Pursuing Excellence in Healthcare

For over 100 years, academic medical centers (AMCs) have been the bastion of medicine; providing outstanding care, incubating the discoveries that have improved health care around the world, and training the next generation of doctors and scientists. Delineating the issues that have lead to the current crisis in AMCs, this book provides a radically different model for achieving success. The model presents four intersecting spheres of action, each of which is necessary but none of which can stand alone. The book presents an in depth analysis of the issues and challenges facing AMCs and offers recommendations that allow them to achieve their core mission the delivery of outstanding patient care.

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Much as it is with the nation's overall healthcare system, the survival of academic medical centers (AMC's) is threatened by a combination of economic, cultural, and demographic factors. If AMC's are to survive to fill their societal responsibilities, they must adopt a new philosophy. Challenging assumptions and providing the shift in perspective t

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SPHERE OF ACTION 1: STRUCTURE. Integrating the Diverse Structures of the AMC. Integrating Clinical Care Delivery Systems. Leadership in the Academic Medical Center. SPHERE OF ACTION II: RE-SEARCH. Fixing the "Broken Pipeline" of AMC Scientists. Resolving Conflicts of Interest. Commercializing Research Discoveries. SPHERE OF ACTION III: EDUCATION. Resolving the Physician Workforce Crisis. The Changing Demographics of America's AMCs. Teaching Medical Professionalism in the AMC. SPHERE OF ACTION IV: BUSINESS. Financing the Missions of the AMC. Developing Strategic Regional and Global Collaborations. Insuring Governmental Support and Oversight of the AMC. CONCLUSION.