Health Care Effectiveness
Health care effectiveness means providing high-quality care while controlling costs, expanding access, and improving outcomes. The National Academy of Medicine leads efforts to advance health system transformation, promote patient-centered approaches, and integrate technology for more efficient care.
Commission
Investment Imperatives for a Healthy Nation
The U.S. health care system is struggling with rising costs, inefficiencies, and poor health outcomes compared to peer nations, leaving many Americans dissatisfied with affordability, access, and quality. The NAM launched an expert commission to drive cross-sector collaboration and identify key priorities for strengthening the health system and improving national health outcomes.
Aug 10, 2026Commentary
The Missing Foundation: Why Digital Architecture Must Be Health Care’s Next Priority
This commentary supports “Toward a National Health Digital and Data Architecture: Laying the Foundation for Digital Transformation” by Abernethy et al., a product of the NAM Commission on Investment Imperatives for a Healthy Nation. American health care is undergoing revolutionary transformation in the digitization of data collection and related analytic and use processes. For example, the Health Information Technology for […]
Digital Health
Jul 27, 2026Discussion Paper
Anchoring Health Financing on Better Outcomes: System Drivers and Opportunities for Reform
Commission on Investment Imperatives for a Healthy Nation Executive Summary Within the US health care system, there is widespread agreement that financial incentives are not designed or aligned for optimal performance. Despite progress over the past decade, primarily through experimentation with value-based payment initiatives, many instances of financial structures that do not support, or even work against, desired outcomes remain. […]
Learning Health System
Jul 13, 2026Commentary
Patient Safety in the Era of AI: Draft Conditions for the Design of Safe Care
This commentary was developed under the auspices of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)’s Steering Group on Patient Safety in the Era of AI. Introduction In the quarter-century since the publication of To Err Is Human, both the awareness and the context for patient safety have changed markedly (IOM, 2000). Treatment and diagnostic modalities have increased considerably, care systems have […]
Artificial IntelligenceDigital Health
Jul 27, 2026News
NAM Outlines a Path to Align Health Financing Toward System-Wide Reform
Learning Health SystemPayment Reform
Jul 8, 2026News
Eight Health Professionals Selected for RWJF Health Policy Fellows Program at the National Academy of Medicine
Health Policy and Regulation
May 6, 2026Highlights
Building Trust in Science—How Effective Communication Can Help
Trust and Community Engagement
