title: [Implementation of a vascular center using preexistent structures].
abstract: Whenever the internal reorganization of hospitals demands the implementation of interdisciplinary healthcare concepts in terms of interdisciplinary competence centers, the structural conflicts caused by subordination of autonomous structural units into centralized functional entities will have to be considered and solved. The Dresden University Vascular Center is an example of an interdisciplinary medical center based on a statute setting up binding rules of standing cooperation. In this case, the positive effects of concentration have been utilized, while leaving all structural units involved autonomous. This requires strict separation and transparent allocation of responsibilities and continuous and committed efforts on management and operating levels as described in the statute. Of course, this kind of close collaboration cannot be prescribed but requires permanent commitment to the general objectives as laid down in the statute and their acceptance as personal work goals.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts GefässCentrum (UGC) Dresden, Medizinische Fakultät Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden. sebastian.schellong@uniklinikum-dresden.de
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schellong
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leonhard
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eberlein-Gonska
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D005858:Germany; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy*