Faculty
Robert Wachter, MD Professor and Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine Click here to view bio and Curriculum Vitae (pdf) Areas of Specialization/Research Interests Organizational change |
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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.



