@article{7a34716d84f947ada6ed5cef96562611,
title = "Task force 2: Academic health centers",
author = "King, \{Spencer B.\} and Frye, \{Robert L.\} and Valentin Fuster and Arthur Garson and Gay, \{William A.\} and Popp, \{Richard L.\}",
note = "Funding Information: Although research in cardiology has been impressive in solving clinical and basic problems and has led to an amazing array of therapies for cardiovascular disease, we are still on the frontier of potential achievements . One should not forget that research in ischemic heart disease led to coronary care units in the 1960s, coronary bypass surgery in the 1970s, balloon angioplasty in the 1980s and new interventional techniques in the 1990s and is leading to fascinating opportunities in molecular biology into the next century. Adequate support for research and incentives for some of our brightest graduates to enter research careers is a vital mission of the academic health center . Funding is becoming more difficult . As government funding has become more scarce, academic centers have turned to funds from clinical practice and to grants from the pharmaceutical and equipment industry. As reimbursement for clinical work is reduced, retention of clinical faculty will be more difficult, If the patient flow is not maintained, this avenue for funding will not be available . Likewise, the pharmaceutical industry is currently a favorite target for cost control measures aimed at restraining profits and will probably reduce its subsidies to academic institutions . Funding Information: The Association of Professors of Cardiology Committee on Research Resources has issued a communique detailing the mission of cardiovascular research programs (9) . This organization makes a strident plea for universities to support research as one of their major commitments with both personnel, space and adequate funding . The committee recommended that the aggregate average amount of time dedicated to research activities fall between 30\% and 50\% . This would obviously vary significantly depending on the strengths of each center. Most recently, the shift in National Institutes of Health funding to more molecular biology-based projects has left many academic center clinical faculties unfunded for research . As other traditional funding sources for clinical research begin to constrict the number and size of grants, there will be a great temptation to utilize clinical funds to an increasing degree to offset the shortfall . However, excessive taxation and overhead will significantly disadvantage clinical activities as centers attempt to deliver high quality but efficient and low cost care . There should be a mechanism for funding education and research by means of a direct pass-through from predicted cost-savings .",
year = "1994",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1016/0735-1097(94)90279-8",
language = "English",
volume = "24",
pages = "290--295",
journal = "Journal of the American College of Cardiology",
issn = "0735-1097",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "2",
}