Medical director responsibilities for outpatient cardiac rehabilitation/secondary prevention programs: 2012 update: A statement for health care professionals from the American association for cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation and the American heart association

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 410-419

  King, Marjorie ^a,b   Bittner, Vera ^c   Josephson, Richard ^d   Lui, Karen ^e   Thomas, Randal J ^f   Williams, Mark A ^g  

^a HELEN HAYES HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Governmental Representation with Quality   (United States)

^f Division of Cardiovascular Diseases   (United States)

^g CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac rehabilitation; exercise training; medical director

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870318593     PISSN: 19327501     EISSN: 1932751X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e31826c727c     Document Type: Article

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