Update on the medical director concept
Pattee, J.J.
American Family Physician 28(6): 129-133
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-838X PMID: 6650329 Document Number: 205669
Physicians have a legal and ethical responsibility to provide leadership in the care of our institutionalized elderly. In the nursing home, this responsibility includes three components: providing care for individual patients (attending physician), providing care for groups of individuals (medical director) and monitoring and evaluating utilization and quality of care (Utilization Review Committee). Individual physicians, administrators and staff must define the tasks of the medical director to meet the needs of each particular nursing home.