Medical Director

The Hospice medical director is a doctor of medicine or osteopathy who supervises, reviews, manages and coordinates clinical care for all the patients in the Hospice program.
He or she:

• Reviews patient eligibility for Hospice services
• Acts as a medical resource to the patient care team
• Acts as a liaison with physicians and other referral sources in community

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Attending Physician

Hospice encourages participation by the patient's attending physician in coordinating the medical care of the patient through ongoing communication with the patient care team.

He or she provides:

• Admitting diagnosis and prognosis, current medical findings, orders for medication, treatment, and symptom management.
• Direction for medical management of other conditions not related to the terminal illness.