October 2008 - Posts

• What a Week! The 1st Hospitalist Mini-College and our Annual Hospital Medicine CME Course

  Rolling out a new “product” in a nasty economy is usually a formula for disaster. But last week we held the first-ever “Hospitalist Mini-College,” and it was an rousing success.The idea was this: hospitalists have lots of places to go to hear clinical Read More... Posted Fri, Oct 31 2008 8:27 PM by Bob Wachter | 2 Comments Filed under: Hospital Care, Medical Education/Academia, Hospitalists/Hospital Medicine

• How the Newly Vigorous Patient Safety Regulatory Environment May Be Harming the Cause of Safety

  In responding to dysfunctional systems, America instinctively turns to “more regulation” (Exhibit A: today’s Wall Street). But regulation can, and often does, go too far, and – in patient safety – I believe that it now has.Note that this comes from someone Read More... Posted Sun, Oct 19 2008 8:34 PM by Bob Wachter | 6 Comments Filed under: Quality Improvement, Hospital Care, Transparency and Reporting, Quality Measurement, Patient Safety/Medical Errors, Health Policy

• A Shout Out to Adam Singer, Physician Entrepreneur of the Year

  Modern Physician just named Adam Singer, the founder of IPC-The Hospitalist Company, its first annual Physician Entrepreneur of the Year. Adam and I don’t always see eye to eye, but I want to congratulate him and highlight some of his contributions.When Read More... Posted Tue, Oct 07 2008 7:39 AM by Bob Wachter | 8 Comments Filed under: Hospital Care, Hospitalists/Hospital Medicine, Information Technology, Industry/Pharma, Media/Press Coverage

• A Year of Blogging Dangerously

  Well, folks, time flies. Today marks the first anniversary of the launch of Wachter’s World. I’ve learned a lot in a year. For example, a year ago, I thought you became a Russia expert by reading books and newspapers, not by trans-waterway osmosis. Anyway, Read More... Posted Fri, Oct 03 2008 5:41 AM by Bob Wachter | 6 Comments