Robert M. Wachter
Encyclopedia
Robert M. Wachter is a prominent academic physician on the faculty of UCSF. He is generally regarded as the academic leader of the hospitalist movement, a rapidly growing medical field comprising internists and other physicians who specialize in the care of hospitalized patients. He and his colleague, Lee Goldman, are known for coining the term "hospitalist" in a 1996 New England Journal of Medicine
article. He is also a noted expert in the field of medical errors and patient safety. He edits the U.S. government's two leading patient safety websites, AHRQ WebM&M and AHRQ Patient Safety Network; together these sites receive over 2 million visits each year. He has also written two books on safety, Internal Bleeding and Understanding Patient Safety. In 2004, he won the John M. Eisenberg award, the nation's top honor in patient safety.
New England Journal of Medicine
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article. He is also a noted expert in the field of medical errors and patient safety. He edits the U.S. government's two leading patient safety websites, AHRQ WebM&M and AHRQ Patient Safety Network; together these sites receive over 2 million visits each year. He has also written two books on safety, Internal Bleeding and Understanding Patient Safety. In 2004, he won the John M. Eisenberg award, the nation's top honor in patient safety.
Books
- Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America's Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes (2005).
- Understanding Patient Safety (2007).
External links
- "Holding Doctors Accountable For Medical Errors" By Pauline Chen The New York Times, December 17, 2009
- "The Emerging Role of “Hospitalists” in the American Health Care System" By Robert M. Wachter, MD and Lee Goldman, MD, August 15, 1996
- "Reorganizing an Academic Medical Service" By Robert M. Wachter, MD; Patricia Katz, PhD; Jonathan Showstack, PhD, MPH; Andrew B. Bindman, MD; Lee Goldman, MD, MPH