American

Health
Agencies
BY LEANN FROMMEL
National Academy of Medicine
(NAM)

 Founded in 1970
 One of three academies that make up National Academies of
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the US (The National
Academies)
 They are private, non-profit institutions that work outside of
government to provide objective advice on matters of science,
technology, and health.
 Mission:
"To improve health for all by Vision:
advancing science, accelerating
health equity, and providing "A healthier future for
independent, authoritative, and everyone."
trusted advice nationally and
globally."
  Independent, evidence-based scientific
advisor.
 A national academy with global scope.
 Committed to taking action and achieving
impact.
 Collaborative and interdisciplinary
NAM is…  An honor society for exceptional leaders

 In the news: “UIC scholar selected as National

Academy of Medicine fellow”
Center for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC)

 Founded in 1948 as the Communicable Disease Center

 Started in Atlanta to fight Malaria outbreak
 It is one of the major operating components of the Department of Health
and Human Services
 Recognized as the nation's premiere health promotion, prevention, and
preparedness agency.
 In the news: CDC: 2018 Was Second Worst For Measles Outbreaks In Two
Decades, Third Worst Since Mid-1990s
 Mission: “CDC works 24/7 to protect
America from health, safety and security
threats, both foreign and in the U.S.
Whether diseases start at home or
abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or
preventable, human error or deliberate
attack, CDC fights disease and supports
communities and citizens to do the
same.”
“CDC increases the health security of our
nation. As the nation’s health protection
agency, CDC saves lives and protects
people from health threats. To
accomplish our mission, CDC conducts
critical science and provides health
information that protects our nation
against expensive and dangerous health
threats, and responds when these arise.”
The CDC Is…
Cutting
edge of
Health
Security

Putting
Nurturing
Science
public
into
health
action

Helping
Fighting
medical
disease
care
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS)

 Established in 1965 when Lyndon B.

Johnson signed into legislation the
Medicare and Medicaid programs.
 These programs have been
protecting the health and well-being
of millions of American families,
saving lives, and improving the
economic security of our nation for
50+ years.
 In the news: Prospect of CMS Paying
for Housing Attracts Attention,
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Advice, and Questions

 “…we are moving the agency
to focus on patients first. To do
this, one of our top priorities is
to ease regulatory burden that
is destroying the doctor-
patient relationship. We want
doctors to be able to deliver
the best quality care to their
•"We pledge to put patients patients.” “The entire CMS team is
first in all of our programs – committed to doing our part
Medicaid, Medicare, and the to make sure caring
Health Insurance Exchanges. professionals can do their job
To do this, we must empower without the burden of
patients to work with their unnecessary requirements.”
doctors and make health care -CMS Administrator Seema
decisions that are best for Verma
them. "

CMS
Mission
Office of the National
Coordinator (ONC)

 The forefront of the administration's health IT efforts and is a resource to the

entire health system to support adoption of health information technology and
promote exchange of nationwide health information to improve health care.
 ONC is the principle federal entity charged with coordination of nationwide
efforts to implement and use the most advanced HIT and the electronic
exchange of health information.
 In the news: “HHS Releases a New Resource to Help Individuals Access and Use
Their Health Information
 •Mission:
• "Improve the health and
Vision:
well-being of individuals and "High-quality care,
communities through the use
of technology and health lower costs, healthy
information that is accessible population, and
when and where it matters engaged people."
most"
ONC Goals:
Advance Transform
Person- Health Care
Centered and Delivery and
Self-Managed Community
Health Health

Foster
Research, Enhance
Scientific Nation's
Knowledge, Health IT
and Infrastructure
Innovation
Works Cited
References
About CDC 24-7 History. (2018, December 4). Retrieved from Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/about/history/index.html
About CDC 24-7 Mission, Role, and Pledge. (2014, April 14). Retrieved from Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/about/organization/mission.htm
About ONC- What We Do. (2018, May 22). Retrieved from HealthIT.gov:
https://www.healthit.gov/topic/about-onc
About the National Academy of Medicine. (2018). Retrieved from National Academy of
Medicine: https://nam.edu/about-the-nam/
Carey, J. (2018, October 15). UIC Scholar Selected as National Academy of Medicine Fellow.
Retrieved from EurekAlert!: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/uoia-
uss101518.php
Castellucci, M. (2018, November 24). Prospect or CMS Paying for Housing Attracts Attention,
Advice, and Questions. Retrieved from Modern Healthcare:
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20181124/NEWS/181129980
CMS' Program History. (2018, June 20). Retrieved from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services: https://www.cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-Information/History/index.html
HHS Releases a New Resource to Help Individuals Access and Use Their Health Information.
(2018, April 4). Retrieved from HHS.gov:
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2018/04/04/hhs-releases-a-new-resource-to-help-
individuals-access-and-use-their-health-information.html
Patients Over Paperwork. (n.d.). Retrieved from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services:
https://www.cms.gov/About-CMS/story-page/patients-over-paperwork.html
Wire, C. (2019, January 21). CDC: 2018 Was Second Worst For Measles Outbreak in Two
Decades, Third Worst Since Mid-1990's. Retrieved from 5 News Online:
https://5newsonline.com/2019/01/21/cdc-2018-was-second-worst-for-measles-
outbreaks-in-two-decades-third-worst-since-mid-1990s/