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Oversight Unit

Health Care and Public Health Program Area

The Health Care and Public Health (HCPH) program area 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 care financing. Our work also examines public health systems, including surveillance, and promotes population health improvement.

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Extensive series of patients, doctors and nurses of various ages and ethnicities in a modern exam room. Used for: A Long COVID Definition A Chronic, Systemic Disease State with Profound Consequences

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News and Updates

Clinicians Should Focus on Symptom Evaluation and Continuity of Care Following Jet Fuel Releases in Oahu, Says New Report Examining Health Risks from Potential Exposures

News Release

A new National Academies report recommends guidance for clinicians caring for individuals who were potentially exposed to drinking water contaminated by jet fuel accidently released on Oahu, Hawaii, in November 2021. The report also calls for continued environmental oversight of the drinking water system, health research, surveillance of the exposed community, and other efforts to rebuild trust.

Mar 19, 2026
Aerial view of Pearl Harbor and Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA. From front to back - Pearl City Penninsula, (front right) Middle Loch with remnants of WWII mothball fleet, Ford Island, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Honolulu International Airport with Hickam Field to right, Honolulu, and Diamond Head. Photographed August 9, 2012, by 2018 the mothball fleet was gone.
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Exploring Relevant Policy Domains — Tax Policy and Population Health: A Workshop

Workshop

Recently Completed

Exploring Relevant Policy Domains — Labor Policy and Population Health: A Workshop

Workshop

Recently Completed
A multiracial woman worker operates a forklift, her coworkers reviewing paperwork for the day in a warehouse setting, wearing safety gear.

Advancing Value-Based Payment for People with Serious Illness to Align Financing with Quality: A Workshop

Workshop

Recently Completed
A nurse is reading a book next to a an old patient who is holding a cup and looking over at the book.

The Early Relational Health Determinants of Future Health and Well-Being

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Structural Drivers of Population Health: Exploring Relevant Policy Domains -- A Workshop Series

Workshop

Recently Completed

Advancing Child and Youth Health Care System Transformation: A Workshop Series

Workshop

Recently Completed

Advancing Diagnostic Excellence in Rural Areas: A Workshop

Workshop

Recently Completed

Innovative Person-Centered Clinical Cancer Research: A Workshop

Workshop

Recently Completed
A senior couple meets with their doctor at the medical building.

Developing and Sustaining Effective Interprofessional Primary Care Teams

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Strategies and Interventions to Strengthen Support for Family Caregiving and to Alleviate Caregiver Burden: A Workshop

Workshop

Recently Completed
Cheerful child sitting in a wheelchair communicating with his mother using sign language in a park

Strategic Plan and Blueprint for Addressing Thalassemia in the United States

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CY 2026 Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies Proposed Rule

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Projects

Exploring Strategies to Mitigate the Impact of Extreme Weather Events on Clinical Cancer Research and Care: A Virtual Workshop Series

Workshop

In Formation
A medical emergency services vehicle ambulance is speeding - responding to an urgent call with blinding headlights, flashing emergency lights and shrieking siren - as it approaches on an urban street during a night time raging blizzard snow storm near Rochester, New York State, USA.

The Data Revolution and Population Health: AI/ML Tools, Cross-Sector Data, and Community Expertise--A Workshop

Workshop

In Formation

Leveraging community partnerships and digital health in primary care settings to inform the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center's prevention strategy

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress

Envisioning a More Nimble System for Educating Health Professionals: A Workshop

Workshop

In Progress

Aviator Cancer Examination Study

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Formation

Ensuring Access to High-Quality Primary Care in the United States

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress

Health Care Financing to Improve Availability of Affordable Contraception: Identifying Promising Practices

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress

Review of Methods in the Report on Carcinogens Handbook

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress
Close-up of a someone holding a pen and reviewing a document.

Exploring Relevant Policy Domains — Housing Policy and Population Health: A Workshop

Workshop

In Formation
Top down aerial view of Chicago Downtown urban grid with park. Late afternoon light.

Health Care and Public Health Program Area

Oversight Unit

In Progress
Extensive series of patients, doctors and nurses of various ages and ethnicities in a modern exam room. Used for: A Long COVID Definition A Chronic, Systemic Disease State with Profound Consequences

Exploring Opportunities to Improve Patient Access to Care through Strategic Changes to Graduate Medical Education: A Workshop

Workshop

In Progress
A small group of medical student residents gather around a boardroom table to to meet with their medical team lead. They each have cases out on front of them as they work together collaboratively to discuss each one. They are each dressed professionally in medical scrubs and are listening attentively to the doctor leading the meeting at the head of the table.

Artificial Intelligence and the Medical Record in the Context of Social Security Disability Evaluations: A Workshop

Workshop

In Progress
A doctor using a tablet and laptop.

Epidemiologic Study on the Health of Veterans Who Served at Fort McClellan, 1979-1999

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress

Engaging Patients to Advance Diagnostic Excellence: A Workshop

Workshop

In Progress

Requirements for Pulmonary Function Testing in Social Security Disability Evaluations

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress
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