A Sport Physiotherapist as Medical Director: Taking a Leadership Role

Role of the state EMS medical director.

Dedicated and qualified medical direction is required to ensure safe and quality patient care. Medical direction is a fundamental element of the emergency medical services (EMS) system. It is essential that the lead agency for EMS within the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the territories of Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mari...

The medical director as a member of the hospice team.

In this issue of the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Vandenberg and Keller provide a literature review illustrating the lack of research related to hospice medical directors and outlining important considerations for those interested in providing medical leadership in a hospice. They cite only 7 articles related to hospice medical direction, and discover only 1 provides d...

Marketing as Service-Exchange: Taking a Leadership Role in Global Marketing Management

Companies with a superior understanding of the customer usage experience create offerings that promise greater value-in-use than similar competing offerings, which enables the most innovative companies in the world to outperform rivals. The Boston Consulting Group and BusinessWeek recently surveyed 1,070 senior managers in 63 countries in Asia, Europe and North America, and found that the under...

Reimagining WHO: leadership and action for a new Director-General.

Three candidates to be the next WHO Director-General remain: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, David Nabarro, and Sania Nishtar. The World Health Assembly's ultimate choice will lead an organisation facing daunting internal and external challenges, from its own funding shortfalls to antimicrobial resistance and immense health inequities. The new Director-General must transform WHO into a 21st century...

Role of the medical director in the nursing home.