title: Nursing home visits: an efficient system for the busy physician.
abstract: For their patients who enter a nursing home, physicians need to know how to perform an efficient and effective visit. With a structured, methodical approach the initial and follow-up visits can be done within 15 minutes per patient. Each visit can include review of diagnoses and medications; input from the patient, nursing staff, and families; vital signs and weights; physical exam; lab results; and review of the interdisciplinary care plan. An assessment that genuinely contributes to the care plan will enhance the physician's effectiveness and satisfaction in long-term care practice.
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, USA.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: McCartney
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: McCartney
mesh_terms: D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000592:standards; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010808:Physical Examination