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<title>Health Conversations - Association Of Academic Health Centers</title>
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<copyright>&#x2117; &amp; &#xA9; 2007 Association of Academic Health Centers</copyright>
<itunes:subtitle>Strengthen, Advocate, Lead</itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:summary>Leaders from the Nation's academic Health centers discuss pressing issues that affect the health care world of today and tomorrow.</itunes:summary>

<description>Leaders from the nation's academic health centers discuss pressing issues that affect the health care world of today and tomorrow.
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<itunes:name>Nathan Castellanos</itunes:name>
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<title>A Voyage of Discovery</title>
<itunes:author>Association of Academic Health Centers</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>An interview with Professor Steven Smith</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Professor Stephen Smith, DSc, FmedSci, Chief Executive of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Principal, Faculty of Medicine, CEO, Imperial College London, discuses academic health centers in the United Kingdom. 
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>5:07</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Academic Health, Organization, Integration, AAHC</itunes:keywords>
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<title>New Models for Research </title>
<itunes:author>Association of Academic Health Centers</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>An interview with Dr. Steven Henriksen</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Dr. Steven Henriksen, Vice President for Research and Biotechnology, Western University of Health Sciences, talks about new models for integrated research.
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<pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>4:29</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Academic Health, Organization, Integration, AAHC</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Moving to Transinstitutional Integration</title>
<itunes:author>Association of Academic Health Centers</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>An interview with Dr. Andrew Sorensen</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Dr. Andrew Sorensen, President, University of South Carolina, a key leader promoting transinstitutional initiatives, discusses why integration is so important for universities.
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>2:39</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Academic Health, Organization, Integration, AAHC</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Challenges of Funding Academic Health</title>
<itunes:author>Association of Academic Health Centers</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>An interview with Mr. Ronnie Jowers</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Ronnie Jowers, Vice President for Health Affairs and Chief Financial Officer, Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Emory University discusses some of the major pressures or challenges now facing academic health centers when it comes to financing and funding facilities.
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:12</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Academic Health, Organization, Funding, Emory, AAHC</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Academic Health and Global Organization</title>
<itunes:author>Association of Academic Health Centers</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>An interview with Mr. Peter Noble</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Mr. Peter Noble, Director of Health Development, Dean's Office, School of Medicine, University of Leeds discusses a recent study, comparing various organizational models of organizations worldwide.
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:03</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Academic Health, Organization, Globalization, AAHC</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Creative Health Workforce Solutions</title>
<itunes:author>Association of Academic Health Centers</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>An interview with Dr. Barbara Atkinson</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>  Dr. Barbara Atkinson, Executive Dean, School of Medicine, Executive Vice Chancellor, University of Kansas Medical Center discusses solutions to the health workforce shortages in rural America.
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>2:09</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Academic Health, Workforce, Rural Health, AAHC</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Leadership and Clinical Trial Compliance</title>
<itunes:author>Association of Academic Health Centers</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>An interview with Dr. Stephanie Spangler</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary> Dr. Stephanie Spangler, Deputy Provost for Biomedical and Health Affairs, Yale University,
speaks about the importance benefits of having organization wide support for clinical trial compliance.
