title: Total quality management and the medical director.
abstract: Physicians practicing in nursing homes can best influence the quality of care by managing the processes through which treatment orders are requested by nursing home staff and then implemented. This article describes how total quality management principles can be used to effectively manage these treatment order processes.
authors.affiliation: UCLA School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Schnelle
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D003663:Decision Trees; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*