Chronic disease manager vs medical director

Differences between chronic disease manager and medical director duties and responsibilities

Chronic disease manager example responsibilities.

• Manage chronic diseases including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypothyroidism, hyperlipidemia, etc.
• Empower and educate patients to promote dietary and medication compliance, improving health and decreasing exacerbation of illness and hospitalizations.
• Provide telephonic nursing education to patients with heart failure including medications, activity, disease progression, physician appointments and procedures.
• Serve as principal investigator of the CDC coordinate chronic disease grant.
• Submit abstract information from medical records to Georgia Medicaid for decision.
• Participate in the use of quality indicators such as predictive modeling and inter-rater reliability and assist in URAC accreditation standards.
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Medical director example responsibilities.

• Manage OPD for acute injuries.
• Manage patients with diabetes, hypertension and other medical problems.
• Manage patients living with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and other sexually transmit infections.
• Manage hypertension and diabetes in elderly patients
• Conduct psychiatry evaluations and treatment, manage co-occurring disorders.
• Manage budget planning, forecasting and accruals for improve financial management.
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