Một tổng quan tốt bằng văn bản, toàn diện và hợp lý của vấn đề phải đối mặt với các trung tâm y tế học tập. Nếu bạn làm việc hoặc tại một AMC, bạn cần phải đọc cuốn sách này. Nếu bạn quan tâm đến vai trò đặc biệt chơi bởi AMC và muốn tìm hiểu làm thế nào để cải thiện cách họ làm việc, điều này là phải đọc. | 14 Pursuing Excellence in Healthcare the university leaders felt that the health system and the university should separate. From an administrative standpoint it was felt that an independent health system would be more nimble and thus better able to respond to the day-to-day challenges it faced in the competitive Philadelphia marketplace. However when the leading candidate to succeed Dr. Kelly Dr. Arthur Rubenstein insisted on having control of the health system and the school of medicine the university created Penn Medicine. Penn Medicine included the school of medicine the health system and the medical faculty practice plan under the leadership of the dean executive vice president. 24 Rubenstein inherited a health system with a large amount of debt with little money for growth and development a location in a city with one of the lowest reimbursement rates in the country four allopathic medical schools and a harsh malpractice environment. Nonetheless Penn has managed to remain a national leader in both clinical care and research. In 2008 the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania ranked 12th in the . News and World Report rankings and number 2 on the list of NIH-funded medical schools in 2005. Furthermore development efforts have helped fund a group of major construction projects that will provide new and innovative facilities to help provide more seamless patient care and investment in technology has allowed the hospital to compete effectively in the competitive environment of Philadelphia. Wake Forest University Recent evidence suggests that trustees of academic health centers are awakening to the necessity of higher levels of integration. A leading example is Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. An ad hoc working group of trustees of Wake Forest University Health Sciences and the North Carolina Baptist Hospital the closed staff university hospital for the medical school and its faculty approved the reorganization of the components to a medical .
