The Academic Health Center: Leadership and Performance - Hardcover

Edited By Don Detmer , Elaine Steen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521827183 ISBN 13: 9780521827188

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

The leadership and management of academic health centers present challenges as complex as any in the corporate environment. A consensus is emerging about their integrated mission of education, research and service, and this book, first published in 2005 and focusing on value-driven management, provides a truly comprehensive review of these issues available. Based on reports produced by the Blue Ridge Academic Health Group, which has developed a framework for meeting the challenges of improving health in the 21st 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 maximise the health status of individuals and the population, and highlights innovative practices. It 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.

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About the Author

Don Detmer is Professor Emeritus and Professor of Medical Education at the University of Virginia and Senior Scholar at the Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge. He founded the Blue Ridge Academic Health Group in 1997, and has served as the CEO of the Health Sciences Centers of the Universities of Utah and Virginia. Elaine Steen is a health policy analyst affiliated with the University of Virginia and served as project manager and editor of the Blue Ridge Academic Health Group.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521827183
• ISBN 13: 9780521827188
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 334