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The Roles of Academic Health Centers in the 21st Century: A Workshop Summary

Released:
January 9, 2003
Type:
Workshop Summary
Topic(s):
Biomedical and Health Research
Activity:
The Role of Academic Health Centers in the 21st Century
Board(s):
Board on Health Care Services

Note: Workshop Summaries contain the opinion of the presenters, but do NOT reflect the conclusions of the IOM. Learn more about the differences between Workshop Summaries and Consensus Reports.

The Committee on the Roles of Academic Health Centers (AHCs) in the 21st Century sponsored a workshop on January 24-25, 2002, hearing testimony from seventeen experts on the trends and developments in health care, changing health care needs, and the implications and expectations for AHCs in how they carry out their roles in education, research and patient care. This workshop summary recaps the presentations and discussions held at the workshop.

The agenda for the workshop was divided into three sections:

  1. Changing Needs and Trends in Health Care,
  2. Creating a Vision for the Future, and
  3. Creating an Environment to Support Needed Changes.

The workshop covered a diverse set of issues in trying to answer the question of how AHCs can and should respond to the needs and demands of a changing population and health care environment. No findings or conclusions were determined at the workshop, nor should any be drawn from these proceedings. The workshop was intended solely as an information-gathering activity by the committee.


Other Reports by this Activity

  • Academic Health Centers: Leading Change in the 21st Century Academic Health Centers: Leading Change in the 21st Century, identifies actions by AHCs, as well as public policy steps, that will enable AHCs to respond to current trends; it also describes three strategic management systems that all AHCs will need to establish to enable a more coordinated and cohesive system.
    Released: July 16, 2003

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