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Academic Models of Clinical Care for Women: The National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health

2001; Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; Volume: 10; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1089/15246090152563506

2168-7722

Nancy Milliken, Karen M. Freund, Janet Pregler, Susan D. Reed, Karen J. Carlson, Richard J. Derman, Ann D. Zerr, Michelle Battistini, Sallyann Bowman, Jeanette H. Magnus, Gloria E. Sarto, Joseph T. Chambers, Margaret K. McLaughlin,

Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare

Between 1996 and 1999, 18 academic health centers were awarded the designation of National Center of Excellence (CoE) in Women's Health by the Office on Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services and were provided with seed monies to develop model clinical services for women. Although the model has evolved in various forms, core characteristics that each nationally designated CoE has adopted include comprehensive, women-friendly, women-focused, women-relevant, integrated, multidisciplinary care. The permanent success of these comprehensive clinical programs resides in the ability to garner support of leaders of the academic health centers who understand both the importance of multidisciplinary programs to the clinical care they provide women and the education they offer to the future providers of women's healthcare.