Pursuing Excellence in Healthcare : Preserving America's Academic Medical Centers

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. Much as it is with the nations overall healthcare system, the survival of academic medical centers (AMCs) is threatened by a combination of economic, cultural, and demographic factors. If AMCs are to survive to fill their societal responsibilities, they must adopt a new philosophy. Challenging assumptions and providing the shift in perspective that a resolution of this crisis requires, Arthur Feldman PhD, MD provides us with a thoroughly researched and forward-thinking volume that all those concerned with healthcare must read. This brilliant manifesto will help physicians, policymakers, analysts, and regulators understand the challenges faced by todays AMCs. But more importantly, Pursuing Excellence in Preserving Americas Academic Medical Centers offers a cogent, viable plan that will reestablish the leadership role that AMCs need to play in providing Americans with the best possible care. Integrating The Diverse Structures Of Academic Medical Centers -- Integrating Clinical Care Delivery Systems -- Leadership In The Academic Medical Center -- Fixing The Broken Pipeline Of Amc Scientists -- Resolving Conflicts Of Interest -- Commercializing Research Discoveries -- Resolving The Physician Workforce Crisis -- The Changing Demographics Of America's Amcs -- Teaching Medical Professionalism In The Amc -- Financing The Missions Of The Amc -- Developing Strategic Regional And Global Collaborations -- Ensuring Governmental Support And Oversight Of The Amc. Arthur M. Feldman ; Foreword By Edward J. Benz, Jr. A Productivity Press Book. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.