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List of works by Robert M. Wachter

"July effect": impact of the academic year-end changeover on patient outcomes: a systematic review

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A framework for classifying patient safety practices: results from an expert consensus process

scientific article published on 24 May 2011

A model hospitalist training program

scientific article published on January 1998

A multidisciplinary teamwork training program: the Triad for Optimal Patient Safety (TOPS) experience

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A new doctor in the house: ethical issues in hospitalist systems

scientific article published on July 1999

A pneumonia practice guideline and a hospitalist-based reorganization lead to equivalent efficiency gains

scientific article published in December 2001

AHRQ WebM&M—Online Medical Error Reporting and Analysis

Academic year-end transfers of outpatients from outgoing to incoming residents: an unaddressed patient safety issue

scientific article published in September 2009

Access to primary care and visits to emergency departments in England: a cross-sectional, population-based study

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Advance directives for patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection

scientific article published on January 1993

Advancing the next generation of handover research and practice with cognitive load theory.

scientific article published in February 2016

Advancing the science of patient safety

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An introduction to the hospitalist model

scientific article published on February 1999

Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Hospitalists and Digital Medicine-Overcoming the Productivity Paradox

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Applying Toyota Production System principles to a psychiatric hospital: making transfers safer and more timely

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Assessing hospital quality: a review for clinicians.

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Associations between Internet-based patient ratings and conventional surveys of patient experience in the English NHS: an observational study

scientific article published on 20 April 2012

Associations between Web-based patient ratings and objective measures of hospital quality

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Attitudes of medical residents regarding intensive care for patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

scientific article published in January 1988

Balancing "no blame" with accountability in patient safety

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Bringing continuing medical education to the bedside: the University of California, San Francisco Hospitalist Mini-College

scientific article published on 21 November 2013

CLINICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING. A Breakthrough Diagnosis

scientific article published in November 2015

California hospital leaders' views of hospitalists: meeting needs of the present and future

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Can healthcare go from good to great?

scientific article published on October 13, 2011

Caregiver perceptions of the reasons for delayed hospital discharge

scientific article published in November 2001

Clinical problem-solving. One surprise after another

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Color-coded wristbands: promoting safety or confusion?

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Comanagement of surgical patients between neurosurgeons and hospitalists

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Computerised provider order entry combined with clinical decision support systems to improve medication safety: a narrative review

scientific article published on 12 April 2014

Cost and outcome of intensive care for patients with AIDS, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, and severe respiratory failure

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Critical care of patients with AIDS.

scientific article published on January 1992

Critical conversations: A call for a nonprocedural “time out”

scientific article published on April 1, 2011

Cross-sectional analysis of hospitalist prevalence and quality of care in California.

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Debunking myths about the hospitalist movement

scientific article published on 01 June 2000

Decisions about resuscitation: inequities among patients with different diseases but similar prognoses

scientific article published in September 1989

Development and implementation of a balanced scorecard in an academic hospitalist group

scientific article published on January 18, 2013

Development of a Web-Based Patient Safety Resource: AHRQ Patient Safety Network (PSNet)

Development of a high-value care culture survey: a modified Delphi process and psychometric evaluation.

scientific article published on 26 October 2016

Development of a hospital-based program focused on improving healthcare value

scientific article published on July 2014

Drug withdrawals in the United States: a systematic review of the evidence and analysis of trends

scientific article published on September 2007

Effect of the inpatient general medicine rotation on student pursuit of a generalist career

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Effective physician-nurse communication: a patient safety essential for labor and delivery

scientific article published on April 16, 2011

Effects of Interdisciplinary Team Care Interventions on General Medical Wards: A Systematic Review.

scientific article published on August 2015

Effects of a multicentre teamwork and communication programme on patient outcomes: results from the Triad for Optimal Patient Safety (TOPS) project

scientific article published on 7 November 2011

Effects of hospitalist attending physicians on trainee satisfaction with teaching and with internal medicine rotations

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English National Health Service's savings plan may have helped reduce the use of three 'low-value' procedures

scientific article published on March 2015

Ethical dilemmas about intensive care for patients with AIDS.

scientific article published on November 1987

Evaluating the Impact of Interruptive Alerts within a Health System: Use, Response Time, and Cumulative Time Burden

