Robert Wachter

Robert Wachter

University of California, San Francisco

H-index: 78

North America-United States

About Robert Wachter

Robert Wachter, With an exceptional h-index of 78 and a recent h-index of 42 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of California, San Francisco, specializes in the field of Informatics, patient safety, hospital care.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

The Limits of Clinician Vigilance as an AI Safety Bulwark

Comparing frequency of booster vaccination to prevent severe COVID-19 by risk group in the United States

COVID-19 and Patient Safety—Lessons From 2 Efforts to Keep People Safe

The Hospitalist Movement 25 Years Later

Will generative artificial intelligence deliver on its promise in health care?

Can Hospital At Home Finally Hit Its Tipping Point? Lessons From The Hospitalist Field

Risk-based prediction for optimal timing of booster vaccination for COVID-19 to prevent severe disease (preprint)

Comparison of timing of booster vaccination for COVID-19 to prevent severe disease by risk group in the United States

Robert Wachter Information

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Citations(all)

23290

Citations(since 2020)

6034

Cited By

20217

hIndex(all)

78

hIndex(since 2020)

42

i10Index(all)

204

i10Index(since 2020)

104

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University of California, San Francisco

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Robert Wachter Skills & Research Interests

Informatics

patient safety

hospital care

Top articles of Robert Wachter

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

The Limits of Clinician Vigilance as an AI Safety Bulwark

JAMA

Julia Adler-Milstein

Donald A Redelmeier

Robert M Wachter

2024/3/14

Comparing frequency of booster vaccination to prevent severe COVID-19 by risk group in the United States

Nature Communications

Hailey J Park

Gregg S Gonsalves

Sophia T Tan

J Daniel Kelly

George W Rutherford

...

2024/3/6

COVID-19 and Patient Safety—Lessons From 2 Efforts to Keep People Safe

JAMA Internal Medicine

Robert M Wachter

2024/2/1

The Hospitalist Movement 25 Years Later

Shradha A Kulkarni

Robert M Wachter

2024/1/29

Will generative artificial intelligence deliver on its promise in health care?

JAMA

Robert M Wachter

Erik Brynjolfsson

2024/1/2

Can Hospital At Home Finally Hit Its Tipping Point? Lessons From The Hospitalist Field

Health Affairs Forefront

Robert M Zimbroff

Robert M Wachter

2024

Risk-based prediction for optimal timing of booster vaccination for COVID-19 to prevent severe disease (preprint)

HJ Park

GS Gonsalves

ST Tan

JD Kelly

GW Rutherford

...

2023/7/12

Comparison of timing of booster vaccination for COVID-19 to prevent severe disease by risk group in the United States

medRxiv

Hailey J Park

Gregg S Gonsalves

Sophia T Tan

J Daniel Kelly

George W Rutherford

...

2023/7/12

Remote Primary Care Inpatient Consults Can Improve Continuity Of Care

Health Affairs Forefront

Alex Kazberouk

Robert M Wachter

2023

Why is it so hard for academic medical centers to succeed in value-based care?

Health Affairs Scholar

Bob Kocher

Robert M Wachter

2023/7

The disappointing impact of interventions to prevent hospital readmissions

JAMA Internal Medicine

Robert M Wachter

2023/7/1

Incidence of Symptoms Associated with Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Non-Hospitalized Vaccinated Patients Receiving Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir

medRxiv

Rushin Patel

Sourbha Dani

Sumanth Khadke

Javaria Ahmad

Jui Shah

...

2023/4/6

Oral nirmatrelvir and ritonavir in nonhospitalized vaccinated patients with coronavirus disease 2019

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Sarju Ganatra

Sourbha S Dani

Javaria Ahmad

Ashish Kumar

Jui Shah

...

2023/2/15

Preparing clinicians for a clinical world influenced by artificial intelligence

Jama

Cornelius A James

Robert M Wachter

James O Woolliscroft

2022/4/12

Status of Women Faculty in the UCSF DOM

Beth Harleman

Meshell Johnson

Maria Novelero

Neil R Powe

Robert M Wachter

...

2022/3

Building a targeted automatic e-consult (TACo) program

The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Timothy J Judson

Michelle Mourad

Robert M Wachter

2022/2/1

Readmission reduction as a hospital quality measure: time to move on to more pressing concerns?

JAMA

Peter Cram

Robert M Wachter

Bruce E Landon

2022/10/25

Opportunities to mine EHRs for malpractice risk management and patient safety

Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management

Julia Adler-Milstein

Urmimala Sarkar

Robert M Wachter

2022/8

Nailing the nuance on COVID-19

Robert M Wachter

2022/7/15

Rates and characteristics of medical malpractice claims against hospitalists

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Adam C Schaffer

Chihwen Winnie Yu‐Moe

Astrid Babayan

Robert M Wachter

Jonathan S Einbinder

2021/7

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