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:34</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Academic Health, Organization, Clinical Trials, Yale, AAHC</itunes:keywords>
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<title>The Power of Integration</title>
<itunes:author>Association of Academic Health Centers</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Trends in Academic Health Center Organization.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>AAHC President and CEO, Dr Steven Wartman discusses academic health center organization, and the importance of integration across the entire enterprise.</itunes:summary>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:30</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Academic Health, Organization, AAHC</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Changing Clinical Trials</title>
<itunes:author>Association of Academic Health Centers</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>A discusion of the AAHC Forum on Regulation July Meeting.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>AAHC Forum on Regulation Co-Chairs, Nick Gaich, Chief Operating Officer,Stanford/Packard Center for Translational Research in Medicine, and David Haray,Vice President, Patient Financial Services, Stanford Hospital and Clinics discuss the ground breaking work of the forum.</itunes:summary>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:33</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Academic Health, Clinical Trials, AAHC, Research</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Clinical Trials - A map For The Future</title>
<itunes:author>Association of Academic Health Centers</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>Impressions from the AAHC Forum on Regulation July Meeting.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Members of the AAHC Forum on Regulation discuss their impressions of the work that the forum is doing to develop a toolkit for institutions to help streamline regulatory compliance in clinical trials.</itunes:summary>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:01</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Academic Health, Clinical Trials, AAHC, Research</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Intellectual Property and Academic Health Centers</title>
<itunes:author>Association of Academic Health Centers</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>An interview with Dr. Jeffrey Balser, MD, PhD, on Research and Intellectual Property.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>AAHC President and CEO, Dr Steven Wartman and Dr. Jeffrey Balser, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at Vanderbilt University, discuss the importance of intellectual property to academic health centers, and the importance of bringing together intellectual assets.</itunes:summary>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>4:05</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Academic Health,, Research, Technology Transfer, AAHC, HIPAA</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Technology Transfer &amp; HIPAA Regulations</title>
<itunes:author>Association of Academic Health Centers</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>An interview with Dr. Arthur S. Levine, MD on the Technology Transfer and HIPAA Regulations on Research</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>AAHC President and CEO, Dr Steven Wartman and Dr. Arthur S. Levine, Senior Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh discuss two current challenges to research in academic health centers, and how the work of the AAHC Executive Leadership Group of Vice Presidents for Research is addressing them.</itunes:summary>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>4:40</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Academic Health, NIH, Research, Technology Transfer, AAHC, HIPAA</itunes:keywords>
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<title>The Forum on Regulation</title>
<itunes:author>Association of Academic Health Centers</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>An interview with Dr. Philip Pizzo on Regulation and Clinical Trials</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>AAHC President and CEO, Dr Steven Wartman interviews Dr. Philip Pizzo, Dean of the School of Medicine at Stanford University and member of the board of directors of the AAHC, as well as co-chair of the AAHC Forum on Regulation. They discuss the important work that the AAHC forum is doing to deal with one of the most challenging problems facing academic health centers.</itunes:summary>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 11:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:56</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Academic Health, Regulation, Clinical Trials, AAHC</itunes:keywords>
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<title>A Future of Caring</title>
<itunes:author>Association of Academic Health Centers</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>A message from Dr. Steven Wartman to health professions graduates.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>AAHC President and CEO, Dr Steven Wartman addresses health professions graduates about their future. With emphasis on the fact that taking care of patients is always personal, Dr Wartman encourages graduates to keep the values of humanism and care at the center of their careers. </itunes:summary>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 11:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:45</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Academic Health, Graduation, AAHC, Health Professions</itunes:keywords>
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<title>The Rural Health Workforce in Nebraska</title>
<itunes:author>Association of Academic Health Centers</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>A conversation with Harold M. Maurer, MD, Chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>AAHC Vice President for Policy and Program, Dr. Elaine R. Rubin speaks with Dr. Harold M. Maurer about the rural healthcare workforce shortage in the state of Nebraska, and what the University of Nebraska Medical Center is doing to help alleviate the problem.</itunes:summary>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:07</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Academic Health, Health Workforce, AAHC, Rural Health Care, Workforce Shortage</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Restructuring Tulane After Katrina</title>
<itunes:author>Association of Academic Health Centers</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>A conversation with Alan Miller, PhD, MD about how Tulane University Health Sciences Center is rethinking the health care system.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>AAHC Vice President for Policy and Program, Dr. Elaine R. Rubin speaks with Dr. Alan Miller about the difficulties facing New Orleans as they try to rebuild the health care system.</itunes:summary>
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<pubDate>Mon, 2 Apr 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:23</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Academic Health, Health reform, AAHC, Katrina, Tulane</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Changing the Psyche and the Sytem</title>
<itunes:author>Association of Academic Health Centers</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>What is necessary for reform in the health system today?</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>AAHC President, Dr. Steven A. Wartman shares some thoughts on the current health system, and what is necessary for meaningfull systemic change.</itunes:summary>
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<pubDate>Mon, 5 Mar 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>3:03</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Academic Health, Health reform, Steven A. Wartman, AAHC</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Clinical Trials</title>
<itunes:author>Association of Academic Health Centers</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>A discussion of some of the issues in clinical trials.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>AAHC President, Dr. Steven A. Wartman sits down with Nick Gaich, Chief Operating Officer, Stanford/Packard Center for Translational Research in Medicine, and David Haray, Vice President, Patient Financial Services, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, to discuss the pertient issues facing this multi-billion dollar enterprise which greatly influences the health of Americans</itunes:summary>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<itunes:duration>4:18</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Academic Health, Clinical Trials, Stanford</itunes:keywords>
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