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Oversight Unit

Health Care and Public Health Program Area

This 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 financing. Our work also examines public health systems, including surveillance, and promotes population health improvement.

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

In progress

Any project, supported or not by a committee, that is currently being worked on or is considered active, and will have an end date.

Recent Publications

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Innovations in Pharmacy Training and Sustainable Practice to Advance Patient Care: Proceedings of a Workshop

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2025

Exploring Relevant Policy Domains: Labor and Employment Policy and Population Health: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief

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2025

Addressing the Impact of Tobacco and Alcohol Use on Cancer-Related Health Outcomes: Proceedings of a Workshop

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2025

Enhancing Care and Services for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief

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2025

Advancing Health Care Professional Education and Training in Diagnostic Excellence: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief

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2025

Innovating Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Health Professions Education: Proceedings of a Workshop

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2025

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