Leadership Consortium Biannual Members Meeting
The biannual members meeting of the Leadership Consortium for a Value & Science-Driven Health System will take place on September 22, 2016. This meeting is closed to the public, but if you would like more information, contact Gwen Hughes at ghughes@nas.edu.
Vital Directions for Health and Health Care: A National Conversation
What's next for U.S. health policy? As we look ahead to a new presidential administration, we face not only daunting challenges, but tremendous opportunities. To inform debate and decision making at this critical juncture, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) launched Vital Directions for Health and Health Care. Guided by an 18-member steering committee, the NAM […]
Driving Action and Progress on Obesity Prevention and Treatment
This is an event of the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Have we tipped the scale towards achieving a healthy weight? What are the most promising opportunities that will drive future progress and action in obesity prevention and treatment? Beginning with a spirited conversation with former Surgeon […]
2016 NAM Annual Meeting – Complete Program for Members
The National Academy of Medicine will hold its annual meeting on Sunday and Monday, October 16-17, 2016 in Washington, DC at the National Academy of Sciences Building. Sunday events are for members only. Monday's symposium on Reversing The Dramatic, 30-Year Rise In Obesity And Type 2 Diabetes is open to the public. New members elected in 2015 will be honored at an event […]
NAM Annual Meeting 2016 – Scientific Program
Reversing the Dramatic, 30-Year Rise in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes What promising, new directions exist for reversing the dramatic rise of obesity and type 2 diabetes over the past three decades? Program Features The Key Drivers of Obesity, the Onset of Type 2 Diabetes, and Promising New Directions to Reduce Risk Moderator: Griffin […]
Models of Care for High-Need Patients: Workshop 3
Sponsored by the Peterson Center on Healthcare and convened by the National Academy of Medicine, this meeting will engage stakeholders in a discussion of the issues, challenges, and approaches that present the greatest opportunity creating models of care for high-need patients. The third and final of three meetings, this workshop is aimed at advancing approaches, […]
ONC Meeting: Optimizing Strategies for Clinical Decision Support Meeting No. 2
In the second of three meetings, sponsored by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, participants seek to explore and discuss opportunities and practical strategies for improving clinical decision support (CDS) practices and adoption. Presentations: Welcome, Introduction, and Overview: Opening Remarks, B. Vindell Washington Workgroup Reports: Creating, managing, and curating content, Kensaku […]
Clinical Effectiveness Research Innovation Collaborative Meeting
An ad hoc convening activity under the auspices of the NAM Leadership Consortium, the Clinical Effectiveness Innovation Collaborative (CERIC) provides a venue for information exchange and knowledge sharing among researchers working to develop and apply innovative approaches to evidence generation for health care decisions. Work focuses on identifying key barriers to and opportunities for advancing […]
Digital Learning Collaborative
Formerly the Electronic Health Records Innovation Collaborative (EHRIC), the Digital Learning Collaborative (DLC) is an ad hoc convening activity under the auspices of the NAM Leadership Consortium for Value & Science-Driven Health Care. It was created to provide a venue for joint activities that can accelerate progress towards the digital infrastructure necessary for continuous improvement […]
Pre-Release Webinar for Community Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the U.S.
When: December 1, 2016 | 1:00-2:00 PM ET. A full recording of the webinar will be available soon at nam.edu/CultureofHealth. We invite you to attend an informational, pre-release stakeholder webinar for the consensus study of the Committee on Community Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States, which will be released this winter. This […]
