Progress on America’s health has been challenging, despite access to better tools and capabilities to improve health than ever before. The United States has world-leading diagnostic tests, treatments, and vaccines; increasingly rich and interoperable electronic health data to help patients stay healthier; and many innovative efforts by health care organizations to strengthen primary and preventive care, including care provided at home. Yet, American life expectancy has declined and many health disparities have widened in recent years, alongside rising health care spending with growing challenges in affordability and access. Health care workers are also reporting more burnout and attrition than ever before.
It is time for a more collaborative path forward on improving the nation’s health. In partnership with the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and a leading set of multi-stakeholder collaborators, Duke-Margolis is working to outline a set of feasible, meaningful action steps across health care, public health, and community supports to improve our nation’s capacity to help Americans stay healthy in the near term. These action steps advance the longer-term goal of bringing together public, private, and community organizations to strengthen the nation’s public health capabilities in critical areas of population health need.
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This Emerging Initiative is built on foundational work, including these Issue Spotlights:
Public Health 3.0 and Accountable Population Health
Advancing Hepatitis C Elimination
Supporting Traditionally Underserved Populations through Better Safety Net and Home-based Care
