Improving Care for High-Need Patients: A Webinar Series (Health Share of Oregon)
Sponsored by the Peterson Center on Healthcare, this webinar series is an extension of the landmark NAM Special Publication, Effective Care for High-Need Patients: Opportunities for Improving Outcomes, Value, and Health. This webinar featured Health Share of Oregon, a Portland-based coordinated care organization and their work in improving care for high-need patients. The discussion highlighted unique […]
Establishing Clinician Well-Being as a National Priority (Meeting 3)
To ensure high-quality patient care and build a more effective health system, we depend on a healthy, productive, and engaged clinician workforce. But, increasingly, U.S. health care providers are burned out. Our nation stands at a critical crossroads. Health care spending is at an all-time high, yet Americans are less healthy than peers in other […]
Meeting of the Care Culture and Decision-Making Innovation Collaborative
Meeting focus: Community health needs assessments as a means to activate communities in co-creating agendas to promote health and well-being. Motivating questions: Purposes: What are the ways in which community health needs assessments activate communities to actively address health issues, and promote population health and well-being? Practices: What are promising examples of communities demonstrating […]
Evidence and the Individual Patient: Understanding Heterogeneous Treatment Effects for Patient-Centered Care
This conference, convened by the National Academy of Medicine and the Predictive Analytics and Comparative Effectiveness (PACE) Center at Tufts Medical Center, explored the inherent limitations of using group data to guide treatment decisions for individuals. Topics included examining HTE as it pertains to personalized decision-making and precision medicine, modifying care in light of personalized […]
“Bending the Arc” Screening and Panel Discussion
Join the National Academy of Medicine for a free screening of the critically acclaimed documentary Bending the Arc, followed by an expert panel discussion. About the Film The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. They bent it faster. Dr. Paul Farmer, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, activist Ophelia Dahl, Todd McCormack, and […]
Meeting 2 of the Committee on the Neurobiological and Socio-behavioral Science of Adolescent Development and Its Applications
On June 6, 2018, the Committee on the Neurobiological and Socio-behavioral Science of Adolescent Development and Its Applications hosted a public workshop in Washington, DC. This workshop included presentations and discussions on adolescents in the 21st century, the developmental process of adolescence, adolescents and technology, and cross-system, approaches to promoting adolescent development. The workshop also included […]
Digital Learning Collaborative Meeting
Meeting Focus: Patient ownership of health data - implications for a learning health system. Motivating Questions: Potential: Countless health data points are generated and collected daily in routine care and treatment, through research studies, by personal assessment and monitoring activities – yet only a tiny fraction are applied for care improvement or treatment discovery. If […]
Committee on Integrating Social Needs Care into the Delivery of Health Care to Improve the Nation’s Health: Meeting #1
An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will examine the potential for integrating services addressing social needs and the social determinants of health into the delivery of health care to achieve better health outcomes and to address major challenges facing the U.S. health care system. The committee will discuss: […]
Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic – Meeting #1
The Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic, led by the National Academy of Medicine with the Aspen Institute as a founding partner, is a public-private partnership of over 30 organizations committed to reducing rates of opioid abuse and improving outcomes for individuals, families, and communities impacted by addiction. Members include federal, state, and […]
Meeting 2: Committee on Applying Neurobiological and Socio-behavioral Sciences from Prenatal Through Early Childhood Development: A Health Equity Approach
On August 6, 2018, the committee on Applying Neurobiological and Socio-behavioral Sciences from Prenatal through Early Childhood Development: A Health Equity Approach hosted a workshop at the Keck Center of the National Academies. The workshop was jointly hosted by the Health and Medicine Division's Board on Population Health and Public Practice and the National Academy of Medicine's […]
