Health Equity

Digital Health COVID-19 Impact Assessment: Lessons Learned and Compelling Needs

by Jenna Ogilvie | Jan 18, 2022 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >>     Over the last decade, some of the digital technologies that have profoundly transformed industries from banking to media have, at last, arrived in health...

Dismantling Systemic Racism and Advancing Health Equity throughout Research

by Madeleine Deye | Jan 10, 2022 | Commentary, Perspectives

  The Biden Administration—with its Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, which was released on January 20, 2021—created a timely opportunity to dismantle racism throughout and across a...

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...

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...

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...

Researchers Should Consider How Disparities Change Over Time and Space: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Madeleine Deye | Sep 8, 2021 | Commentary, Perspectives

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has revealed significant racial/ethnic inequalities in numerous aspects of American society. However, the massive disruption and upheaval to daily life caused by the pandemic can also present a unique moment in history...

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...

Social Determinants of Health 201 for Health Care: Plan, Do, Study, Act

by Jenna Ogilvie | Jun 21, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

Introduction When Social Determinants of Health 101 for Health Care: Five Plus Five [1] (SDoH 101) was published in 2017, the social determinants of health (SDoH) were emerging as an important topic in health care. Since that time, our nation has experienced the...

Children’s Access to Healthy Food Suffers When Child Care Programs Close Their Doors

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...

Public Health COVID-19 Impact Assessment: Lessons Learned and Compelling Needs

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...