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1 online resource (xx, 273 pages) |
Contents |
Introduction -- Define a twenty-first century vision -- Foster adaptability and alignment -- Increase effectiveness and efficiency of the U.S. health care system -- Strengthen the HHS and U.S. public health and health care workforces -- Improve accountability and decision making -- The transition -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Letter from Congressmen Waxman and Davis -- HHS organizational chart and missions -- U.S. Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare (1953-1979) and HHS (1980-present) -- Recommendations directed to Congress -- Dissenting opinions on recommendation 3a -- The reorganization option: views from former secretaries of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- Statutory framework for the organization and management of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- Committee and staff biographies |
Summary |
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) profoundly affects the lives of all Americans. Its agencies and programs protect against domestic and global health threats, assure the safety of food and drugs, advance the science of preventing and conquering disease, provide safeguards for America's vulnerable populations, and improve health for everyone. However, the department faces serious and complex obstacles, chief among them rising health care costs and a broadening range of health challenges. Over time, additional responsibilities have been layered onto the department, and other responsibilities removed, often without corresponding shifts in positions, procedures, structures, and resources. At the request of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, HHS in the 21st Century assesses whether HHS is "ideally organized" to meet the enduring and emerging health challenges facing our nation. The committee identifies many factors that affect the department's ability to address its range of responsibilities, including divergence in the missions and goals of the department's agencies, limited flexibility in spending, impending workforce shortages, difficulty in retaining skilled professionals, and challenges in effectively partnering with the private sector." |
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Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Sponsored by the National Academies |
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Print version record |
Subject |
United States. Department of Health and Human Services.
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SUBJECT |
United States Department of Health and Human Services |
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United States. Department of Health and Human Services fast |
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Public health -- United States.
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Medical policy -- United States
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
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Medical policy
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Public health
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United States
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Electronic book
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Author |
Schaeffer, Leonard D.
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Schultz, Andrea M.
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Salerno, Judith A.
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Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Improving the Organization of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to Advance the Health of Our Population.
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LC no. |
2009005930 |
ISBN |
9780309127974 |
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0309127971 |
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