Volume 111 of Issue 3. 2001. PMID: 11530039


  197. Wachter RM. Does continuity of care matter? No: discontinuity can improve patient care. Volume 175 of Issue 1. 2001. PMID: 11431381


  198. Wachter RM. The benefits of using hospitalists. Volume 44 of Issue 4. 2001. PMID: 11464637


  200. Wachter RM. Response to David Meltzer's paper "Hospitalists and the doctor-patient relationship". Volume 30 of Issue 2. 2001. PMID: 12656090


  201. Hauer KE, Wachter RM. Implications of the hospitalist model for medical students' education. Volume 76 of Issue 4. 2001. PMID: 11299143


  202. Shojania KG, Showstack J, Wachter RM. Assessing hospital quality: a review for clinicians. Volume 4 of Issue 2. 2001. PMID: 11329991


  203. Shojania KG, Duncan BW, McDonald KM, Wachter RM.. Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices 2001. PMID:


  204. Shojania KG, Duncan BW, McDonald KM, Wachter RM, Markowitz AJ. Making health care safer: a critical analysis of patient safety practices. of Issue 43. 2001. PMID: 11510252


  205. Auerbach AD, Nelson EA, Lindenauer PK, Pantilat SZ, Katz PP, Wachter RM. Physician attitudes toward and prevalence of the hospitalist model of care: results of a national survey. Volume 109 of Issue 8. 2000. PMID: 11099685


  206. Wachter RM. Debunking myths about the hospitalist movement. Volume 108 of Issue 8. 2000. PMID: 10856419


  207. Nickas G, Wachter RM. Outcomes of intensive care for patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Volume 160 of Issue 4. 2000. PMID: 10695695


  208. Wachter RM, Shojania KG. The unintended consequences of measuring quality on the quality of medical care. Volume 342 of Issue 7. 2000. PMID: 10691497


  209. Pascual FE, Matthay MA, Bacchetti P, Wachter RM. Assessment of prognosis in patients with community-acquired pneumonia who require mechanical ventilation. Volume 117 of Issue 2. 2000. PMID: 10669697


  210. Shojania KG, Wachter RM. Unreliability of physician "report cards" to assess cost and quality of care. Volume 283 of Issue 1. 2000. PMID: 10632274


  211. Hauer KE, Flanders SA, Wachter RM. Training future hospitalists. Volume 171 of Issue 5-6. 1999. PMID: 10639879


  212. Grant RW, Charlebois ED, Wachter RM. Risk factors for early hospital readmission in patients with AIDS and pneumonia. Volume 14 of Issue 9. 1999. PMID: 10491241


  213. Pantilat SZ, Alpers A, Wachter RM. A new doctor in the house: ethical issues in hospitalist systems. Volume 282 of Issue 2. 1999. PMID: 10411199


  214. Lurie JD, Wachter RM. Hospitalist staffing requirements. Volume 2 of Issue 3. 1999. PMID: 10538261


  215. Lurie JD, Miller DP, Lindenauer PK, Wachter RM, Sox HC. The potential size of the hospitalist workforce in the United States. Volume 106 of Issue 4. 1999. PMID: 10225248


  216. Wachter RM, Whitcomb WF, Nelson JR. Financial implications of implementing a hospitalist program. Volume 53 of Issue 3. 1999. PMID: 10351056


  217. Wachter RM. An introduction to the hospitalist model. Volume 130 of Issue 4 Pt 2. 1999. PMID: 10068402


  218. Lindenauer PK, Pantilat SZ, Katz PP, Wachter RM. Hospitalists and the practice of inpatient medicine: results of a survey of the National Association of Inpatient Physicians. Volume 130 of Issue 4 Pt 2. 1999. PMID: 10068403


  219. Wachter RM. The hospitalist movement: ten issues to consider. Volume 34 of Issue 2. 1999. PMID: 10047762


  221. Bellet PS, Wachter RM. The hospitalist movement and its implications for the care of hospitalized children. Volume 103 of Issue 2. 1999. PMID: 9925844


  222. Wachter RM, Flanders S. The hospitalist movement and the future of academic general internal medicine. Volume 13 of Issue 11. 1998. PMID: 9824528


  223. Rand VE, Hudes ES, Browner WS, Wachter RM, Avins AL. Effect of evaluator and resident gender on the American Board of Internal Medicine evaluation scores. Volume 13 of Issue 10. 1998. PMID: 9798813


