Medical Directors, Surveys and the Law

How Mco Medical Directors See the System

In this chapter, we describe and interpret our interviews with representatives of nine managed care organizations. We begin by providing background on how the managed care organizations were selected and recruited to participate, and the issues addressed in the interviews. We then report and interpret their experiences with emerging medical technologies. As with manufacturers, the discussion is...

A Word From The Medical Directors

If you would like to submit art for consideration for the cover of The Permanente Journal, please use the following guidelines… Send us a high-quality color photograph of your art no smaller than 4x5 and no larger than 8x10. Portrait orientation is preferred. On the Cover/ " Spring " by Wuhao (Taki) Tu, MD. Dr. Tu is a retired nephrologist-internist. He worked for The Permanente Medical Group f...

A Word from the Medical Directors

The Roles and Functions of Medical Directors in Nursing Homes.

The medical director is an important member of the healthcare team in a nursing home, and is responsible for overall coordination of care and for implementation of policies related to care of the residents in a nursing home. The residents in nursing homes are frail, medically complex, and have multiple disabilities. The medical director has an important leadership role in assisting nursing home...

Medical marijuana and the law.

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