The concept of academic health centers as multinational institutions holds great promise for these institutions to work together in powerful new ways. While academic health centers contribute significantly to health and economic growth worldwide, there is a compelling need for them to work collectively on the world stage to enhance their fundamental missions of education, patient care, and research. This need goes beyond the well understood reason that each can learn from the other: it involves how collectively they can be a force for positive change.

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The Promise and Power of Academic Health Centers