Academic Health Centers: Leading Healthcare Transformation

As the only healthcare organizations that can align the education of healthcare professionals, biomedical research, and patient care/population health to create a leading health system, academic health centers are uniquely positioned to lead healthcare transformation in the 21st century:

• They embody the Virtuous Cycle in which the tripartite mission of education, research, and patient care not only inform each other but also make each other better at what they do.
• They implement leadership strategies toward sustainable, forward-looking approaches that lead to improved health and well-being.
• They manage operations in integrated and aligned organizational models.

More Information and Related Topics

Books and Articles:

• The Transformation of Academic Health Centers: Meeting the Challenges of Healthcare’s Changing Landscape
• Confluence of Policy and Leadership at Academic Health Science Centers: A Professional and Personal Guide
• Toward a Virtuous Cycle: The Changing Face of Academic Health Centers

Issue Briefs:

• The Compelling Value Proposition of Academic Health Centers
• Leadership and Strategic Communications: Optimizing Academic Health Center Messaging
• The Business Case for Optimized Academic Health Center-specific Metrics
• The Business Case for Academic Health Centers Addressing Environmental, Social, and Behavioral Determinants of Health
• Academic Health Centers: A Time to Respond to the New Global Economy
• The Promise and Power of Academic Health Centers
• Strategic Implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for Academic Health Centers