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ROBERT WACHTER, MD
MD
Hospitalist Physician
NPI: 1578528170IndividualAccepts Medicare
Specialties, Licenses & Credentials
Internal Medicine Physician
Internal Medicine
Code: 207R00000X
G53933(CA)
Hospitalist PhysicianPrimary
Hospitalist
Code: 208M00000X
G53933(CA)
CMS Specialties
PrimaryINTERNAL MEDICINE
Education
PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Class of 1983
Research & Publications (20)
Public reporting of antibiotic timing in patients with pneumonia: lessons from a flawed performance measure.
PMID 18591635·Ann Intern Med·2008
8-other
Medicare's decision to withhold payment for hospital errors: the devil is in the det.
PMID 18351196·Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf·2008
8-other
The 100,000 Lives Campaign: A scientific and policy review.
PMID 17120921·Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf·2006
6-review
Expected and unanticipated consequences of the quality and information technology revolutions.
PMID 16788133·JAMA·2006
8-other
The "dis-location" of U.S. medicine--the implications of medical outsourcing.
PMID 16481632·N Engl J Med·2006
8-other
The faces of errors: a case-based approach to educating providers, policymakers, and the public about patient safety.
PMID 15646098·Jt Comm J Qual Saf·2004
8-other
Hospitalists in the United States--mission accomplished or work in progress?
PMID 15128892·N Engl J Med·2004
8-other
The evolution of the hospitalist model in the United States.
PMID 12365336·Med Clin North Am·2002
6-review
Hospitals and hospitalists can reach across the "quality chasm" by restructuring inpatient care.
PMID 11482252·Cost Qual·2001
8-other
Response to David Meltzer's paper "Hospitalists and the doctor-patient relationship".
PMID 12656090·J Legal Stud·2001
8-other
Does continuity of care matter? No: discontinuity can improve patient care.
PMID 11431381·West J Med·2001
8-other
Impact of diabetes on left ventricular diastolic function in patients with arterial hypertension.
PMID 17303471·Eur J Heart Fail·2007
8-other
A network against failing hearts--introducing the German "Competence Network Heart Failure".
PMID 19679361·Int J Cardiol·2010
8-other
Refocusing the lens: patient safety in ambulatory chronic disease care.
PMID 19634806·Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf·2009
8-other
Data courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). Ltrl is not affiliated with or endorsed by NLM.
Contact & Hours
- Address
- 505 PARNASSUS AVE, M-994
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94143 - Phone
- (415) 476-7991
Quick Facts
- NPI
- 1578528170
- Entity Type
- Individual
- Gender
- Male
- Medicare
- Accepted
- Specialties
- 2
- Locations
- 1
- Years in Practice
- 43
- Publications
- 20
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