  224. Wachter RM, Katz P, Showstack J, Bindman AB, Goldman L. Reorganizing an academic medical service: impact on cost, quality, patient satisfaction, and education. Volume 279 of Issue 19. 1998. PMID: 9605901


  225. Hauer KE, Wachter RM. A model hospitalist training program. Volume 2 of Issue 2. 1998. PMID: 10346243


  226. Wachter RM, Goldman L. The emerging role of "hospitalists" in the American health care system. Volume 335 of Issue 7. 1996. PMID: 8672160


  227. Wachter RM. Intensive care for patients with AIDS: clinical and ethical issues. Volume 125 of Issue 23. 1995. PMID: 7597398


  228. Wachter RM, Luce JM, Safrin S, Berrios DC, Charlebois E, Scitovsky AA. Cost and outcome of intensive care for patients with AIDS, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, and severe respiratory failure. Volume 273 of Issue 3. 1995. PMID: 7807663


  229. Wachter RM. Rationing health care: preparing for a new era. Volume 88 of Issue 1. 1995. PMID: 7817224


  230. Wachter RM, Luce JM. Respiratory failure from severe Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Entering the third era. Volume 106 of Issue 5. 1994. PMID: 7956373


  231. Luce JM, Wachter RM. The ethical appropriateness of using prognostic scoring systems in clinical management. Volume 10 of Issue 1. 1994. PMID: 8118731


  232. Wachter RM, Lo B. Advance directives for patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Volume 9 of Issue 1. 1993. PMID: 8422613


  233. Brandeau ML, Owens DK, Sox CH, Wachter RM. Screening women of childbearing age for human immunodeficiency virus. A cost-benefit analysis. Volume 152 of Issue 11. 1992. PMID: 1444682


  234. Wachter RM. AIDs, activism, and the politics of health. Volume 326 of Issue 2. 1992. PMID: 1727220


  235. Wachter RM, Luce JM, Hopewell PC. Critical care of patients with AIDS. Volume 267 of Issue 4. 1992. PMID: 1729577


  236. Wachter RM, Russi MB, Bloch DA, Hopewell PC, Luce JM. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and respiratory failure in AIDS. Improved outcomes and increased use of intensive care units. Volume 143 of Issue 2. 1991. PMID: 1990936


  239. Wachter RM, Luce JM, Hearst N, Lo B. Decisions about resuscitation: inequities among patients with different diseases but similar prognoses. Volume 111 of Issue 6. 1989. PMID: 2549825


  240. Wachter RM, Luce JM, Lo B, Raffin TA. Life-sustaining treatment for patients with AIDS. Volume 95 of Issue 3. 1989. PMID: 2646078


  241. Epstein L, Libby E, Wachter RM. An acute exacerbation of P. carinii pneumonia. Volume 24 of Issue 2. 1989. PMID: 2493006


  242. Luce JM, Wachter RM. Intensive care for patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Volume 15 of Issue 8. 1989. PMID: 2607032


  243. Wachter RM, Tierney LM. A hidden complication of heart disease. Volume 23 of Issue 11A. 1988. PMID: 3142893


  244. Luce JM, Wachter RM, Hopewell PC. Intensive care of patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: time for a reassessment? Volume 137 of Issue 6. 1988. PMID: 3264472


  245. Wachter RM, Cooke M, Hopewell PC, Luce JM. Attitudes of medical residents regarding intensive care for patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Volume 148 of Issue 1. 1988. PMID: 3257378


  246. Lo B, Raffin TA, Cohen NH, Wachter RM, Luce JM, Hopewell PC. Ethical dilemmas about intensive care for patients with AIDS. Volume 9 of Issue 6. 1987. PMID: 3321365


  248. Wachter RM, Luce JM, Turner J, Volberding P, Hopewell PC. Intensive care of patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Outcome and changing patterns of utilization. Volume 134 of Issue 5. 1986. PMID: 3777686


  249. Wachter RM, Fields S. Lethargy and confusion after total nephrectomy. Volume 21 of Issue 2. 1986. PMID: 3081535


  250. Wachter RM. The impact of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome on medical residency training. Volume 314 of Issue 3. 1986. PMID: 3941698


  251. Wachter RM. Ripping and filing Journal articles. Volume 311 of Issue 14. 1984. PMID: 6472418