title: Emory University Center for Clinical Evaluation Sciences: a model for clinical practice evaluation in the changing environment of the academic health center.
abstract: Changes in the health care marketplace have had a profound effect on academic health centers and their traditional missions: teaching, patient care, and research. Many academic health centers have recognized the need to develop a capability for evaluating clinical practices and organizational restructuring. The Center for Clinical Evaluation Sciences at Emory University represents a model for the integration of evaluative capabilities into academic clinical practices.
authors.affiliation: Emory University Center for Clinical Evaluation Sciences, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Rask
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Ballard
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D019091:Critical Pathways; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005845:Georgia; D006302:Health Services Research; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D007857:Leadership; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*