Board on Health Care Services
The work of the Board on Health Care Services (HCS), within the Health and Medicine Division, is helping to shape the direction of health care in the United States and abroad. The Board considers the entire health care system in order to ensure the best possible care for all patients. Its activities pertain to organization, financing, effectiveness, workforce, and delivery of health care.
The Board places special emphasis on quality, costs, and accessibility of care and in 1996 launched a concerted effort to assess and improve the nation's quality of care.
Recently completed
A committee-supported project or activity that has been completed and for which output dissemination has begun. Its committee has been disbanded and closeout procedures are underway.
Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Summer Membership Meeting
- July 11, 2024
- 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
This is a hybrid Membership Meeting for the Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders. Members and invited guests will receive an update on current activities and discuss emerging topics rela...
Advancing Research on Chronic Conditions in Women: Report Release Webinar
- July 10, 2024
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Webcast
- Past
Chronic health conditions are the leading causes of illness and death in the United States, but impact women and men differently in ways that may hamper the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and manag...
Addressing Workforce Challenges Across the Behavioral Health Continuum of Care: A Workshop
- July 10 - 11, 2024
- Workshop
- Past
On July 10-11, The Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders will host a public workshop to address the workforce needs and challenges across the behavioral health continuum. Invited presenta...
Report Release Webinar: Committee on Unequal Treatment Revisited: The Current State of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
- June 26, 2024
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Webinar
- Past
Racial and ethnic inequities in health and health care impact individual well-being, contribute to millions of premature deaths, and cost the United States hundreds of billions of dollars annually. Ad...
Virtual Sponsor Briefing for Committee on Unequal Treatment Revisited: The Current State of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
- June 25, 2024
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
The Committee on Unequal Treatment Revisited held a virtual sponsor briefing for the release of the National Academies Consensus report: Ending Unequal Treatment: Strategies to Achieve Equitable Healt...
Response to the “Pay PCPs [Primary Care Providers] Act of 2024” Request for Information - Workgroup Meeting
- June 21, 2024
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Response to the “Pay PCPs [Primary Care Providers] Act of 2024” Request for Information held a private virtual meeting closed...
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Accelerating Treatments and Improving Quality of Life Report Launch Event
- June 18, 2024
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Past
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive, fatal, neurological disease. Individuals affected by ALS include those living with ALS, their caregivers and families, at-risk ALS genetic...
Long-Term Health Effects of COVID-19: Disability and Function Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection – Report Release Webinar
- June 5, 2024
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Webcast
- Past
Since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in early 2020, many individuals infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-...
Artificial Intelligence in Education and Mental Health for a Sustainable Future: A Workshop
- May 30, 2024
- 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (ET)
- Workshop
- Past
The National Academies Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability, in collaboration with the Board on Health Care Services and Board on Science Education, convened a hybrid workshop, Arti...
Essential Health Care Services Addressing Intimate Partner Violence: Caring for Women on Blue Sky Days and During Public Health Emergencies
- May 21, 2024
- 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (ET)
- Webinar
- Past
This webinar will feature moderated discussions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine consensus study report, Essential Health Care Services Addressing Intimate Partner Viol...
Toward a Framework to Improve Diversity and Inclusion in Clinical Trials - A Workshop
- May 20, 2024
- 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM (ET)
- Workshop
- Past
A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized a public workshop to explore opportunities to improve representation in clinical trials with a focus on...
Essential Health Care Services Related to Anxiety and Mood Disorders in Women: A Workshop
- April 29 - 30, 2024
- Workshop
- Past
On April 29-30, a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine planning committee will organize and host a public workshop to identify essential health care services related to anxiety an...
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Accelerating Treatments and Improving Quality of Life - Committee Discussion
- April 18, 2024
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
In this meeting the committee discussed the approach to response to review.
Unequal Treatment Revisited: The Current State of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care - Committee Meeting VII
- April 9, 2024
- 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine ad hoc Committee on Unequal Treatment Revisited: The Current State of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care held a commitee meeting...
Innovation and Infrastructure Work Group Meeting #4
- April 8, 2024
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
A work group meeting was held to discuss the content of the consensus study report.