Reshaping AHCs' Role in Biomedical Research

Authors

Karen Matherlee, George Washington University

Document Type

Issue Brief

Publication Date

1-7-2000

Abstract

This issue brief explores the reconfiguration of academic health centers (AHCs) in response to health marketplace and other pressures. It reviews four roles AHCs play in medical innovation: (a) development of new drugs, devices, diagnostic techniques, and therapeutic procedures; (b) adoption of new technologies, instruments, and drugs; (c) evaluation of new technologies; and (d) assessment of the need for new modalities and monitoring of their initial uses. The paper examines ways in which these roles are enhanced or threatened by evolving economic forces in the public and private sectors.

Comments

Issue brief no. 751

Recommended Citation

Matherlee, Karen, "Reshaping AHCs' Role in Biomedical Research" (2000). National Health Policy Forum. Paper 36.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/sphhs_centers_nhpf/36

Open Access

yes