TY - BOOK AU - Detmer,Don E. AU - Steen,Elaine B. TI - The Academic Health Centre: leadership and performance SN - 0521827183 AV - RA966 .O68 2005 U1 - 362.12068 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Cambridge, UK, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Academic medical centers KW - United States KW - Administration N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword; Roger J. Bulger and Jordan J. Cohen --; 1; Academic health centers : current status, future challenges; David Blumenthal --; 2; A health system for the twenty-first century --; Case study; A community-oriented primary care network : Parkland Health and Hospital System; Ron J. Anderson and Sue Pickens --; Commentaries; Enriqueta C. Bond, Peter O. Kohler and Robert Galvin --; 3; Stronger leadership in and by academic health centers --; App; The leadership mirror; John G. Nackel --; Case study; Building an institutional leadership development program : the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics; Douglas S. Wakefield, Michael G. Kienzle, R. Edward Howell and Robert P. Kelch --; Commentary; Edward D. Miller and Steven Lipstein --; 4; Pursuing organizational and cultural change --; App; Baylor metrics 2001 --; Case study; Organizational evolution of an academic health center enterprise : Oregon Health and Science University; Michael A. Geheb, Mark L. Penkhus and Peter O. Kohler --; Commentaries; Arthur Garson, Jonathan F. Saxton, Michael M. E. Johns and George F. Sheldon --; 5; Managing and leveraging organizational knowledge --; Case study; Whose knowledge is it anyway? : David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, 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 (IDEATeL); Steven Shea, Justin Starren and Ruth S. Weinstock --; Case study; PatientSite : CareGroup HealthCare System; Alice Lee, David Delaney and Jim Brophy --; Commentary; John P. Glaser and Cynthia Bero --; 7; Organizational challenges facing the European academic health center; Tom Smith --; Commentary; Haile T. Debas N2 - "Based on a series of reports produced by the Blue Ridge Academic Health Group, which has developed a framework for meeting the challenges of improving health in the twenty-first century, it also contains invited commentaries and case studies from leading authorities in and beyond the United States. It identifies the public policies and organizational practices required to maximize the health status of individuals and the population, and highlights innovative practices." "This book is essential reading for managers and leaders of clinical and basic science departments in academic health centers, and for all those involved in health systems management studies."--BOOK JACKET ER -