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Exploring the nature of interprofessional collaboration and family member involvement in an intensive care context

scientific article published on 14 May 2013

Filling the Black Hole of Hospital Discharge (Editorial in Response to Article by Walz et al., J Gen Intern Med 2011)

scientific article published on April 1, 2011

Financial implications of implementing a hospitalist program

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Focusing on value: this time is different

scientific article published on 19 August 2013

Growth in care provided by hospitalists

scientific article published on 01 June 2009

High-Profile Investigations Into Hospital Safety Problems In England Did Not Prompt Patients To Switch Providers

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Hospital-initiated transitional care interventions as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review

scientific article published on March 2013

Hospitalist and Internal Medicine Leaders' Perspectives of Early Discharge Challenges at Academic Medical Centers

scientific article published on 6 December 2017

Hospitalist staffing requirements.

scientific article published in May 1999

Hospitalist workload: the search for the magic number

scientific article published in May 2014

Hospitalists and the practice of inpatient medicine: results of a survey of the National Association of Inpatient Physicians

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Hospitalists in the United States--mission accomplished or work in progress?

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

Hospitalists' perceptions of their residency training needs: results of a national survey

scientific article published on 01 August 2001

Hospitalists, value and the future

scientific article published on 01 February 2016

Hospitalists: the new model of inpatient medical care in the United States

scientific article published in February 2003

How does context affect interventions to improve patient safety? An assessment of evidence from studies of five patient safety practices and proposals for research

scientific article published on 13 April 2011

I-CaRe: a case review tool focused on improving inpatient care

scientific article published on February 2009

Identification of inpatient DNR status: a safety hazard begging for standardization

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Impact of duty-hour restriction on resident inpatient teaching

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Impact of reduced duty hours on residents' educational satisfaction at the University of California, San Francisco

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Impact of universal health insurance coverage on hypertension management: a cross-national study in the United States and England.

scientific article published on 08 January 2014

Implementation of a voluntary hospitalist service at a community teaching hospital: improved clinical efficiency and patient outcomes

scientific article published on December 2002

Implications of the hospitalist model for medical students' education

scientific article published in April 2001

Implications of the hospitalist movement for academic departments of medicine: lessons from the UCSF experience

scientific article published on February 1999

Improved survival with highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients with severe Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

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Improving Follow-Up of High-Risk Psychiatry Outpatients at Resident Year-End Transfer

scientific article published on July 1, 2011

Improving safety culture on adult medical units through multidisciplinary teamwork and communication interventions: the TOPS Project

scientific article published in August 2010

Improving the quality and safety of care on the medical ward: A review and synthesis of the evidence base

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Inability of Providers to Predict Unplanned Readmissions

scientific article published on March 12, 2011

Intensive care for patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and respiratory failure. Are we prepared for our new success?

scientific article published on 01 October 1989

Intensive care for patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

scientific article published on 01 January 1989

Intensive care of human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients during the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy

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Intensive care of patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Outcome and changing patterns of utilization

scientific article published on 01 November 1986

Intensive care of patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: time for a reassessment?

scientific article published in June 1988

Investing in the future: Building an academic hospitalist faculty development program

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Learning from our mistakes: quality grand rounds, a new case-based series on medical errors and patient safety

scientific article published in June 2002

Life-sustaining treatment for patients with AIDS.

scientific article published on March 1989

Making health care safer II: an updated critical analysis of the evidence for patient safety practices

scientific article published on March 2013

Making health care safer: a critical analysis of patient safety practices

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Managing discontinuity in academic medical centers: strategies for a safe and effective resident sign-out

scientific article published on July 2006

Medicare's decision to withhold payment for hospital errors: the devil is in the det.

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National hospital ratings systems share few common scores and may generate confusion instead of clarity

scientific article published on March 2015

Neurohospitalists: an emerging model for inpatient neurological care

scientific article published on February 2008

Patient Safety in Ambulatory Settings [Internet]

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Patient safety is not elective: a debate at the NPSF Patient Safety Congress

scientific article published on 19 November 2014

Patient whiteboards as a communication tool in the hospital setting: a survey of practices and recommendations

scientific article published in April 2010

Perspective: Physician leadership in quality

scientific article published on December 2009

Physician attitudes toward and prevalence of the hospitalist model of care: results of a national survey

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Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and respiratory failure in AIDS. Improved outcomes and increased use of intensive care units

scientific article published in February 1991

Potential unintended consequences due to Medicare's "no pay for errors" rule? A randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention with internal medicine residents

scientific article published on 8 June 2010

Pragmatic Insights on Patient Safety Priorities and Intervention Strategies in Ambulatory Settings

scientific article published in December 2017

Predictors of likelihood of speaking up about safety concerns in labour and delivery.

scientific article published on September 2012

Primary care physician attitudes regarding communication with hospitalists

scientific article published on 01 December 2001

Primary care physician attitudes regarding communication with hospitalists.

