Discussion Paper
by Jenna Ogilvie | Sep 9, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
What would you say about an investment that returned 5,500 percent? If you were lucky enough to have made the investment, you’d probably look for ways to reinvest most of it to earn more of those hefty returns. From 1989 to 2008, the state of California took...
by Laura DeStefano | Sep 7, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Though a common target for health-improving efforts, young people are not often regarded as agents of change for healthier communities. However, a growing number of successful health-supportive policy, environment, and systems-change efforts trace their impetus...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Sep 2, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
In our leadership roles with Academic Health Systems, we are simultaneously excited by the stunning potential we see for health and health care and also sensitive to the strains that arise from the pace of changes underway in the organization, financing, and...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 21, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Introduction Improving health care delivery and individual and population health and controlling health care costs requires, among other things, an effective and efficient health care system. A significant and essential component of the health care system is...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 19, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Many of the approximately 3 million registered nurses (RNs) in the U.S (IOM, 2011; HRSA, 2013) pursue additional credentials beyond their basic nursing education. Health care organizations, such as hospitals or nursing homes, also pursue credentials. The intent...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 1, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
We are now at a time-point in American History where diversity is about to enter its second generation of activity. Its etiology and progression have been eloquently reviewed by Dr. Marc Nivet in his paper “Diversity 3.0” (Nivet, 2011). There he applied an IBM...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jul 10, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and National Research Council (NRC) established the Forum on Promoting Children’s Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health to engage leaders from academia, government, professional organizations, and philanthropy in dialogue...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jul 9, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
In dentistry, an after visit summary (AVS) can be thought of in both the context of a standalone dental practice and as a combined summary integrating oral health-related information with medical information. In this commentary, the authors explore the AVS from...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jun 5, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
It is now widely recognized that health outcomes are deeply influenced by a variety of social factors outside of health care. The dramatic differences in morbidity, mortality, and risk factors that researchers have documented within and between countries are...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 10, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Ever since the Folsom Report (NCCHS, 1967) declared that “health is a community affair,” surging and ebbing waves of enthusiasm have brought people together to work toward the common goal of healthy people and populations (PHAB, 2014). Most efforts have been...
