Systems Change

Information and resources related to multiple or cross-cutting health system change topics

• A Healthier America 2013: Strategies to Move from Sick Care to Health Care in Four Years
  Trust for America’s Health report that provides high-impact recommendations to prioritize prevention and improve the health of Americans
• ASTHO: A Transformed Health System in the 21st Century Position Statement
• CMS Innovation Center
  Program that supports testing of various payment and service delivery models that aim to achieve better care for patients, better health for communities, and lower costs
  • State Innovation Models Initiative
    Initiative to support states in development and testing state-based models for multi-payer payment and healthcare delivery system transformation
• Health Department of the Future [PDF-337KB]
  Recommendations from the STLT Workgroup to the Advisory Committee to the CDC Director on ways CDC can support the health department of the future
• Leading through Health Systems Change: A Public Health Opportunity Planning Tool
  Tool to assist public health leaders in thinking strategically about the future in light of the changes created by the ACA
• National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council
  The Council’s National Prevention Council Action Plan Implementing the National Prevention Strategy outlines more than 200 prevention and wellness steps the federal government is taking to implement the National Prevention Strategy
• NewPublicHealth.org
  A digital meeting space designed to spark an ongoing conversation about public health challenges, opportunities, evidence, solutions, and innovations; sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• StateReforum: An Online Network for Health Reform Implementation
  Site connecting state health officials looking for information and assistance with peers and experts
• The Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on Preparedness Resources and Programs - Workshop Summary
  Summary of an IOM workshop held on November 18-19, 2013, to discuss how changes to the health system as a result of the ACA might impact medical and public health preparedness programs across the nation
• Transforming Public Health: Emerging Concepts for Decision-making in a Changing Public Health World [PDF - 884KB]
  White paper funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and convened by RESOLVE; stresses the need for health departments to develop policy goals; use integrated data sets; communicate with the public and other audiences to disseminate and receive information; mobilize the community and forge partnerships; cultivate leadership and business skills; and protect the public in the event of an emergency
• Trends in Care Delivery and Community Health
  In this June 20, 2013, webinar, speakers described strategic changes in healthcare delivery, including value-based delivery models, and representatives from state health agencies also shared their respective state’s experience with healthcare-delivery transformation efforts
  • Trends in Care Delivery and Community Health [PDF - 2.25MB]
  • Trends in Care Delivery and Community Health Meeting Summary [PDF - 276KB]