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The Transformation of Academic Health Centers
Meeting the Challenges of Healthcare’s Changing Landscape
Provides valuable insights and leadership perspectives on the evolving role of academic health centers and how they can be successful in the changing landscape of healthcare.
Steven Wartman (Author)
9780128007624
Hardback, published 9 April 2015
290 pages
27.6 x 21.5 x 2.3 cm, 1.1 kg
"Common threads that run throughout the book are collaboration, integration, interdisciplinary approaches, and, of course, transformation...an excellent reference for academic health centers seeking to learn from the experiences of other academic health centers. Score: 88 - 3 Stars" --Doody's
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.
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
Subject Areas: Life sciences: general issues [PSA], Health systems & services [MBP]
