Feb. 20, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Institute of Medicine Launches New Roundtable to Explore Factors Beyond Medical Care That Influence Health
WASHINGTON -- Building on previous studies that show many factors beyond medical care affect people's health, the Institute of Medicine has established the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement to explore the interactions of these influences. The new roundtable will provide opportunities for experts on education, urban planning, medicine, public health, social sciences, and other fields to interact and share their knowledge and perspectives with the goal of catalyzing joint action.
As a recent study by the National Research Council and IOM documented, Americans experience worse health and shorter lives than people in other rich, industrialized nations despite spending more on medical care than any other nation. Several IOM studies have described the effects of social and environmental factors that can lead to poor health even when people have access to good health care. The nation's lagging health burdens businesses, communities, and families, these reports note.
"The evidence is now clear that broader social and environmental factors play major roles in a person's likelihood to have a low birthweight baby -- r die of a heart attack or complications from diabetes," said roundtable co-chair David Kindig, Emeritus Professor of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison. "That's why it's essential to engage all these sectors -- education, housing, transportation, community organizations, and business among others -- in efforts to improve health outcomes."
The roundtable aims to focus greater attention on shoring up the nonmedical factors that influence a population's well-being. "While we are seeing enormous attention to the quality of health care and efforts to improve all aspects of the services delivered in our nation's hospitals, health centers, and doctor's offices, that won't be enough," said roundtable co-chair George Isham, senior adviser, HealthPartners, Minneapolis. "Health care providers cannot prescribe walkable streets and good bus systems, accessible grocery stores, healthier housing, or more support for early childhood development. Such changes depend on decisions made by an array of stakeholders in the public and private sectors and in our communities."
The broad issues to be tackled by the roundtable will include balancing the nation's health investments by expanding reimbursement to include more nonclinical, population-based interventions, reorienting the relationship between clinical medicine and public health in ways that will benefit population health outcomes, and engaging professionals from nonhealth fields in health improvement efforts.
IOM hosts more than a dozen roundtables and forums, providing a neutral setting for diverse groups of individuals to discuss issues of mutual interest and concern and gain fresh insights and new understanding. The Roundtable on Population Health Improvement is sponsored by the California Endowment, California HealthCare Foundation, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HealthPartners, Health Resources and Services Administration, Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit, Kresge Foundation, Mayo Clinic, Missouri Foundation for Health, Nemours, National Institutes of Health, New York State Health Foundation, Novo Nordisk, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Sanofi-Aventis.
Established in 1970 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine provides objective, evidence-based advice to policymakers, health professionals, the private sector, and the public. The Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and National Research Council together make up the private, nonprofit National Academies. For more information, visit http://national-academies.org or http://iom.edu. A roster of roundtable members follows.
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Institute of Medicine
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Roundtable on Population Health Improvement
George J. Isham, M.D., M.S. (co-chair)
Senior Advisor, HealthPartners
Senior Policy Fellow
HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research
Minneapolis, Minn.
David A. Kindig, M.D., Ph.D. (co-chair)
Professor Emeritus of Population Health Sciences and
Emeritus Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences
School of Medicine
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Raymond J. Baxter, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
Community Benefit, Research and Health Policy
President, Kaiser Permanente International
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc.
Oakland, Calif.
Debbie Chang, M.P.H.
Vice President
Nemours
Policy and Prevention
Washington, D.C.
Lila J. Finney-Rutten, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Scientific Director
Population Health Science Program
Department of Health Sciences Research
Division of Epidemiology
Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn.
George R. Flores, M.D., M.P.H.
Program Manager
The California Endowment
Oakland, Calif.
Marthe Gold, M.D., M.P.H.
Visiting Fellow
New York Academy of Medicine
Arthur C. Logan Professor
Department of Community Health and Social Medicine
Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
City College of New York
New York City
Robert Hughes, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Missouri Foundation for Health
St. Louis
Robert M. Kaplan, Ph.D.
Director
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Md.
James Knickman, Ph.D.
President and CEO
New York State Health Foundation
New York City
Michelle Larkin, J.D., M.S., R.N.
Assistant Vice President
Health Group
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, N.J.
Sarah Linde, M.D.
RADM U.S. Public Health Service
Chief Public Health Officer
Health Resources and Services Administration
Rockville, Md.
Sanne Magnan, M.D., Ph.D.
President and CEO
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
Bloomington, Minn.
Phyllis W. Meadows, Ph.D., R.N., M.S.N.
Senior Fellow
Kresge Foundation
Associate Dean for Practice
Office of Public Health Practice; and
Clinical Professor of Health Management and Policy
School of Public Health
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Judith A. Monroe, M.D., FAAFP
Director
Office for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta
Mary Pittman, Dr.P.H.
President and CEO
Public Health Institute
Oakland, Calif.
Pamela Russo, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior Program Officer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, N.J.
Brian Sakurada, Pharm.D.
Senior Director
Managed Markets and Integrated Health Systems
Novo Nordisk Inc.
Overland Park, Kan.
Andrew Webber
President and CEO
National Business Coalition on Health
Washington, D.C.
Staff
Alina Baciu, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Activity Director
Lyla Hernandez, M.P.H.
Senior Program Officer
Rose Marie Martinez, Sc.D.
Director, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
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