Discussion Paper

Patients, Families, and Communities COVID-19 Impact Assessment: Lessons Learned and Compelling Needs

by Jenna Ogilvie | Nov 29, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >>   Introduction The health system exists to serve the most fundamental need of society: people’s health and well-being. To do so effectively requires engaging people...

Lessons Learned for Obesity Prevention and Care from Five Integrated Programs

by Madeleine Deye | Nov 22, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

Abstract  Since the publication of our integrated framework for the prevention and treatment of obesity and related chronic diseases in 2015, more than 140 Accountable Communities for Health (ACH) have been established in an effort to develop multi-sectoral...

Improving Behavioral Health Services in the Time of COVID-19 and Racial Inequities

by Jenna Ogilvie | Nov 1, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  Introduction The emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), coupled with the increasing awareness of racial inequity in the United States, as sparked by the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police officers, has led to a moment of reckoning...

“Systems-Integrated CME”: The Implementation and Outcomes Imperative for Continuing Medical Education in the Learning Health Care Enterprise

by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 4, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  Introduction Health care delivery has evolved from a variably connected collective of individually owned proprietorships and independent hospitals to an environment in which physicians increasingly contract with or are employed by health care enterprises. While...

An Equity Agenda for the Field of Health Care Quality Improvement

by Jenna Ogilvie | Sep 15, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the publication of To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System (IOM, 2000) and Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century (IOM, 2001), the National Academy of Medicine convened the leaders...

Artificial Intelligence for Health Professions Educators

by Jenna Ogilvie | Sep 8, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  A Call to Action Artificial intelligence (AI) is already impacting many facets of American life and is poised to dramatically alter the maintenance of health and the delivery of health care. The explosion of information available to inform the work of health...

Crisis Standards of Care and COVID-19: What Did We Learn? How Do We Ensure Equity? What Should We Do?

by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 30, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >>       Introduction COVID-19 has fundamentally challenged the delivery of health care services across the world, forcing difficult choices on health...

Biomedical Research COVID-19 Impact Assessment: Lessons Learned and Compelling Needs

by Jenna Ogilvie | Jul 26, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >>     Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic, a public health emergency of unprecedented scale and consequences, has revealed vulnerabilities in our health care...

Quality, Safety, and Standards Organizations COVID-19 Impact Assessment: Lessons Learned and Compelling Needs

by Jenna Ogilvie | Jul 26, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >>     Introduction The stark reality of the COVID-19 pandemic challenged the very systems established to ensure the nation’s safety and quality. The pandemic...

Identifying Credible Sources of Health Information in Social Media: Principles and Attributes

by Jenna Ogilvie | Jul 16, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

      Introduction People seek, share, and receive health information from a wide variety of sources, such as health care professionals, insurance and pharmaceutical companies, family and friends, media, educational materials, advertisements, and the...