Fostering collaboration in treatment and discovery: an interview with Cleveland Clinic's Delos M. Cosgrove, MD by Elaine Musgrave.

摘要

As President and Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland Clinic (my.cleyelandclinic.org) in Cleveland, OH, Delos M. "Toby" Cosgrove, MD, has overseen that institution's transformation, in his words, "from a doctor-centric organization to a patient-problem-centric organization." Once following the traditional hospital model in which departments of surgery and medicine were separate and medical specialists in one organ system or disease state might never speak to colleagues specializing in another, Cleveland Clinic recently embarked upon a major effort to organize its clinical staff into broad institutes encompassing closely related organ systems and diseases. This approach, Dr. Cosgrove explains, can improve medical care for the individual patient and foster a collaborative environment among clinicians that leads to discovery, innovation, and ultimately, enhanced treatments and better outcomes for patient populations.