Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., on the Record
Articles and Commentaries
Is Your Academic Medical
Center "Aligned"?
Every challenge we face—financial crises, disruptive technology,
leadership turnover—presents an opportunity to work toward
greater alignment, and the academic medical centers that approach
challenges from this perspective will be the strongest.—AAMC
Reporter, Oct. 2009
Nurturing the "Spirit
of Service"
As the nation experiences a resurgence in national service, the
question is not whether new physicians are committed to working
as hard as previous generations, but whether previous generations
are committed to providing new physicians with sufficient opportunities
to serve.—AAMC Reporter, June 2009
Academic Medicine and
the "First 100 Days"
Just as 100 days cannot define a presidency, nor can it guarantee
that our interests in patient care, research, and education remain
at the forefront. Like President Obama, we are only beginning our
efforts to advance the nation's health.—AAMC Reporter,
May 2009
A New Leadership
Concept in Action
Today, we are at an exciting place in association history where
our ongoing strategic thinking and planning process, new governance,
and efforts to change our culture are coming together in a new model
of leadership.—AAMC Reporter, April 2009
The
Ethical Foundation of American Medicine
Within an ethical context, it is important to discuss how the commercialization
of medicine has fostered a distortion of emphasis among the basic
tenets of medical ethics, and how this unbalanced emphasis has created
serious barriers to improving the health care system.—JAMA
commentary, April 8, 2009 (Subscription required)
Read
Dr. Kirch's Posts to the National Journal Expert Blog on Health
Care
Dr. Kirch joins a panel of health care experts to discuss hot-button
issues and how they impact the health care policy debate.—NationalJournal.com
Health Care Reform
How
Academic Medicine Can Help
Academic medical centers should serve as the anchors of Health Care
Innovation Zones and contributors to the rational redesign of our
health care system.—WashingtonPost.com, Second Opinion,
Sept. 22, 2009
Can Medical Education
"Fix" the Health Care System?
As a nation, we cannot achieve meaningful reform unless we go beyond
insurance coverage and transform our care delivery and reimbursement
systems in tandem.—AAMC Reporter, Sept. 2009
Academic Medicine:
Leading the Way Through the Reform Debate to Better Health Care
By capitalizing upon our innovative spirit and collective energy
to improve the nation's health, I believe we can develop regional
alliances to test new delivery models that may very well catalyze
change nationwide.—AAMC Reporter, July 2009
To
Teach: The President of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Weighs in on Health Reform
Accomplishing lasting reform requires a unique kind of leadership,
one that is highly credible and includes a breadth and depth of
clinical expertise; a track record of serving all population segments;
an approach that is national in scope, but focused on patients and
communities; and the infrastructure to collect and analyze data
on new care models.—Emory Health, Summer 2009
Health
Care Reform: The Leadership Opportunity for Academic Medicine
Medical schools and teaching hospitals have made it clear that they
stand ready to make the positive changes needed for successful reform
and improving the nation's health.—National Journal Expert
Blog on Health Care, July 2009
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