Academic Medical Centers - Research News and Information

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Burden of neuroinfectious diseases on the neurology service in a tertiary care center.

5 Oct 2008 BACKGROUND: Neurologic infections have the potential to cause death and suffering. These disorders often go unrecognized or are misdiagnosed. There has yet not been a census of neurologic infections conducted in a hospital setting. We aimed to ... Read more...

Matchmaking, metrics and money: a pathway to progress in translational research.

29 Sep 2008 In the 24 years since the founding of BioEssays, the level of translational research, as well as the expectations for its success, have burgeoned. Based on our analysis of current and projected US efforts to establish effective centers of ... Read more...

Increased mortality at low-volume orthotopic heart transplantation centers: should current standards change?

29 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) mandate that orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) centers perform 10 transplants per year to qualify for funding. We sought to determine whether this cutoff is meaningful and ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Academic Medical Centers'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• RSO interview with Betty Goetz. [Interviewed by René Michael]. 30 Oct 2008
• Burden of neuroinfectious diseases on the neurology service in a tertiary care center. 5 Oct 2008
• Vitamin D levels in patients seen in the diabetes unit of an academic medical center. 29 Sep 2008
• A matter of standards. II. Grants and academic positions. 29 Sep 2008
• Matchmaking, metrics and money: a pathway to progress in translational research. 29 Sep 2008
• Increased mortality at low-volume orthotopic heart transplantation centers: should current standards change? 29 Sep 2008
• Experiential learning of systems-based practice: a hands-on experience for first-year medical residents. 29 Sep 2008
• The design and implementation of a multidisciplinary global health residency track at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. 29 Sep 2008
• A conceptual framework for interprofessional and co-managed care. 29 Sep 2008
• Making interprofessional education work: the strategic roles of the academy. 29 Sep 2008
• Speaking the right language: the scientific method as a framework for a continuous quality improvement program within academic medical research compliance units. 29 Sep 2008
• Centralized oversight of physician-scientist faculty development at Vanderbilt: early outcomes. 29 Sep 2008
• The impact of facilitation of small-group discussions of psychosocial topics in medicine on faculty growth and development. 29 Sep 2008
• Predictive factors in identifying subspecialty fellowship applicants who will have academic practices. 29 Sep 2008
• Comparison of community and referral intensive care unit patients in a tertiary medical center: evidence for referral bias in the critically ill. 29 Sep 2008
• The role of in-house medical communications centers in medical institutions in nonnative English-speaking countries. 29 Sep 2008
• Comparison of risk adjustment methodologies in surgical quality improvement. 29 Sep 2008
• Functional recovery at a minimum of 2 years after multiple injury-development of an outcome score. 29 Sep 2008
• JAK2 V617F mutation testing in polycythemia vera: use and impact in an academic practice. 29 Sep 2008
• Outcomes of esophagectomy at academic centers: an association between volume and outcome. 29 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Academic Medical Centers'

Definition: Medical complexes consisting of medical school, hospitals, clinics, libraries, administrative facilities, etc.

Descriptor UI: D000046

Alternative terms: Academic Medical Centers; Centers, Academic Medical; Centers, University Medical; Medical Center, Academic; Medical Center, University; Center, Academic Medical; Medical Centers, University; University Medical Center; University Medical Centers; Academic Medical Center; Center, University Medical; Medical Centers, Academic;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.278.020;

Online Note: search HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY 1979

History Note: 80; was see HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY 1979

Technical Notes: specify geog; DF: ACAD MED CENTERS