Academic health centers : leading change in the 21st century / Committee on the Roles of Academic Health Centers in the 21st Century ; Linda T. Kohn, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kohn, Linda T.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Roles of Academic Health Centers in the 21st Century.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic medical centers--United States.

Academic medical centers.

Academic Medical Centers--trends.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Academic Medical Centers--trends.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiv, 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2004]

Contents:

2 Forces for Change 30

Transforming the Roles of Ahcs

3 The Academic Health Center as a Reformer: The Education Role 45

4 The Academic Health Center as a Modeler: The Patient Care Role 65

5 The Academic Health Center as a Translator of Science: The Research Role 77

Creating an Environment for Innovation

6 The Consequences of Current Financing Methods for the Future Roles of Ahcs 92

7 Expectations for the Ahc of the 21st Century 110

8 Creating Systems for Change in Ahcs 127

A Academic Health Centers: All the Same, all Different, or ... 161

B Committee on the Roles of Academic Health Centers in the 21st Century 198.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0309088933

OCLC:

54365118