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Role of the Medical Director in a Long-Term Care Facility.

HRP0017326

Publication Date	1975
Personal Author	Schwab, M.
Page Count	4
Abstract	The responsibilities of a medical director in a long-term care facility are discussed, with particular attention to those functions which no one presently carries and which constitute a series hiatus in delivery of care to patients. Some of these responsibilities include responsibility for the quality of medical care rendered to patients (e.g., reminding the private physician he has not seen his patients or signed charts, setting medical standards for emergency and acute illness situations), acting as liaison between the facility and other physicians and facilities, and utilization review in a comprehensive sense (it is suggested the medical director should be the leader of the utilization review committee, assuming he really knows the facility, staff, and kinds of patients the facility can and cannot care for). Other functions include assuming care for patients who have no other physician; assistance in staff training; and assistance in the development of patient care policies and procedures, considered to be collaborative roles. It is noted that the medical director does not have veto power or the final word on policies or procedures except those which refer directly to medical practice. Several qualifications for the medical care director are outlined. It is stressed that the medical director should visit the facility on a predictable, regular basis, be available to all staff, and participate in a leadership role in staff conferences. No references are included.
Keywords	Long term care Physicians Personnel management Patients Management methods Inpatients Health care Health care services Health care delivery organizations Demography Reprints Medical directors HRP/KAB HRP/CDD HRP/UH HRP/ZJ HRPGEO/YNO HRPOCC/XA Managers Roles(Behavior) Job descriptions
Source Agency	Bureau of Health Planning and Resources Development Health Research Administration
NTIS Subject Category	44K - Health Services 70D - Personnel Management, Labor Relations & Manpower Studies
Supplemental Notes	Paper is from a speech presented at the American Medical Association seminar on 'The Role of the Medical Director in Long-Term Care Facilities,' AMA Convention, Chicago, Ill., June 24, 1975.
Document Type	Journal Article
NTIS Issue Number	197723

Role of the Medical Director in a Long-Term Care Facility.

Role of the Medical Director in a Long-Term Care Facility.
HRP0017326

Publication Date	1975
Personal Author	Schwab, M.
Page Count	4
Abstract	The responsibilities of a medical director in a long-term care facility are discussed, with particular attention to those functions which no one presently carries and which constitute a series hiatus in delivery of care to patients. Some of these responsibilities include responsibility for the quality of medical care rendered to patients (e.g., reminding the private physician he has not seen his patients or signed charts, setting medical standards for emergency and acute illness situations), acting as liaison between the facility and other physicians and facilities, and utilization review in a comprehensive sense (it is suggested the medical director should be the leader of the utilization review committee, assuming he really knows the facility, staff, and kinds of patients the facility can and cannot care for). Other functions include assuming care for patients who have no other physician; assistance in staff training; and assistance in the development of patient care policies and procedures, considered to be collaborative roles. It is noted that the medical director does not have veto power or the final word on policies or procedures except those which refer directly to medical practice. Several qualifications for the medical care director are outlined. It is stressed that the medical director should visit the facility on a predictable, regular basis, be available to all staff, and participate in a leadership role in staff conferences. No references are included.
Keywords	Long term care Physicians Personnel management Patients Management methods Inpatients Health care Health care services Health care delivery organizations Demography Reprints Medical directors HRP/KAB HRP/CDD HRP/UH HRP/ZJ HRPGEO/YNO HRPOCC/XA Managers Roles(Behavior) Job descriptions
Source Agency	Bureau of Health Planning and Resources Development Health Research Administration
NTIS Subject Category	44K - Health Services 70D - Personnel Management, Labor Relations & Manpower Studies
Supplemental Notes	Paper is from a speech presented at the American Medical Association seminar on 'The Role of the Medical Director in Long-Term Care Facilities,' AMA Convention, Chicago, Ill., June 24, 1975.
Document Type	Journal Article
NTIS Issue Number	197723