Department of Internal Medicine

General Internal Medicine Faculty

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Terry L. Wahls, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Assistant Chief or Staff, VAMC

Dr. Wahls' clinical interests include chronic disease, diagnostic error, treatment delay due to missed results, provider satisfaction, general internal medicine, and Ambulatory care. Her research focuses on diagnostic error, missed results, provider satisfaction.

Awards, Honors, and Organizations

• Fellow, American College of Physicians

Recent Publications

1. Wahls, T.L., Haugen, T., Cram, P. Diagnostic Reporting Challenges in the Veterans Health Administration, Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety, August 2007 (in press).
2. Forman-Hoffman, V.L., Little, A.E., Wahls, T.L. Rates of and Barriers to Obesity Management: A Pilot Study of Primary Care Clinicians in the Veteran's Affairs Healthcare System. BMC Family Practice, 7(1): 35, 2006.
3. Wahls, T.L., Haugen, T., Cowell, K., Becker, W. Improving Diagnostic Results Reporting in the Veterans Administration, Federal Practitioner, 23(11):24-31, 2006.
4. Wahls, T.L., Becker, W.K., Murphy, J.P. Diagnostic Errors Due to Missed Results: A Major Patient Safety Issue, Current Status and Next Steps in VISN 23. National Association of Veterans Ambulatory Care Administrators Newsletter, 7(2):2-5, 2006.
5. Wahls, T.L., Murphy, J.P. VISN 23: Provider Satisfaction Survey: Assessing Satisfaction of Clinical Providers within Primary Care, Specialty Medicine and Mental Health, National Association of Veterans Ambulatory Care Administrators Newsletter, 17(2): 11-15, 2006.
6. Wahls, T.L. Clinical Benefits of the Service Line versus Traditional Organizational Structure, National Association of Veterans Ambulatory Care Administrators Newsletter, 17(1): 8-10. 2006.
7. Wahls, T.L., Rosenthal, G.E., Barnett, M.J. Predicting Resource Utilization in a Veterans Health Administration Primary Care Population: Comparison of Methods Based on Diagnoses and Medications. Med Care, Feb; 42(2): 123-8, 2004.
8. Wahls, T.L., Ting, H.H., Chaterjee, K., Clancy, T. Quality, Patient Safety and Medical Errors Resistance and Support for the Federal Recommendations to Address These Concerns. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 25(1), 54-62, 2002.
9. Wahls, T.L., Futz, D.N. The Master Clinician Project. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 23:9-21, 2000.
10. Wahls, T.L., Turney, S.L., Olsen, K.A. General Internal Medicine Practice Satisfaction in large Multi-specialty Clinic. Journal General Internal Medicine, 8:578-579, 1993.

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