Health Policy and Regulation
by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 19, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Many of the approximately 3 million registered nurses (RNs) in the U.S (IOM, 2011; HRSA, 2013) pursue additional credentials beyond their basic nursing education. Health care organizations, such as hospitals or nursing homes, also pursue credentials. The intent...
by Laura DeStefano | Aug 15, 2014 | Commentary, Perspectives
Employers have a major impact on the U.S. health care system through their sponsorship of health benefits for more than 150 million Americans. In response to the changes occurring in the context of the Affordable Care Act, firms are reassessing and changing...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 10, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Ever since the Folsom Report (NCCHS, 1967) declared that “health is a community affair,” surging and ebbing waves of enthusiasm have brought people together to work toward the common goal of healthy people and populations (PHAB, 2014). Most efforts have been...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Mar 11, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
In a presentation to the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Population Health Improvement, Nancy O. Andrews, President and CEO of the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF), talked about the concept of quarterbacks for healthy communities, which was introduced in...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Mar 6, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
The key to the long term survival of the health care reforms being implemented under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has little to do with the enrollment websites that have attracted so much attention and everything to do with transforming the performance of the...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Mar 6, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) and co-occurring state health reform initiatives are fueling a new wave of deliberation and experimentation with population health strategies (IOM, 2013a). Although lacking a precise definition, these strategies aim to improve...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Feb 6, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Texas’s health will more likely be transformed through an obscure set of health care reform measures called the Medicaid 1115 Waiver/Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program than through the much-publicized Affordable Care Act (ACA). The...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jan 28, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Introduction The demographic makeup of the United States is rapidly changing, and these trends will continue to reshape the nation in the coming decades. The aging and evolving racial and ethnic composition of the U.S. population has placed the nation in the...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jan 23, 2014 | Commentary, Perspectives
Ninety-four percent of U.S. adult social media users with health conditions agree with use of their health data, shared anonymously, to help clinicians improve care, according to a discussion paper available today from the Institute of Medicine (IOM). This strongly...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jan 6, 2014 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) defines a learning health system as a system that has the capacity to both apply and generate reliable scientific evidence in the delivery of care (IOM, 2007). Although it may seem obvious that both the demands for higher...
