The 4-part presentation of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 by Saliba and colleagues 1 e4
redefines how we think about residents in the nursing home and how we document their …

OBJECTIVES: To examine the relationship between features of nursing home (NH) medical
staff organization and residents' 30-day rehospitalizations. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study …

OBJECTIVES: To describe views of attending physicians regarding nurse assistants as part
of a multidisciplinary seminar on nurse assistants at the 1997 American Medical Directors …

Are you involved in quality improvement? As a medical director, primary care clinician, or
other health professional working in a nursing home, you should be. If you are not, it is time …

It is both with excitement and trepidation that your new editors take over the editorial helm of
your Journal. Dan Osterweil has done an excellent job in taking the Journal from its …

We have come a long way in a relatively short period of time in broadening our
understanding of the link between physician practice and quality of care in the post-acute …

To understand the roles of the medical director and the chief of staff, it is important to
consider the environment in which they operate. If both the environment and the roles are …

What the Hospital Nursing Page 1 What the Hospital Nursing Consultant Does The hospital
nursing consultant has a challenging part to play in a municipal health department program …

FREQUENTLY CITED crite-riom for the selection of head nurses and supervisors is that they
be good bedside nurses and good staff nurses. When staff nurses and other health care …

297 cated workforce of nurse leaders not only strengthens the profession's competency, it
also improves patient outcomes. Research demonstrates that effective nurse leaders …