Perspectives
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jun 7, 2021 | Commentary, Perspectives
The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >> The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has stressed the U.S. health care system in an unprecedented manner, highlighting both the system’s resilience...
by Jenna Ogilvie | May 24, 2021 | Commentary, Perspectives
The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >> COVID-19 has redefined the patient-provider experience. Panicked patients now struggle in solitude to deal with the mental and physical ramifications of...
by Jenna Ogilvie | May 17, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >> Introduction Clinicians—who consist of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other allied health professionals involved in direct caregiving—are the...
by Jenna Ogilvie | May 17, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >> Introduction and Sector Overview In contrast with other high-income countries, health care insurance and payment in the United States is highly fragmented....
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 19, 2021 | Commentary, Perspectives
The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >> Child care is a critical part of the fabric of our society—it supports children’s healthy development and supports their parents and caregivers by enabling...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 19, 2021 | Commentary, Perspectives
The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >> In 2021, as the majority of the world’s population eagerly waits to receive safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines, factories worldwide are producing bits of...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 7, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >> Introduction and Sector Overview Health systems in the U.S. are constituted by a number of different care delivery units and a diverse workforce of...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 7, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >> Introduction Gains in life expectancy and quality of life over the course of American history can be attributed to forward-looking investments in public...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 5, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Introduction The United States is in the midst of a multifactorial drug overdose and death epidemic. In 2020, over 80,000 deaths [15] in the U.S. were attributed to drug overdose, more than 50,000 of which were opioid-related. This is an increase of...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 5, 2021 | Commentary, Perspectives
The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >> Introduction to Syndemics and Systems Thinking Obesity is a complex disease associated with a multitude of genetic, behavioral, and environmental factors,...
