Academic Medical Centers—Organizational Integration and Discipline Through Contractual and Firm Models

Daniels and Carson discuss the functions, resources, and challenges facing the academic medical center (AMC). Over the last several decades, substantial literature has developed regarding the roles, functions, and resources of--as well as the challenges facing--the academic medical center (AMC). Yet...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2011-11, Vol.306 (17), p.1912-1913
Main Authors: Daniels, Ronald J, Carson, Lindsey D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Medical Centers - organization & administration
Contracts
Cost Sharing
Health care
Hospital administration
Hospitals
Models, Organizational
Organizational Innovation
Organizational Objectives
Organizational structure
Reimbursement Mechanisms
Resource Allocation
Risk
Stakeholders
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Summary:Daniels and Carson discuss the functions, resources, and challenges facing the academic medical center (AMC). Over the last several decades, substantial literature has developed regarding the roles, functions, and resources of--as well as the challenges facing--the academic medical center (AMC). Yet with some notable exceptions, little of the discussion surrounding the AMC has been informed by organizational theory, leaving underexamined how various organizational structures and approaches may reduce or exacerbate tensions among the AMC's divergent stakeholders. Far from a purely theoretical inquiry, the exploration of how AMC organizational structures affect allocation of resources and sharing of risk as well as institutional abilities to respond to external and internal changes has profound implications for how these bastions in the landscape of modern health care can best achieve their scientific, financial, educational, and societal goals.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2011.1606