Bibliography: Medical Direction in Long Term Care

Books

Institute of Medicine. Improving the Quality of Long Term Care. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2001.

Levenson SA. Medical Direction in Long-Term Care: A Guidebook for the Future. North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 1993.

Levenson SA. Medical Director and Attending Physicians Policy and Procedure Manual for Long-Term Care. Dayton, Ohio: MED-PASS, 2005.

Pattee, JJ, Otteson OJ. Medical Direction in the Nursing Home—Principles and Concepts for Physician Administrators. Minneapolis, MN: Northridge Press, 1991.

Book Chapters

Levenson SA. Medical Direction and Medical Care in Nursing Facilities. Chapter in ed. by Reichel, W. Clinical Aspects of Aging, 4th ed. 529- 539, 1995.

Levenson SA. Role of the Medical Director in the 1990s. Chapter in ed. by Goldsmith, S. Long- term care administration. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen. 1993.

Levenson SA. The Changing Role of the Nursing Home Medical Director. Chapter in ed. by Katz, P.R. et al. Advances in Long-term care, Volume 2. New York: Springer. 1993.

Levenson SA. The Physician as Medical Director: a Growing Responsibility Worldwide. Facts and Research in Gerontology, 1994; 277- 285.

Journal Articles

Boyce BF, Bob H, Levenson SA. The preliminary impact of Maryland's medical director and attending physician regulations. Jl Amer Med Dir Assoc 2003,4:157-163.

Dimant J. "Roles and Responsibilities of Attending Physicians in Skilled Nursing Facilities." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. July/August 2003: 231-243. http://www.jamda.com/article/PIIS1525861004703552/fulltext

Elon R. "The Nursing Home Medical Director Role in Transition." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. February 1993: 131-135.

Fanale JE. "The Nursing Home Medical Director." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. April 1989: 369-375.

Gruber, HW. "The Medical Director in the Nursing Home—A Catalyst for Quality Care." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. November 1977: 497-499.

Lawson, IR, et al. "Medical Director in Long-Term Care." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. April 1978: 157-166.

Levenson SA. "Bridge Building, Not Rain Dancing: A Medical Director's Core Management Responsibilities." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. May/June 2001: 125-133. http://www.jamda.com/article/PIIS1525861004701814/fulltext

Levenson SA. "The Impact of Laws and Regulations in Improving Physician Performance and Care Processes in Long-Term Care." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. July/August 2004 (Vol. 5, Issue 4): 268-277. http://www.jamda.com/article/PIIS1525861004701358/fulltext

Levenson SA. The Maryland regulations: Rethinking physician and medical director accountability in nursing homes. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. March/April 2002:79-94. http://www.jamda.com/article/PIIS1525861004704181/fulltext

Levenson SA. The new OBRA Enforcement Rule: Implications for Medical Directors and Attending Physicians (7 parts). Nursing Home Medicine 1995;3:32-34, 3:45-48, 3:83-85, 3:122-126, 3:150-154, 3:195-199, 3:214-216.

Levenson SA. A Medical Quality Assurance and Improvement Program: The Essentials for a Medical Director. Journal of Medical Direction 1993;3:20-27.

Levenson SA. The Knowledge Base of Long- term Care Medical Direction: Guidelines for Contributors and Continuing Education Planners. Journal of Medical Direction 1992;2:12-15.

Levenson SA. The Medical Director and Continuous Quality Improvement. Journal of Medical Direction 1992; 2:67-75.

Levenson SA. The Nursing Home Medical Director: A New Era. Journal of Long-Term Care Administration, 1989(Spring);17(1):6-9.

Pattee JJ. "History and Evolution of the Role of the Medical Director." Clinical Geriatric Medicine. August 1995: 331-341.

Pattee JJ. "Role of Medical Director in a Nursing Home." Minnesota Medicine. February 1977: 107-108.

Pattee JJ. "Update on the Medical Director Concept." American Family Physician. December 1983: 129-133.

"Physician's Role in the Long-Term Care Facility Position Statement." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. January 1993.

Swagerty DL, Rigler S. "The Physician's Role in Directing Long-Term Care: Understanding the rules is important for protecting your patients and your practice." Postgraduate Medicine. February 2000: 217-227.

Wilson K, et al. "Facility Investigations: Medical Directors Should Know the Rules." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. July/August 2002 (Vol. 2, Issue 4 Supplement): H38-H39. http://www.jamda.com/article/PIIS1525861004705162/fulltext

Winn P, et al. "Improving Communication Among Attending Physicians, Long-Term Care Facilities, Residents and Residents' Families." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. March/April 2004 (Vol. 5, Issue 2): 114-122. http://www.jamda.com/article/PIIS1525861004700663/fulltext

Zimmer JG, Watson NM, Levenson SA. "Nursing Home Medical Directors: Ideals and Realities." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 1993:127-130.

