Medical service plans in academic medical centers

Advertising by academic medical centers.

BACKGROUND Many academic medical centers have increased their use of advertising to attract patients. While the content of direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertisements (ads) has been studied, to our knowledge, advertising by academic medical centers has not. We aimed to characterize advertising by the nation's top academic medical centers. METHODS We contacted all 17 medical centers named...

Understanding academic medical centers: Simone's Maxims.

INTRODUCTION Academic medical centers today represent a unique fusion of traditional academia, hospital functions, several levels of education, and, above all, patients. They are complex organizations trying to discharge an often conflicting melange of responsibilities. This complexity has grown in recent years with the increasingly rapid rate of change (1), stressing both faculty and leadershi...

Academic medical centers and conflicts of interest.

Evaluation of Strategic Plans in Academic Medical Libraries

Objective: Identify the evaluation methods being used in academic medical libraries that are engaged in strategic planning, where in the planning and implementation process evaluation is being incorporated, and how the evaluation data are collected, analyzed, and incorporated into future strategic planning processes. Methods: Using the multi-case approach (five), data collection included docume...

Improving Dermatology Clinical Efficiency in Academic Medical Centers.

Dr. Robert Brodell, MD, is the Chair of the Department of Dermatology and Professor in the Departments of Dermatology and Pathology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Jeremy Jackson, MD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. William Taylor Sisson, MBA, is the D...