PCM1: Academic Medical Centers and OHSU

=Academic Medical Centers & OHSU=

Describe what academic medical centers (AHCs) do in the US health care system

 * AHCs are:
 * Core of the US health system: Provide advanced, comprehensive patient care
 * Research and technology centers
 * Core of health professions education: tomorrow’s providers, research scientists and bioengineers
 * Health safety nets for our communities


 * AHCs have intertwined missions of:
 * Education
 * Research
 * Patient care
 * Community service and caring for the underinsured


 * AHCs Knowledge Leadership:
 * AHCs are the engines of the 21st-century knowledge economy.
 * Integrate research, technology, patient care and education.
 * Foster collaboration with the public and private sectors – fueling progress, the economy and public well-being.

Describe how OHSU fits into the Oregon health care system.
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 * How OHSU meets Oregons needs:
 * Working to address workforce shortages
 * Serving a 96,000 square-mile campus with clinics, AHECs, rural rotations, community outreach and education
 * Resource for community providers and referral of complex cases
 * Committed to the health of Oregonians
 * Driving Oregon’s biotechnology industry: 60 of 125 biotech companies in Oregon are fed by OHSU
 * Setting an example for environmental health: Tram, CHH, alternative commuting
 * Technology Partnerships


 * Fun Facts:
 * 126 Academic Health Centers in the U.S., but only one in Oregon
 * At OHSU a research breakthrough or innovation is announced on average every 3.1 days.
 * OHSU was one of first 12 CTSA recipients in 2006 with $55 million award in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente leading to OCTRI

List key OHSU policies that communicate what OHSU stands for:

 * OHSU Mission: Healing, teaching, discovery and community service

OHSU will partner to make Oregon a national leader in health and science innovation for the health and well-being of all Oregonians.
 * Key Policy: Vision 2020-
 * In five years, external awards have grown from $217 to $294 million per year. (as of 2007)
 * We must consolidate these gains to ensure sustainability.
 * We must leverage our multiple institutes, centers, schools and departments, and our clinical enterprise to generate unique, interdisciplinary solutions to major health issues.
 * This requires programmatically driven horizontal and strategic collaboration across the institution.

** Expand Oregon’s physician workforce and mal-distribution
 * Other Policies: