Improving accountability through alignment: The role of academic health science centres and networks in England

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ovseiko, Pavel V ^a   Heitmueller, Axel ^b   Allen, Pauline ^c   Davies, Stephen M ^c,d   Wells, Glenn ^e   Ford, Gary A ^a,e,f   Darzi, Ara ^b,g   Buchan, Alastair M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f Oxford Academic Health Science Network   (United Kingdom)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC); Academic Health Science Network (AHSN); Academic clinical relationships; Accountability; Alignment; Collaboration; Partnership; Teaching hospital; Tripartite mission; University medical school

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ENGLAND; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84892472082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-24     Document Type: Article

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