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Public reporting of antibiotic timing in patients with pneumonia: lessons from a flawed performance measure

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Quality grand rounds: the case for patient safety

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

Quality of primary care and hospital admissions for diabetes mellitus in England

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Reflections: the hospitalist movement a decade later

scientific article published on July 2006

Refocusing the lens: patient safety in ambulatory chronic disease care.

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Reimagining Specialty Consultation in the Digital Age: The Potential Role of Targeted Automatic Electronic Consultations

scientific article published on 27 June 2019

Republished paper: Improving safety culture on adult medical units through multidisciplinary teamwork and communication interventions: the TOPS Project

scientific article published on December 1, 2010

Respiratory failure from severe Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Entering the third era

scientific article published on 01 November 1994

Responding to clinicians who fail to follow patient safety practices: perceptions of physicians, nurses, trainees, and patients

scientific article published on 17 December 2013

Response to David Meltzer's paper "Hospitalists and the doctor-patient relationship".

scientific article published in June 2001

Responsibility for quality improvement and patient safety: hospital board and medical staff leadership challenges

scientific article published on July 2010

Restricting the Number of Open Patient Records in the Electronic Health Record: Is the Record Half Open or Half Closed?

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Rethinking medical ward quality.

scientific article published on 18 October 2016

Safe but sound: patient safety meets evidence-based medicine

scientific article published in July 2002

Safety in numbers: the development of Leapfrog's composite patient safety score for U.S. hospitals

scientific article published in March 2014

Specialty hospitalists: analyzing an emerging phenomenon

scientific article published on 01 April 2012

Strategies to improve patient safety: the evidence base matures

scientific article published in March 2013

The "continuity visit" and the hospitalist model of care

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The "continuity visit" and the hospitalist model of care

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

The 100,000 Lives Campaign: A scientific and policy review

scientific article published on November 2006

The GAAP in quality measurement and reporting

scientific article published on 01 October 2007

The benefits of using hospitalists.

scientific article published in July 2001

The emerging role of "hospitalists" in the American health care system

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The ethical appropriateness of using prognostic scoring systems in clinical management.

scientific article published on January 1994

The evolution of the hospitalist model in the United States

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The evolution of the hospitalist movement in the USA.

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The expanding role of hospitalists in the United States.

scientific article published in September 2006

The faces of errors: a case-based approach to educating providers, policymakers, and the public about patient safety

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The future of general surgery

scientific article published on 01 March 2008

The hospitalist field turns 15: New opportunities and challenges

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

The hospitalist movement 10 years later: life as a Swiss army knife

scientific article published on 04 August 2006

The hospitalist movement 5 years later

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The hospitalist movement and its implications for the care of hospitalized children

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

The hospitalist movement and the future of academic general internal medicine

scientific article published on November 1998

The hospitalist movement: ten issues to consider

scientific article published on February 1999

The impact of duty hours on resident self reports of errors

scientific article published on February 2007

The patient provider relationship and the hospitalist movement. Introduction

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

The patient safety movement will help, not harm, quality

scientific article published on 01 August 2004

The potential size of the hospitalist workforce in the United States

scientific article published on April 1999

The relationship between hospitalists and primary care physicians

The role of theory in research to develop and evaluate the implementation of patient safety practices

scientific article published on 11 February 2011

The surgical hospitalist: a new model for emergency surgical care

scientific article published on 20 July 2007

The surgical hospitalist: a new solution for emergency surgical care?

scientific article published in November 2007

The top patient safety strategies that can be encouraged for adoption now.

scientific article published on March 2013

The unintended consequences of measuring quality on the quality of medical care

The wisdom and justice of not paying for "preventable complications"

scientific article published on 01 May 2008

Tracking progress in patient safety: an elusive target

scientific article published in August 2006

Training future hospitalists

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Transforming concepts in patient safety: a progress report

scientific article published on 17 July 2018

Trends in market demand for internal medicine 1999 to 2004: an analysis of physician job advertisements

scientific article published on 7 July 2006

Unreliability of physician "report cards" to assess cost and quality of care

scientific article published in January 2000

What context features might be important determinants of the effectiveness of patient safety practice interventions?

scientific article published on 26 May 2011

What will board certification be-and mean-for hospitalists?

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Who will pay for the value of hospitalists?

scientific article published on 01 November 2001

Zero to 50,000 - The 20th Anniversary of the Hospitalist

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