by Madeleine Deye | Feb 5, 2024 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health leadership in New York City and their response to the emerging pandemic were in the public eye. Immediately, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) and other local health...
by Madeleine Deye | Jan 8, 2024 | Commentary, Perspectives
This commentary is adapted from the keynote speech delivered by Paula A. Johnson, MD, MPH at the 2023 NAM Annual Meeting. Since the predecessor of the National Academy of Medicine, the Institute of Medicine (IOM), was founded in 1970, the country has looked to us to...
by Madeleine Deye | Nov 29, 2023 | Commentary, Perspectives
Perched on the southern slope of the Himalayas, between two massive greenhouse gas–emitting countries—India and China—is Nepal. Nepal is a low-income, landlocked nation in South Asia and one of the nations that are most vulnerable to climate change because of its...
by Madeleine Deye | Nov 7, 2023 | Commentary, Perspectives
Why We Need to Strengthen Primary Care The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recognizes that effective primary care is essential for improving the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities and advancing health...
by Madeleine Deye | Nov 7, 2023 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
ABSTRACT | The initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States largely focused on addressing the immediate health consequences from the emergent pathogen. This initial focus often ignored the related impacts from the pandemic and from mitigation...
by Madeleine Deye | Sep 6, 2023 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
This discussion paper provides an overview of the Ninth Annual DC Public Health Case Challenge (1), a student competition held in 2022 by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement in the Health and Medicine...
by Madeleine Deye | Jul 19, 2023 | News
Whole person, whole population health—the ability for people and populations to thrive and attain their full, optimized potential for health and well-being—is the ultimate goal of a healthy nation. The United States is facing a crisis in our collective health and...
by Madeleine Deye | Jul 10, 2023 | Commentary, Perspectives
The United States has set the ambitious goal of eliminating hepatitis C (HCV) as a public health threat by 2030, a commitment that was reaffirmed at a recent White House summit (Raman, 2022). Central to this effort is broad access to timely and effective...
by Madeleine Deye | Jul 10, 2023 | Commentary, Perspectives
Across the globe, substantial deficits in nursing care delivery threaten outcomes for patients in diverse care settings, including acute care hospitals, long-term care, and home and community-based services. A March 2023 International Council of Nursing...
by Madeleine Deye | Jun 26, 2023 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Introduction In 2015, the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) released the report Vital Signs: Core Metrics for Health and Health Care Progress as a “basic, minimum slate of core metrics for use as sentinel indices of performance...
