Minnesota Medical Directors Association

MMDA Mission Statement

The Minnesota Medical Directors Association is a professional association representing physicians who provide medical direction, chronic care and geriatrics services.


Values
MMDA is committed to medical care that is: Competent, comprehensive, compassionate and ethical.

Core Objectives
1.  Educate clinicians on geriatrics and chronic care as well as administrative medical            direction;

2.  Support the development of information exchange; 

3.  Create and maintaining liaisons with organizations with similar goals;

4.  Engage with other State and Federal organizations that impact regulation and                legislation;


Collaborative Organizations:

Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging

Aging Services of Minnesota

Care Providers of Minnesota




MMDA's TOPICS in Geriatrics Medicine and Medical Direction Newletters

October 2011: Bereavement and Complicated Grief in the Geriatric Population
By Steve Olson

August 2011: Update in Geriatric Medicine Education
By Lawrence J. Kerzner, MD, FACP, AGSF

June 2011: The Role of the Medical Director
By John Mielke, MD

April 2011:Minnesota’s Nursing Facility Performance-Based Incentive Payment Program: An Innovative Model for Promoting Care Quality
By Teresa Lewis, BA, Valerie Cooke, BA, BS, Greg Arling, PhD,
Kathleen Abrahamson, PhD, RN, Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Lisa Edstrom, MBA

February 2011: Medication Reduction to Improve Resident Quality of Life
By Sandra Delgehausen RN

December 2010: F-329: Unnecessary Drugs Adverse Drug Consequences
By Rich Januszewski, M.S., Pharm., C.G.P.



Minnesota Medical Directors Association Membership Application


Minnesota Medical Directors Association Office
P.O. Box 24475
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55424

(952) 929-9398  Fax: (952) 929-4363

email: rlobeck@mnmeddir.org
www.minnesotageriatrics.org