Vital Directions for Health & Health Care
Priorities from a National Academy of Medicine Initiative
March 21, 2017 | Washington, DC | 2:00-4:00 PM ET
The National Academy of Medicine’s Vital Directions for Health and Health Care Initiative has called on more than 150 leading experts across the country to assemble evidence-based strategies for advancing health and health care under the new presidential administration.
On March 21, 2017, the NAM will release the conclusive final paper in the Vital Directions series, authored by the initiative’s steering committee, which outlines key priorities for action and essential infrastructure needs. Please join us for an interactive
discussion that transcends the policy debate and restores needed focus on fundamental principles for advancing health, health care, and scientific progress.
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Communities in
Action: Pathways to Health Equity
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In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences
in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities ...
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Families Caring
for an Aging America
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Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older
adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation’s family caregivers ...
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