Chapter 2 Assignment 2: Health

Information Agencies
Stacia Whetstone
January 22 2019
  Founded in 1970, one of three agencies that form the
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and
Medicine.
 Mission Statement: To improve health for all by
advancing science, accelerating health equity, and
National providing independent, authoritative, and trusted
advice nationally and globally.
Academy of  Vision Statement: A healthier future for everyone.
Medicine  Core Values: Scientific excellence and rigor, Objectivity
and independence, Diversity, inclusion, and equity
 Source: https://nam.edu/about-the-nam/
  Goals:
 Critical Issues- identify and address
 Membership- diversify, and activate, grow and engage
emerging leaders.
 Leadership capacity- diverse disciplines for the future of
National health and medicine, https://nam.edu/about-the-nam/

 News article: National Academy of Medicine Goes

Academy of Public With Efforts to Combat Burnout-
Medicine https://www.usnews.com/news/national-
news/articles/2017-07-14/national-academy-of-
medicine-goes-public-with-efforts-to-combat-burnout-
among-health-workers
  Formed in Atlanta GA in 1946 as the Communicable Disease
Center.
 Original mission was to stop Malaria from spreading across
the nation.
 CDC’s current Mission- CDC is the nation’s leading public
health agency, dedicated to saving lives and protecting the
health of Americans.
Centers for  Role of the CDC:
Disease Control  Emerging health threats- to detect and respond
 Prioritizing health issues that cause death and disability
and Prevention  Preventing disease
 Promotion of healthy living
 Training the public health providers
 Pulse of the nations.

 Source:
https://www.cdc.gov/about/organization/mission.htm
  CDC in the 21st Century:
 Finding solutions to global health threats through the
collection of data
 Tracking and preventing disease
 Improving medical care to the individual and the
community

Centers for  Tracking diseases around the world to enhance our

security
Disease Control  Promoting public health

and Prevention  News Article: CDC Flu Report: At Least 6.2 Million Sick
This Season
https://ohsonline.com/articles/2019/01/11/cdc-flu-
report.aspx
  Mission: To ensure that the voices and needs of the
populations we represent are present as the agency is
developing, implementing, and evaluating its programs
and policies. From the CMS office of Minority Health
 Vision: All CMS beneficiaries have achieved their
Centers for highest level of health, and disparities in health care
Medicare and quality and access have been eliminated. From the CMS
office of Minority Health https://www.cms.gov/About-
Medicaid Services CMS/About-CMS.html
  Signed into law in 1965 by President Lyndon Johnson.
 Medicare covers People over 65 that elect Medicare
coverage, disabled people, people with end stage renal
disease that require transplant or dialysis.

 Medicaid covers: low income families, pregnant women,

disabled people of all ages, people in need of long
term care
Centers for
 Part of the Department for Health and Human Services
Medicare and
 News Article: CMS Implements Stricter Nursing Home
Medicaid Services Staffing Survey Rules for States
https://skillednursingnews.com/2018/11/cms-
implements-stricter-nursing-home-staffing-survey-
rules-states/
  Mission: Improve the health and well-being of
individuals and communities through the use of
technology and health information that is accessible
when and where it matters most
 Vision: High-quality care, lower costs, healthy
population, and engaged people
Office of the  Goals:
National  Advance Person-Centered and Self-Managed Health

Coordinator  Transform Health Care Delivery and Community Health

 Foster Research, Scientific Knowledge, and Innovation
 Enhance Nation’s Health IT Infrastructure
 Source: https://www.healthit.gov/topic/about-onc
  The ONC is responsible for supporting the adoption of
health information technology and the promotion of the
exchange of health information across the nation
 Created in 2004 as an executive order as part of the
Office of the HITECH act.
National  News Article: ONC Report to Congress Shows Flawed
Coordinator Health Data Sharing
https://ehrintelligence.com/news/onc-report-to-
congress-shows-flawed-health-data-sharing
  National Academy of Medicine, https://nam.edu/about-
the-nam/ retrieved January 27, 2019
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
https://www.cdc.gov/about/facts/cdcfastfacts/cdcfacts.
html retrieved January 27, 2019

 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,

https://www.cms.gov/About-CMS/About-CMS.html
References retrieved January 27, 2019
 Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information technology
https://www.healthit.gov/topic/about-onc retrieved
January 27, 2019