Author: Board on Health Care Services

Medicare, the world's single largest health insurance program, covers more than 47 million Americans. Although it is a national program, it adjusts...

Recent research suggests that obesity and excess weight can play a prominent role in the incidence and progression of various cancers. Obesity resu...

The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) administers programs that provide disability benefits. Once SSA establishes the presence of a severe ...

Over the past few years the common use of telehealth technology has been rapidly expanding. While remote models of care have been successfully used...

Millions of Americans of all ages face the challenge of living with serious illnesses such as advanced cancer, heart, or lung disease. Many people ...

Thanks to remarkable advances in modern health care attributable to science, engineering, and medicine, it is now possible to cure or manage illnes...

Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer is the summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine...

Every patient is unique, and the evolving field of precision medicine aims to ensure the delivery of the right treatment to the right patient at th...

A hallmark of high-quality cancer care is the delivery of the right treatment to the right patient at the right time. Precision oncology therapies,...

Advance Care Planning(ACP)has long been a staple of caring for people with serious illness. Over its history, it has been defined in different ways...

Palliative care is the interdisciplinary specialty focused on improving quality of life for people with serious illness and their families. This in...

Rapid advances in cancer research, the development of new and more sophisticated approaches to diagnostic testing, and the growth in targeted cance...

Indigenous communities experience higher risks for suicide compared to the general U.S. population, with suicide as the second-leading cause of dea...

Millions of peopleinfants, children, adults, and their familiesare currently coping with serious illness in the United States. Efforts are intensif...

Millions of people in the United States live with serious illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), a...

Cancer is the second leading cause of death among adults in the United States after heart disease. However, improvements in cancer treatment and ea...

Digital health encompasses a broad array of tools and strategies with the goals of advancing research, increasing health care access and quality, a...

The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provides disability benefits through the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental...

The opioid overdose epidemic combined with the need to reduce the burden of acute pain poses a public health challenge. To address how evidence-bas...

Delivering high-quality cancer care to all patients presents numerous challenges, including difficulties with care coordination and access. Patient...

The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) provides disability compensation to veterans with a service-connected injury, and to receive disability ...

The persistent trends in suicide necessitate action among mental health care providers and payers, researchers, and community leaders. Health care ...

Nursing homes play a unique dual role in the long-term care continuum, serving as a place where people receive needed health care and a place they ...

A National Academies committee hosted a public workshop series in 2023. Speakers invited by the committee discussed the current state of racial and...

Existing systems are not prepared to provide the mental health care services needed by the growing population of older adults. The National Academi...

The National Academies National Cancer Policy Forum hosted a Summer 2022 workshop to explore the current state of knowledge regarding risk factors ...

In recent years, significant progress has been made in the clinical development and use of various types of cancer immunotherapy, all of which rely...