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?William B. Freedberg, MD, PhDWilliam B. Freedberg, MD, PhDFrom Tufts University, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 01199.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-151-6-200909150-00014 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:As a partly retired, board-certified internist and geriatrician who has spent most of the past dozen years caring for patients in the nursing home setting, I was very interested to read the recent article by Katz and colleagues (1). More than 80% of my “evaluation and management” encounters in a typical month are for patients in nursing homes, including subacute care, long-term care, or hospice. I wish to offer some comments.First, do we really need another specialty type of certification, with more examinations, more requirements, more paperwork, and more fees and its own small bureaucracy to ...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 Tufts University, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 01199.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? 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 Would a Nursing Home Physician Specialty Resolve the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care? Heidi K. White , Gwendolen Buhr , Jose Gonzalez , and Would a Nursing Home Physician Specialty Resolve the Workforce Crisis in Long-Term Care? Leslie S. Libow and Gisele Wolf-Klein Metrics 15 September 2009Volume 151, Issue 6Page: 431-432KeywordsConflicts of interestElderlyGeriatricsHospitalistsLong-term careNursesNursing homesPatients ePublished: 15 September 2009 Issue Published: 15 September 2009 CopyrightCopyright © 2009 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...