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Robert M. Wachter is a prominent academic physician on the faculty of UCSF, where he is interim chairman of the Department of Medicine and chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine. In 2015, Modern Healthcare magazine named him the most influential physician-executive in the United States. He is generally regarded as the academic leader of the hospitalist movement, the fastest growing field in modern medical history. Hospitalists are 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 past-president of the Society of Hospital Medicine and past-chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine. 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 nearly one 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. His new book, ''The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer Age'', was published by McGraw-Hill in April, 2015. It reached the New York Times science bestseller list in May, 2015. == Books == * ("''The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer Age''" ) (2015). * ("''Understanding Patient Safety'', 2nd Edition" ) (2012). * (''Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America's Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes'' ) (2005). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert M. Wachter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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