Health Care Effectiveness
Health care effectiveness means providing high-quality care while controlling costs, expanding access, and improving outcomes. The National Academy of Medicine leads efforts to advance health system transformation, promote patient-centered approaches, and integrate technology for more efficient care.
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Investment Imperatives for a Healthy Nation
The U.S. health care system is struggling with rising costs, inefficiencies, and poor health outcomes compared to peer nations, leaving many Americans dissatisfied with affordability, access, and quality. The NAM launched an expert commission to drive cross-sector collaboration and identify key priorities for strengthening the health system and improving national health outcomes.
May 19, 2025Special Publication
An Artificial Intelligence Code of Conduct for Health and Medicine: Essential Guidance for Aligned Action
Artificial IntelligenceEmerging Science and TechnologyLearning Health System
Apr 14, 2025Commentary
Health and Health Care Delivery Transformation and Climate Change: A Global Opportunity to Develop Prepared, Responsive, and Resilient Health Systems
Health and health care delivery system transformation and climate change, two global megatrends, continue to garner growing attention by governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and international convening bodies. Often viewed as unrelated, these two worldwide challenges have, in fact, an important, yet under-recognized inter-relatedness that may be best addressed simultaneously with cross-cutting solutions. The importance of taking such an interdisciplinary approach […]
Climate Change and Sustainability
Apr 10, 2025Special Publication
Generative Artificial Intelligence in Health and Medicine: Opportunities and Responsibilities for Transformative Innovation
Artificial IntelligenceEmerging Science and TechnologyLearning Health System
Nov 18, 2025Story
How a Pediatrician Helped Build the Science of Vaccine Safety
Infectious DiseasesPatient and Consumer IssuesPreventionPublic Health
Oct 18, 2025Member Achievement
Richard D. Krugman Receives 2025 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows Program Lifetime Achievement Award
Education, Training, and LeadershipHealth Policy and Regulation
Oct 9, 2025News
National Academy of Medicine Announces Five 2025–26 Fellows in State Health Policy Fellowship Program
Health Policy and RegulationPublic Health
