The future of cardiovascular care: from affordable care to the academic medical center.

THE FUTURE OF CARDIOVASCULAR CARE: FROM AFFORDABLE CARE TO THE ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER. Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc. 2018;129:301-311 Authors: Konstam MA Abstract We are presently seeing exponential advances in medical knowledge and development of therapeutic and diagnostic tools. We have also begun to experience an historic restructuring of our health care system. But health care costs continue to rise, disparities persist, and the chaotic, disjointed, and often thoughtless discourse in Washington threatens to roll back the prior advances. Improvement in patient care will be severely stymied if the threats to academic medical centers are not countered. This paper will explore our present state through the lens of cardiovascular care. It will 1) examine clinical trends; 2) dissect the value and challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; 3) highlight limitations and alternatives to relying on the federal government; and 4) present the Academic Medical System construct, as a structure designed to retain and advance the academic mission. PMID: 30166724 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association - Category: General Medicine Tags: Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc Source Type: research