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An Innovative Approach to Employer-Provided Benefits for Obesity Care: A Case Report on H-E-B’s Healthier Lifestyle Choices Program

by Madeleine Deye | Sep 19, 2022 | Commentary, Perspectives

  The Clinical and Economic Impact of Obesity Obesity presents a formidable challenge to health care financing systems. According to the 2017-2018 National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES), rates of obesity among U.S. adults have now climbed to 42.8% (Hales...

Eighth Annual DC Public Health Case Challenge: Addressing Infectious Diseases Using a Population Health Approach: Prevention and Control of Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections in Young Adults 18-24

by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 8, 2022 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  This discussion paper provides an overview of the eighth annual District of Columbia (DC) Public Health Case Challenge (https://nam.edu/initiatives/dc-public-health-case-challenge/), a competition held in 2021 by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the...

Leveraging the Urgency of Economic Disparities Driven by the COVID-19 Pandemic to Strengthen the U.S. Safety Net

by Jenna Ogilvie | Feb 7, 2022 | Commentary, Perspectives

  The adverse economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to socioeconomic and health disparities in the United States, with a disproportionate impact among low-income persons and communities of color. However, these disparities documented over the...

Buprenorphine Prescribing through Telemedicine and Telephone Evaluation: Time for an Overdue Update in Policy

by Madeleine Deye | Jan 21, 2022 | Commentary, Perspectives

It should not be more difficult for health care providers to prescribe life-saving medications that treat opioid use disorder than to prescribe addictive opioid pills themselves. Yet, that is the reality clinicians face today. Fortunately, there is an opportunity to...

Patients, Families, and Communities COVID-19 Impact Assessment: Lessons Learned and Compelling Needs

by Jenna Ogilvie | Nov 29, 2021 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

The National Academies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit our resource center >>   Introduction The health system exists to serve the most fundamental need of society: people’s health and well-being. To do so effectively requires engaging people...