title: The dialysis medical director's role in quality and safety.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine, Hospital of St. Raphael and Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA. akliger@srhs.org
authors.forename: Alan S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kliger
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D006436:Hemodialysis Units, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D008486:Physician Executives; D010819:Physician's Role; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D017751:Safety Management; D014481:United States