About Bob
Renowned UCSF internist, founder of the hospitalist movement, and former chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Bob Wachter is a national leader in the fields of patient safety and healthcare quality. He is well known for his iconoclastic — and humorous — viewpoints on the pressing healthcare issues of the day, including the role of patients and physicians in medical care. Author of six books, his most recent, The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age, has received wide acclaim and has been a New York Times bestseller. In 2004 he received the John M. Eisenberg Award, the nation’s top honor in patient safety and quality.
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Review: ‘The Digital Doctor’ by Robert Wachter Weighs Medicine’s
Technological Transformation
Zuger A. New York Times. 2015.
The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age
Wachter R. McGraw Hill Education. 2015.
Understanding Patient Safety
Wachter R. McGraw Hill Education. 2012.
Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America’s Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes
Wachter R. Rugged Land. 2005.
