Journal Abstract: Women's Health as a Model for Change

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Women's Health as a Model for Change in Academic Medical Centers: Lessons from the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health ( PDF file, 41 Kb)

Abstract. Academic health centers serve a unique role in the American health landscape.  They teach and train new doctors, conduct cutting-edge research, and provide quality health care services, including charitable care to the poor and very sick.  In the current health care marketplace, academic health centers are under increasing pressure to maximize efficiencies, avoid redundancies, and cut costs.  Their challenge is to do so without jeopardizing their mission to provide high-quality care, form well-trained doctors, and conduct important research.  Within this context, the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health (CoE), located in leading academic health centers across the United States and Puerto Rico, are exploring whether women's health can be a model for a more coordinated, informed, and accountable system of health care in academic health centers.

Reprinted with permission from the Journal of Gender Specific Medicine. (Special issue, April 2000, pp 53-55.) Single copies of this article may be downloaded for personal research and study.

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