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From Medical School Applicant to Health Reform Leader. University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Darrell G. Kirch, M.D. President and CEO, AAMC March 16, 2011. The Legacy of Abraham Flexner for Medical Education. The Culture of the University.
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From Medical School Applicant to Health Reform Leader University of South Carolina School of Medicine Darrell G. Kirch, M.D. President and CEO, AAMC March 16, 2011
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Academia as a Major Provider of Health Care • AAMC-member teaching hospitals represent 6% of all hospitals • Their work represents: • 40% of all Medicare inpatient days • 22% of all Medicaid inpatient days • 40% of all hospital charity care They provide: • 79% of all burn center beds • 40% of neonatal intensive care beds • 83% of all ACS-verified Level 1 regional trauma centers Overall, AAMC-member teaching hospitals provide 20% of all hospital care
“Recession Contributes To Slowest Annual Rate Of Increase In Health Spending In Five Decades” 2009 Total Health Expenditure $2.5 trillion 4% from 2008 17.6% GDP 1% from 2008 Source: Health Affairs, 30, no.1 (2011):11-22
Deficits in Insurance Coverage Number of Uninsured Children and Non-elderly Adults- 2004-2009 43 44.4 46.5 45 45.7 50 Millions “Uninsured Rate Soars, 50+ Million Americans Without Coverage” — Kaiser Health News 16 September 2010 Source: The Uninsured: A Primer. Kaiser Family Foundation. December 2010.
Deficits in Outcomes U.S. Comparison to Developed Nations *Only 5 nations reported data on this indicator Source: OECD Health Data 2010, June 2010
South Carolina Health Status Source: statehealthfacts.org
Government Social Spending - 2007 Percent GDP Source: Social expenditure: Aggregated data, OECD Social Expenditure Statistics (database) doi: 10.1787/20743904-2010-table1
In the face of these realities, have we really “reformed” health care?
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An Emerging Culture for Health Care Hierarchical Collaborative Autonomous Team-based Competitive Service-based Individualistic Mutually accountable Expert-centered Patient-centered
Can We All Commit to “Fixing” Health Care? American Expectations Care Model Professional Issues Economic Model Institutional Culture
What Americans Want From Health Care I want to prolong life as long as possible! I want someone else to pay the bill! I want it now! If anything goes wrong, I want to sue someone! I want the latest in health care! Adapted from T. Gorrie
Can We All Commit to “Fixing” Health Care? American Expectations Care Model Professional Issues Economic Model Institutional Culture
Healthcare Innovation Zones Source: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H.R. 3590
Will we have the health care professions workforce to take care of us?
Rising to the Challenge of Workforce Shortages With PPACA 91,500 Without PPACA 58,000 64,100 30,200 25,200 7,400 Projections prepared by the Lewin Group for the AAMC
First-Year Medical School Enrollment Projected to Increase 21% by 2012 Existing + New Schools Existing Schools 16,488 Source: AAMC Annual Survey of Medical School Expansion Plans
Can We Rethink Our Approach to the Medical Education Continuum?
AAMC FSMB AHME ABMS CMSS AMA AHA Medical Schools State Boards Specialty Societies NBME Specialty Boards MCAT USMLE Cert Exams CME Recert/ MOC Subject Exams In-Training Exams Practice Premedical Medical School Residency and Fellowships LCME ACGME ACCME NCQA JCAHO
Creating a True Continuum of Medical Education Learning Medical School Residency and Fellowships Practice Premedical Assessment