A new AAMC grant-funded study published in JAMA Network Open suggests that academic medical centers are linked to better health outcomes at neighboring hospitals. Researcher-clinicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center found that patients treated at nonteaching hospitals had lower mortality and a greater number of healthy days at home in markets with academic medical centers (AMCs). These associations were greatest in markets with the highest AMC presence, indicating that AMCs may have a positive impact on outcomes for patients treated at neighboring nonteaching hospitals.