JAMA Vital Directions Viewpoint
Through the Vital Directions for Health and Health Care Initiative, the National Academy of Medicine called on more than 150 leading researchers, scientists, and policy makers from across the United States to provide expert guidance on 19 priority focus areas for U.S. health policy. In conjunction with the discussion papers, the Journal of the American Medical Association published 2 editorials and 19 Viewpoints that coincide with each discussion paper. Read them below.
JAMA Viewpoints
Papers in the Vital Directions series are organized around three overarching goals for the United States: better health and well-being; high-value health care; and strong science and technology.
Better Health and Well-Being
- Systems Strategies for Health Throughout the Life Course
- Addressing Social Determinants of Health and Health Inequalities
- Preparing for Better Health and Health Care for an Aging Population
- Chronic Disease Prevention: Tobacco Avoidance, Physical Activity, and Nutrition for a Healthy Start
- Improving Access to Effective Care for People with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
- Putting the Health of Communities and Populations First
High-value Health Care
- More Value From Payment Reform in Health Care and Biomedical Innovation
- Competencies and Tools to Shift Payments from Volume to Value
- Improving Benefit Design to Promote Effective, Efficient, and Affordable Care
- Fostering Transparency in Outcomes, Quality, Safety, and Costs
- Tailoring Complex Care Management for High-Need, High-Cost Patients
- Realizing the Full Potential of Precision Medicine in Health and Health Care
- Democratization of Health Care
- Workforce for 21st Century Health and Health Care
Strong Science and Technology
- Health Information Technology Interoperability and Use for Better Care and Evidence
- Innovation in Medicine and Device Development, Regulatory Review, and Use of Clinical Advances
- Training the Workforce for 21st-Century Science
- Research Into Brain Disorders as an Example of Targeted Science
- Data Acquisition, Curation, and Use for a Continuously Learning Health System
