Population Health
by Jenna Ogilvie | Dec 9, 2014 | Commentary, Perspectives
Low-income people in this country are mired in a constant and unremitting fog of stress. This chronic stress is driven by housing insecurity, food insecurity, fear of crime, unemployment, exposure to pollution and poor education, often collectively...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Nov 6, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
In recent years, mounting evidence on the importance of early childhood development has led to growing attention to children’s experiences from birth to 8 years of age. In addition to spurring the development of new models to directly support young children and...
by Laura DeStefano | Oct 15, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
There once was a town in the heart of America where health seemed to come naturally for everyone. The town lay in the midst of a checkerboard of organic and wholesome farms. Fresh fruit and vegetables were plentiful and affordable. Within the town itself,...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 7, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
In 2013, the Institute of Medicine (IOM), in collaboration with faculty and students from Georgetown University (GU), launched the first annual District of Columbia (DC) Regional Public Health Case Challenge. The idea for this case challenge was born when...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Sep 12, 2014 | Commentary, Perspectives
Is there a more fertile setting to instill and advance continuous learning than in our nation’s medical schools? After all, these schools are where ambitious, bright young minds assemble to begin the climb toward becoming a physician and hopefully obtain the...
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 12, 2014 | Commentary, Perspectives
An elder’s blessing began the workshop hosted by the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM’s) Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities, and it was critical in grounding the entire day. While we did not know the meaning of...
