Dr. David Westfall Bates MD
Internist
75 Francis Street Brigham Internal Med Boston MA, 02115Rating
2/5
About
Dr. David Bates is an internist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Bates specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. Bates provides comprehensive care and manages treatment with surgeons as well. Internists establish long-term relationships with their patients and incorporate disease prevention and mental health care into their practice.
Education and Training
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1983
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1983
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Comparison of methods for detecting medication errors in 36 hospitals and skilled-nursing facilities.
- Real-time notification of laboratory data requested by users through alphanumeric pagers.
- Clinician use of a palmtop drug reference guide.
- Survey of primary care physicians and home care clinicians.
- Computerized physician order entry systems in hospitals: mandates and incentives.
- Unexpected hypoglycemia in a critically ill patient.
- What practices will most improve safety? Evidence-based medicine meets patient safety.
- Medication errors observed in 36 health care facilities.
- Sustained-release preparations and medication errors.
- Clinical use of bone densitometry: clinical applications.
- The quality case for information technology in healthcare.
- Analysis of medication-related malpractice claims: causes, preventability, and costs.
- End of visit: design considerations for an ambulatory order entry module.
- John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Awards. Research: David W. Bates, MD, MSc, Brigham and Women's Hospital. Interview by Steven Berman.
- Using information technology to screen for adverse drug events.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Pain
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