Faculty

Robert Wachter, MD

Professor and Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine
Associate Chairman, Department of Medicine
Lynne and Marc Benioff Endowed Chair in Hospital Medicine
Chief of Medical Service - UCSF Medical Center
Editor, AHRQ WebM&M and AHRQ Patient Safety Network (PSNet)
Blog: www.wachtersworld.com

Email: bobw@medicine.ucsf.edu

Click here to view bio and Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Areas of Specialization/Research Interests

Organizational change
New models of clinical care
Improving patient safety and quality

Selected Publications/Presentations

Wachter RM, Flanders SA, Fee C, Pronovost PJ. Public reporting of antibiotic timing in patients with pneumonia: Lessons from a flawed performance measure. Annals of Internal Medicine 2008; 149:29-32.

Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ. Balancing 'no blame' and accountability in patient safety. New England Journal of Medicine 2009; 361:1401-6.

Wachter RM. Patient safety at ten: unmistakable progress, troubling gaps. Health Affairs 2010; 29:1-9.

Auerbach AD, Wachter RM, Cheng HQ, Maselli J, McDermott M, Vittinghoff E, Berger MS. Comanagement of surgical patients between neurosurgeons and hospitalists. Archives of Internal Medicine 2010;170:2004-10.

Wachter RM. Understanding the new vocabulary of healthcare reform. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2010;5:197-9.

Chassin MR, Loeb JM, Schmaltz SP, Wachter RM. Accountability measures: using measurement to promote quality improvement. New England Journal of Medicine 2010; 363:683-8.

Wachter RM. Why diagnostic errors don't get any respect... and what can be done about them. Health Affairs 2010;29:1605-10.

Wachter RM. The hospitalist field at 15: new opportunities and challenges. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2011 April:E1-4.

Wachter RM. Understanding Patient Safety, 2nd Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012.