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The Role of Medical Directors in Dialysis Facilities :Series Editor : Robert A. Gutman: The Dialysis Medical Director’s Role in Quality and Safety
Author(s) -
Kliger Alan S.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
seminars in dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1525-139X
pISSN - 0894-0959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-139x.2007.00286.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , quality (philosophy) , medical emergency , family medicine , epistemology , philosophy
The medical director of dialysis is responsible for leadership in a dialysis facility’s quality improvement activities and patient safety initiatives. The Director should have knowledge of, and an ability to utilize, Continuous Quality Improvement techniques, evidence‐based guidelines, standardized mortality, hospitalization and transplantation data and other modalities to improve systems of care.