Other Articles/Brief Reports

Brechtelsbauer D. "Dear Dr. B—Employees' Personal Problems: Forego individual assistance in favor of developing institutional solutions." Caring for the Ages. January 2005: 12-11. http://www.amda.com/managementtools/biblography/CFA1_05.pdf

Brechtelsbauer D. "Dear Dr. B—How Do I Manage Patient Consults? Handle the frustrations that often accompany working with consultants." Caring for the Ages. May 2005: 8-10. http://www.amda.com/managementtools/biblography/CFA5_05.pdf

Brechtelsbauer D. "Dear Dr. B—My Patients Arrive with Poor Documentation: How to handle tricky transition issues." Caring for the Ages. April 2005: 26-27. http://www.amda.com/managementtools/biblography/CFA4_05.pdf

Brechtelsbauer D. "Dear Dr. B—When Do I Deny Family Visitation? Practical solutions for addressing situations with problematic families." Caring for the Ages. March 2005: 10-12. http://www.amda.com/managementtools/biblography/CFA3_05.pdf

Crecelius C, Levenson SA. "SOM Shortcomings: Why the Heart of the Survey is Missing Some Beats." Caring for the Ages. November 2001: 36-38. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/november2001/ltcregulations.cfm

Dixon D. "Change Agents: Medical directors who lead cultural change and quality improvement." Caring for the Ages. January 2004: 42-46. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/january2004/leadership.cfm

Dixon D. "Leadership Development: Back to Basics." Caring for the Ages. August 2004: 20-21. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/august2004/leadership.cfm

Dixon D. "The Leadership Mirror: Methods to examine trends & patterns in your performance." Caring for the Ages. October 2003: 38-39. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/october2003/leadership.cfm

Dixon D. "Overcome Barriers to Develop a Culture of Quality." Caring for the Ages. March 2004: 86-89. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/march2004/leadership.cfm

Dixon D. "Quality Improvement Teams." Caring for the Ages. June 2004: 72-74. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/june2004/leadership.cfm

Dixon D. "Quality Improvement Teams." Caring for the Ages. May 2004: 40-46. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/may2004/leadership.cfm

Dixon D. "Redefining LTC: Seven Keys to Effective Leadership." Caring for the Ages. AMDA 26th Annual Symposium/2003: 1+. http://www.amda.com/managementtools/biblography/CFA_PMR_03.pdf

Dixon D. "The Vital Role of Leadership and Staff Development." Caring for the Ages. July 2004: 51-52. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/july2004/leadership.cfm

"IOM Study Say Nursing Home Medical Directors Improve Quality of Care." American Medical Directors Association. March 2001. http://www.amda.com/news/othernews/2001/030101.cfm

Henkel G. "Doing What's Right in Long-Term Care: Grappling with Ethical Dilemmas." Caring for the Ages. June 2002: 1+. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/june2002/ethics.cfm

Kaldy J. "The Case for Conflict: Conflict is inevitable in long-term care facilities, but strong leadership can make it a positive force." Caring for the Ages. March 2005: 23+. http://www.amda.com/managementtools/biblography/CFA3_05_a.pdf

Kaldy J. "New Attitudes: Nontraditional, techniques empower staff to deal with difficult behaviors." Caring for the Ages. March 2004: 1+. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/march2004/behavior.cfm

Levenson SA. "Identifying & Implementing Effective Statewide Approaches to Nursing Home & Survey Reform." Caring for the Ages. November 2002: 7-9. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/november2002/ltcregulations.cfm

Levenson SA. "Improving Enforcement & Plans of Correction." Caring for the Ages. April 2002: 31-33. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/april2002/ltcregulations.cfm

Levenson SA. "LTC Regulations: Devil in the Details." Caring for the Ages. August 2001: 26-28. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/august2001/ltcregulations.cfm

Levenson SA. "The Medical Director: Back to Basics." Caring for the Ages. June 2004: 46-51. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/june2004/medicaldirector.cfm

MacLean D. "Credentialing & Privileging: One Size Doesn't Fit All." Caring for the Ages. August 2001: 9-10. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/august2001/credentialing.cfm

MacLean D. "How Medical Directors Can Fight Fraud." Caring for the Ages. May 2002: 20-21. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/may2002/fraud.cfm

Manion P, et al. "A Practical Way to Use the Quality Indicators in Long-Term Care." Caring for the Ages. May 2003: 33-39. http://www.amda.com/management/biblography/CFA5_03.pdf

Pettey SM. "National Nursing Home Quality Data Release Generally Applauded" Caring for the Ages. January 2003: 29-30. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/january2003/qualitydata.cfm

Pettey SM. "OIG Medical Director Report 'Disappointing." Caring for the Ages. May 2003: 1+. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/may2003/oigreport.cfm

Piturro M. "Liability Crisis Update—Part 1." Caring for the Ages. March 2004: 42-46. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/march2004/liability.cfm

Piturro M. "Liability Crisis Update—Part 2." Caring for the Ages. April 2004: 58-62. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/april2004/liability.cfm

Stone D. "Applied Geriatrics: A New Approach to Nursing Facility Care." Caring for the Ages. April 2002: 28-31. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/april2002/geriatrics.cfm

Vance J. "Implementing Clinical Guidelines: Yes You Can!" Caring for the Ages. April 2002: 4-7. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/april2002/cpgsinaction.cfm

Vance J. "More Effective Medical Direction: Ideas & tools you can put to use right now." Caring for the Ages. July 2003: 40-43. http://www.amda.com/publications/caring/july2003/medical_direction.cfm

Vance J. "Reducing Medication Errors in Nursing Homes." Caring for the Ages. April 2003: 49-51. http://www.amda.com/managementtools/biblography/CFA4_03.pdf

"White Paper on the Role of the Medical Director in the Survey Process." American Medical Directors Association. March 2002. http://www.amda.com/governance/whitepapers/survey_mdirrole.cfm