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Expert Papers from the National Academy of Medicine Identify Lessons Learned and Compelling Needs for Health Product Manufacturers & Innovators and Digital Health After COVID-19
WASHINGTON – In response to the devastating impact of COVID-19 on the American health system, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has convened experts in nine sectors of health, health care, and biomedical research to review how each sector responded to COVID-19,...
NAM Seeks Innovative Ideas Promoting Healthy Longevity for the 2022 Catalyst Awards
With just a 2-page submission, applicants have the opportunity to win a $50k Catalyst Award, offering seed funding for their bold, innovative ideas to extend the human healthspan. In addition to Catalyst Award winners, other applicants who make it to the final round...
NAM Special Publication Collects 11 Case Studies that Demonstrate what Effective, Efficient, Secure, and Safe Health Data Sharing Looks Like
Sharing health data and information across stakeholder groups is the bedrock of a learning health system. As data and information are increasingly combined across various sources, their generative value to transform health, health care, and health equity increases...
NAM Announces Results of 2021 Home Secretary and Councilor Elections
The National Academy of Medicine is pleased to share the results of the 2021 NAM Leadership Elections. Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH, has been elected as Home Secretary for a 4-year term effective July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2026. The election of Dr....
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Educating Together, Improving Together: Harmonizing Interprofessional Approaches to Address the Opioid Epidemic
A new NAM Special Publication from the Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic identifies five action-oriented priorities that address critical professional practice gaps that exist for clinicians treating patients with pain and opioid use disorder. These key priorities underpin progress needed toward the Quadruple Aim of delivering the right care, at the right time, at the right cost, supportive of the well-being of the health care workforce, to more effectively respond to the U.S. opioid crisis.
