An academic health science(s) centre system, an academic health science(s)
partnership or an academic medical centre) is a partnership between one or
more universities and healthcare providers focusing on research, clinical
services, education and training. AHSCs are intended to ensure that medical
research breakthroughs lead to direct clinical benefits for patients. The
organisational structures that comprise an AHSC can take a variety of forms,
ranging from simple partnerships to, less frequently, fully integrated
organisations with a single management board.
There are currently AHSCs in operation in Canada, the Netherlands, Singapore,
Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.
United Kingdom In 2007 a review of healthcare in London
led by Professor Lord Darzi, A Framework for Action, recommended the creation of
a number of AHSCs. In October 2007 Imperial College Healthcare became the
first AHSC to be established in the UK when the Imperial College London Faculty
of Medicine merged with the Hammersmith Hospital and St Mary's NHS trusts. Four
more AHSCs have subsequently been established in the UK and one is
planned. The following AHSCs are currently in
operation in the UK: Cambridge University Health Partners
Imperial College Healthcare King's Health Partners
Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
Oxford Academic Health Science Network UCL Partners
Health Science Scotland United States
AHSCs currently in operation in the United States include:
Boston Medical Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Duke University Medical Center, Greenville Health System Clinical
University, J. Hillis Miller Health Science Center,
University of Florida Johns Hopkins Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University and Cornell University, New
York, New York NYU Langone Medical Center, New York
University, New York, NY Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Ohio
State University, Columbus, Ohio Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center,
University of California- Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook University- State University of New
York, Stony Brook, NY Temple University Hospital, Temple
University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Texas Medical Center
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tufts Medical Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama
University of Chicago Medical Center, University of Chicagi, Chicago, Illinois
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
University of Michigan Health System, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Michigan University of Mississippi Medical
Center, Mississippi University of North Carolina Hospitals
University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania
University of Utah Hospital, University of Utah
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin
UW Medicine, University of Washington Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
Nashville, Tennessee Vidant Medical Center, Brody School of
Medicine at East Carolina University Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale
University, New Haven, Connecticut Canada
AHSCs currently in operation in the Canada include:
University Health Network Health Sciences North Only trauma center
in Northern Ontario and the neighbouring province of Manitoba.
Hamilton Health Sciences London Health Sciences Centre
McGill University Health Centre Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences
Centre Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences
Centre Rest of the world
AHSCs currently in operation in the rest of the world include:
Dublin Academic Medical Centre Karolinska Institutet
Kyushu University Academic Medical Center
Leiden University Medical Center National University Health System
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
Trinity Health Ireland Hamad Medical Corporation
Monash Partners Brisbane Diamantina Health
Partners(Brisbane, Australia) References