Sanfilippo Fred
Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Emory University, USA.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2010;153:383-414.
Academic Health Centers (AHCs) are comprised of academic, hospital, and clinical practice components that play a key role in healthcare delivery by their special ability to identify and implement improvements in outcomes, safety, cost-benefit, and satisfaction. They do this by utilizing a wide range of academic and clinical health professionals and disciplines to provide cutting-edge, highly specialized patient care as well as disproportionate uncompensated care in communities nationwide; to identify the effectiveness of different diagnostic and therapeutic approaches through clinical research; to foster new discoveries in biomedical science and technology and their clinical application; and to educate future generations of health professionals who apply these improvements. As the traditional homes of innovation in health and healing through research, and as the major sites of implementing change through education, AHCs have been at the forefront of improving healthcare. To successfully improve the effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare delivery, it is critical that AHCs continue to serve as uniquely integrated models for improving quality and value through novel approaches in education, research, and service.
学术医疗中心（AHCs）由学术、医院和临床实践部分组成，它们通过其独特能力在医疗服务中发挥关键作用，这种能力体现在识别和实施改善医疗结果、安全性、成本效益及满意度方面。它们通过利用广泛的学术和临床健康专业人员及学科来做到这一点，以提供前沿、高度专业化的患者护理，并在全国范围内的社区提供不成比例的无偿护理；通过临床研究确定不同诊断和治疗方法的有效性；促进生物医学科学和技术的新发现及其临床应用；并教育应用这些改进的下一代健康专业人员。作为通过研究在健康与治愈方面传统的创新发源地，以及作为通过教育实施变革的主要场所，学术医疗中心一直处于改善医疗保健的前沿。为了成功提高医疗服务的有效性和效率，至关重要的是，学术医疗中心要继续作为独特的综合模式，通过教育、研究和服务中的新颖方法来提高质量和价值。
