title: Academic models of clinical care for women: the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0132, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Milliken
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Freund
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pregler
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Derman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zerr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Battistini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bowman
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Magnus
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Sarto
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Chambers
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*