Commentary Archives - National Academy of Medicine

States Demonstrating the Business Case for Multisector Efforts: An Emerging Value Framework

by Talia Lewis | Aug 26, 2024 | Commentary, Perspectives

Introduction Regardless of their political and policy environments, including the presence or absence of Medicaid expansion, states are increasingly supporting a variety of interventions to address health-related social needs (HRSNs) due to the proven and promising...

Can Digital Health Improve Healthcare Access for Migrants

by Talia Lewis | Aug 26, 2024 | Commentary, Perspectives

Introduction In our increasingly interconnected world, migration has become a defining feature of global demographics, forced or voluntarily. Across the globe, migrants face numerous challenges accessing essential and appropriate healthcare, ranging from legal...

Four Lessons on the Journey Ahead for the Medical School Graduates of 2024

by Talia Lewis | Jul 22, 2024 | Commentary, Perspectives

Graduates, I want to start by acknowledging that for you, medical school has been anything but typical. As the first “COVID class,” you navigated unprecedented challenges and began your journey during the thick of the pandemic. You were the first class to adapt to...

Short-Term Action for America’s Health: Health Care, Public Health, and Community Collaboration to Reduce the Burden of Respiratory Infections, Opioid Use Disorder, and Other Public Health Threats

by Talia Lewis | May 20, 2024 | Commentary, Perspectives

Introduction: Collaborative Short-Term Action to Advance America’s Health Progress on America’s health has been challenging despite better tools and capabilities to improve health than ever before (The Commonwealth Fund, 2022). The United States has world-leading...

Artificial Intelligence in Health, Health Care, and Biomedical Science: An AI Code of Conduct Principles and Commitments Discussion Draft

by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 8, 2024 | Commentary, Perspectives

Introduction This commentary presents initial concepts and content that the Steering Committee feel may be important to a draft Code of Conduct framework for use in the development and application of artificial intelligence (AI) in health, health care, and biomedical...

Science and Sex: A Bold Agenda for Women’s 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...

Three Climate and Health Lessons from Nepal Ahead of COP28

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...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Is Taking Action to Strengthen Primary Care

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...

Timely Treatment Translates: A Vision for Eradicating HCV

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...

Re-Centering Nursing Care to Meet the Needs of Patients and Families: A Call for Executive Action