NAM Vital Directions for Health and Health Care Symposium: The North Carolina Experience

Victor J Dzau, MD President, of

November 21, 2019 U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1863) “The Academy shall, whenever called upon by any department of the government, investigate, examine… and report upon any subject of science or art…”

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was founded in 1970 and reconstituted as the National Academy of Medicine in 2015.

The New York Times describes the IOM as “the most esteemed and authoritative adviser on issues of health and medicine, and its reports can transform medical thinking around the world.” Challenges in Health Care Delivery

Unfortunately, access to health Quality is an enduring care services is severely challenge limited: • Growth of aging population • Rising burden of NCDs Access Quality • Increased demand for care Financial • Care quality remains a Sustainability & challenge Cost • Care is fragmented The cost of delivering health care is unsustainable • Persistent heath inequalities Vital Directions for Health and Health Care

ACTION PRIORITIES • Pay for value • Empower people • Activate communities • Connect care

ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS • Measure what matters most • Modernize skills • Accelerate real-world evidence • Advance science

NC Vital Directions Planning Committee

Victor Dzau, M.D. (Co-chair) Julie Freischlag, M.D. Michael Waldrum, M.D. National Academy of Medicine Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Vidant Health

Secretary Mandy Cohen, M.D., M.P.H. A. Dale Jenkins A. Eugene Washington, M.D. (Co-chair) Curi, A Medical Mutual Co. Health System N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D. Adam Zolotor, M.D., Dr.Ph. The Duke-Margolis Center for Health North Carolina Institute of Medicine Jack Cecil, M.I.M. Policy UNC School of Medicine Biltmore Farms, LLC Dogwood Health Trust E. Benjamin Money, M.P.H. N.C. Department of Health and Human Patrick Conway, M.D. Services Consultant, Welsh Carson Ronald Paulus, M.D., M.B.A. Susan DeVore, M.I.M. HCA Healthcare Premier, Inc. Robert W. Seligson, M.A., M.B.A. L. Allen Dobson, M.D. North Carolina Medical Society Community Care of North Carolina Hemi Tewarson, J.D., M.P.H. Nicole Dozier National Governor’s Association North Carolina Justice Center Betsey Tilson, M.D. Mike Fraser, Ph.D. N.C. Department of Health and Human The Association of State and Territorial Services Health Officials Thank You