Health Care and Public Health Program Area
This program area (HCPH) examines the delivery of preventive, primary, and specialty health care across the life course, focusing on issues such as patient safety, workforce development, and health financing. Our work also examines public health systems, including surveillance, and promotes population health improvement.
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Our Expertise
The Health Care and Public Health program area brings together experts across medicine, public health, and policy to provide independent, actionable guidance on how to improve the quality, safety, and effectiveness of health systems.
Our work spans clinical care delivery, health financing, and workforce development, as well as public health surveillance and preparedness that contribute toward healthy communities. We conduct activities that shape national responses to emerging health threats, evaluate policies to reduce health disparities, and strengthen systems that safeguard the public’s health.
Description
The Health Care & Public Health program addresses the delivery of primary and specialty health care across the life course, including care quality and patient safety, workforce, training, and financing, as well as public health services, including prevention, surveillance, epidemiology, and population health improvement.
In addition to our consensus committees, workshops, and action collaboratives, HCPH oversees the following ongoing activities:
- Forum on Advancing Diagnostic Excellence
- Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education
- National Cancer Policy Forum
- Roundtable on Population Health Improvement
- Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness
- Standing Committee on Primary Care
- Standing Committee of Medical and Vocational Experts for the Social Security Administration's Disability Programs
Contributors
Staff
Sharyl Nass
Lead
Anna Adler
Francis Amankwah
Dara Ancona
Magdaline Anderson
Alina Baciu
Violet Bishop
Torrie Brown
Lyle Carrera
Erika Chow
Ruth Cooper
Patricia Cuff
Madeleine Deye
Aja Drain
Rebecca English
Elizabeth Ferre
Jennifer Flaubert
Emma Fletcher
Adrienne Formentos
Amy Geller
Joe Goodman
Abian Hailu
Makeda Haughton
Alex Helman
Leslie Kwan
Tracy Lustig
Rose Marie Martinez
Alexandra McKay
Aimee Mead
Marc Meisnere
Ella Morse
Udara Perera
Eliana Pierotti
Stephanie Puwalski
Allie Andrada Silver
Carol Spicer
Alexis Wojtowicz
Major units and sub-units
Center for Health, People, and Places
Lead
Health Care and Public Health Program Area
Lead