The Transformation of Academic Health Centers

Meeting the Challenges of Healthcare's Changing Landscape
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-12-800762-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 220 mm x 287 mm, Gewicht: 1055 g

The Transformation of Academic Health Centers: The Institutional Challenge to Improve Health and Well-Being in Healthcare's Changing Landscape presents the direct knowledge and vision of accomplished academic leaders whose unique positions as managers of some of the most complex academic and business enterprises make them expert contributors.

Users will find invaluable insights and leadership perspectives on healthcare, health professions education, and bio-medical and clinical research that systematically explores the evolving role of global academic health centers with an eye focused on the transformation necessary to be successful in challenging environments.

The book is divided into five sections moving from the broad perspective of the role of academic health centers to the role of education, training, and disruptive technologies. It then addresses the discovery processes, improving funding models, and research efficiency. Subsequent sections address the coming changes in healthcare delivery and future perspectives, providing a complete picture of the needs of the growing and influential healthcare sector.

Zielgruppe

healthcare delivery practitioners and researchers affiliated with academic health centers; professional educators; health center administrators; health professions associations; and academic institutional leadership generally

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wartman, Steven

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PrefaceForewordSection One: The Evolution of the Academic Health CenterChapter 1: The Changing Ivory Tower: Balancing Mission and Business Chapter 2: Presidential and Academic Health Center Leadership within the Modern University: Opportunities and ChallengesChapter 3: How Academic Health Centers Are Transforming in Leadership, Administration, and Management: A Case StudyChapter 4: The Changing Roles and Expectations of FacultyChapter 5: Universal Lessons for Academic Health Science Centers - Recognizing the Value of IntegrationChapter 6: Future Directions Section Two: Educating the Future Health WorkforceChapter 7: Disruptive Technologies Affecting Education and Their Implications for Curricular RedesignChapter 8: Diversity in the Academic Health Center: Progress and OpportunitiesChapter 9: The Growing Integration of Health Professions EducationChapter 10: Advancing Collaborative Global Education ProgramsChapter 11: The Future of Graduate Medical Education: Is there a Path Forward?Chapter 12: Guiding the Future of Medical Education through "Enlightened� Accreditation PolicyChapter 13: The Compelling Need for Education Reform: A Futurist's View of Health Professions EducationSection Three: The Challenge of DiscoveryChapter 14: The Changing Spectrum of Biomedical and Clinical ResearchChapter 15: Managing, Funding, and Supporting ResearchChapter 16: Transformative Changes to Embrace, Manage, and Exploit "Big Data�Chapter 17: Bridging Science and Practice - a Case Study: The Military Translation of Innovative Responses to Urgent Military Medical Needs Into Widespread Clinical PracticeChapter 18: How Research Can and Should Inform Public PolicySection Four: Preparing for Health System ChangeChapter 19: Population Health and the PatientChapter 20: The Changing Delivery of Patient CareChapter 21: Making the Patient ParamountChapter 22: Positioning Academic Health Centers for Quality, Safety, and Patient EmpowermentChapter 23: Information Technology and Better Health: Overcoming the RisksChapter 24: Market Consolidation and Alignment Section Five: ConclusionChapter 25: Academic Health Center Transformation: Future Shock or Future Success?Acknowledgements Index

Über Autor(innen)

Wartman, Steven
Before becoming President and CEO of American Association for Health Centers, Steven A. Wartman served as dean of the Medical School at University of Texas Health Science Center. Dr. Wartman was the Edward Meilman Distinguished Chair of Medicine and physician-in-chief at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He also served as director of the Center for Quality Research of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System and professor of medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Dr. Wartman's honors include a Leadership and Achievement Award in 1997 from the Society of General Internal Medicine, of which he is also a past president, and the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration's 1999 Award for Excellence for Outstanding Leadership and Interdisciplinary Collaboration for his role as co-director of the Interdisciplinary Generalist Curriculum Project. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Before joining the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in 1995, he was professor of medicine at the University of Miami and director of medical services and chairman of medicine at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach. Dr. Wartman has authored or contributed to more than 120 peer-reviewed journal articles, abstracts, book chapters, letters and other publications. His long-standing professional interests include health care delivery, health policy, medical ethics and medical education.