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An academic health science(s) centre (AHSC) is a partnership between one or more universities and healthcare providers focusing on research, clinical services, education and training. AHSCs help to ensure that research breakthroughs lead to direct clinical benefits for patients. In 2005, the top sixteen ranked hospitals in the US were all AHSCs[1]. The organisational structures that comprise an AHSC can take a variety of forms, ranging from simple partnerships to fully-integrated organisations with a single management board. (The latter are much rarer.) Examples around the world include:
An AHSC may also be known as an:
[edit] AHSCs in the United KingdomIn 2007, as part of his review of healthcare in London, Professor Lord Darzi stated:
As a result, a number of new partnerships have been created[2]:
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