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NEW YORK CITY, June 05??? Leaders in the fields of nursing and social work met on May 19 at The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) to discuss the Institute of Medicine (IOM)report, Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce. This panel discussion was the fourth and final event in Section on Health Care Delivery Lecture Series “Building a More Responsive Health Care System for the Aging Population in New York,” a series hosted by NYAM’s Health Policy department.
The panel was moderated by Corinne Rieder, EdD, and Executive Director of The John A. Hartford Foundation. The speakers included Carol Raphael, MPA, President and CEO of Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Terry Fulmer, PhD, Professor and Dean at NYU College of Nursing, Judith Salerno, MD, an SM Executive Officer of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies and Andrew Safyer, PhD, Dean and Professor of Social Work at Adelphi University School of Social Work.
“This panel is trying to respond to a recent and nationally visible report by the Institute of Medicine on preparing the workforce for an aging population. There were three recommendations from the committee that were created as a result of this report, enhancing the geriatric competence of the work force, increasing the recruitment and retention of geriatric specialists and care givers, and improving the way healthcare is delivered,” said Jo Ivey Boufford, MD, President of NYAM.
- For a directory of video segments from the presentations click here
- Physician Workforce for An Aging Society
- The social work response
- Building the health care workforce
- Retooling for an aging America
According to the report the aging population is expected to increase significantly in the future which means more services are needed with a more adequate workforce. Eighty percent of older Americans over the age of 65 have chronic diseases, meaning the strain on services is greater. Research is needed to prepare for the future of health status and health care services so that the services can be fully utilized for older Americans.
The report was designed to look at the health care needs of the rapidly growing and diverse population of Americans over 65 years of age, and address those needs. The report does this through analysis of the forces that shape the health care workforce, including education, training, modes of practice, and financing of public and private programs.
Aging is one of the central themes across NYAM with several projects taking place. In June, 2007 a partnership with the City Council, NYAM launched the Age-Friendly NYC initiative, guided by a protocol developed by the World Health Organization to assess the city’s age-friendliness in eight key areas from housing to transportation.
The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) has been advancing the health of people in cities since 1847. An independent organization, NYAM addresses the health challenges facing the world’s urban populations through interdisciplinary approaches to policy leadership, education, community engagement and innovative research. Drawing on the expertise of diverse partners worldwide and more than 2,000 elected Fellows from across the professions, our current priorities are to create environments in cities that support healthy aging; to strengthen systems that prevent disease and promote the public’s health; and to implement interventions that eliminate health disparities.
Posted on June 5, 2008
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The 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture - The Affordable Care Act: An Insider’s View
Featured Speaker: Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
November 19, 2012 - The NYAM Section on Health Care Delivery welcomes Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will deliver the 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture on "The Affordable Care Act: An Insider's View."
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The New York Academy of Medicine with support from the New York State Heath Foundation released a new report, Federal Health Care Reform in New York State: A Population Health Perspective.
This report identifies opportunities that build on both the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and New York’s ongoing efforts toward improving the health of its 19 million residents.
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