Primary health care in an academic medical center.

Health care utilization of home care patients at an academic medical center in Taiwan.

BACKGROUND Previous surveys of home care patients in Taiwan have primarily concentrated on patients' status and needs. The aim of this study was to review the actual health care utilization of home care patients during the course of 1 year. METHODS Home care patients at an academic medical center in Taiwan were selected and their insurance claims data at this hospital in 2001 were analyzed. A...

Integrating education into primary care quality and cost improvement at an academic medical center.

INTRODUCTION In 1996 the University of Michigan Health System created the Guidelines Utilization, Implementation, Development, and Evaluation Studies (GUIDES) unit to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of primary care for common medical problems. GUIDES's primary functions are to oversee the development of evidence-based, practical clinical guidelines for common medical conditions; meas...

Health Care Reform—The Impact on Academic Health Centers: An Academic Health Center Executive’s Perspective

Academic health centers operate simultaneously in the highly intellectual world of academia and the highly competitive world of health care delivery. As a result of this unique operating circumstance, health care reform will likely exert unique impacts on academic health centers relative to community hospitals and independent providers. This discussion focuses on health care reform from the per...

Mentorship in an academic medical center.

AAIM is the largest academically focused specialty organization representing departments of internal medicine at medical schools and teaching hospitals in the United States and Canada. As a consortium of five organizations, AAIM represents department chairs and chiefs; clerkship, residency, and fellowship program directors; division chiefs; and academic and business administrators as well as ot...

Expanded community health center--academic medical center partnerships.