Would a Nursing Home Physician Specialty Resolve the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care?

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Letters15 September 2009Would a Nursing Home Physician Specialty Resolve the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care?Heidi K. White, MD, MHS, Gwendolen Buhr, MD, MHS, and Jose Gonzalez, MD, on behalf of the North Carolina Medical Directors AssociationHeidi K. White, MD, MHSFrom Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27701, and Extended Care Physicians, Asheville, NC 28802.Search for more papers by this author, Gwendolen Buhr, MD, MHSFrom Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27701, and Extended Care Physicians, Asheville, NC 28802.Search for more papers by this author, and Jose Gonzalez, MDFrom Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27701, and Extended Care Physicians, Asheville, NC 28802.Search for more papers by this author, on behalf of the North Carolina Medical Directors AssociationSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-151-6-200909150-00012 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:We read with interest the article by Katz and colleagues (1). The nursing home in the United States and other countries has a heterogeneous population of short-stay and long-stay residents. Short-stay residents include persons who come for rehabilitation after a hospital admission, for respite stays, and for palliative or end-of-life care. Long-stay residents include persons with cognitive, physical, or a combination of impairments that require extensive assistance with activities of daily living. Providing excellent care to these persons requires extensive knowledge not only of chronic disease management, acute disease management, and geriatric syndromes, but also of the ...Reference1. Katz PR, Karuza J, Intrator O, Mor V. Nursing home physician specialists: a response to the workforce crisis in long-term care. Ann Intern Med. 2009;150:411-3. [PMID: 19293074] LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27701, and Extended Care Physicians, Asheville, NC 28802.Disclosures: None disclosed. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoNursing Home Physician Specialists: A Response to the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care Paul R. Katz , Jurgis Karuza , Orna Intrator , and Vincent Mor Would a Nursing Home Physician Specialty Resolve the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care? Leslie S. Libow and Gisele Wolf-Klein Would a Nursing Home Physician Specialty Resolve the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care? William B. Freedberg Would a Nursing Home Physician Specialty Resolve the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care? Paul R. Katz , Jurgis Karuza , and Vincent Mor Would a Nursing Home Physician Specialty Resolve the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care? Cheryl L. Phillips Would a Nursing Home Physician Specialty Resolve the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care? Marie-Luz Villa Metrics 15 September 2009Volume 151, Issue 6Page: 430-431KeywordsDementiaHealth care qualityLong-term careMedical staffMotivationNursesNursing homesPatientsPhysiciansQuality improvement ePublished: 15 September 2009 Issue Published: 15 September 2009 CopyrightCopyright © 2009 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...