The Academic Health Center : Leadership and Performance (Paperback)

1. Academic health centers: current status, future challenges David Blumenthal; 2. A health system for the 21st century; Case study. A community oriented primary care network: Parkland health and hospital system Ron Anderson and Sue Pickens; Commentaries Peter Kohler, Enriqueta Bond and Robert Galvin; 3. Stronger leadership in and by academic health centers; Case study. An institutional leadership development program: University of Iowa hospitals and clinics Douglas Wakefield, Michael Kienzle, R. Edward Howell and Robert P. Kelch; Commentary Edward D. Miller and Stephen Lipstein; 4. Pursuing organizational and cultural change; Case study. Organizational evolution of an AHC enterprises Oregon Health Sciences University Michael Geheb, Mark Penkhus and Peter Kohler; Commentaries Arthur Garson, John Saxton, Michael Johns and George Sheldon; Appendix Baylor Metrics; 5. Managing and leveraging organizational knowledge; Case study. Whose knowledge is it anyway? University of California at Los Angeles LuAnn Wilkerson and J. Michael McCoy; Commentary Linda Watson and Sherrilynne Fuller; 6. e-Health challenges and opportunities; Case study. Informatics for diabetes education and telemedicine: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and State University of New York Upstate Medical University Steven Shea, Justin Starren and Ruth Weinstock; Case study. PatientSite CareGroup Healthcare System Alice Lee, David Delaney and Jim Brophy; Commentary John Glaser and Cynthia Bero; 7. Organizational challenges facing the European academic health center Tom Smith; Commentary Haile Debas.