A bold new vision for America's health care system
A bold new vision for America's health care system
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DOI:
10.1016/j.outlook.2014.11.017
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发表时间:
2015-01-01
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4.3
通讯作者:
Reinhard, Susan C.
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作者:
Hassmiller, Susan B.;Reinhard, Susan C.
The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, 1 offers a bold vision for a new kind of health care system in America. The report redefines the field of nursing and asserts that nurses should be full partners in reforming health care. It recognizes the invaluable contributions nurses make as both acute care and primary care providers and envisions pivotal roles for nurses in public health, education, research, business, governance, and public policy. The report challenges the nation’s 3 million nurses, the largest segment of the professional health care workforce, to learn more and lead more—and it urges decision makers to create circumstances that will help nurses to succeed in all of these roles. Issued at a time when the United States was reinventing its health care system through unprecedented national reform, the IOM report generated both broad and deep interest. It quickly became the primary reason people visited the IOM Web site, and it has been the IOM’s most-read report since its release. It has generated conversation among a wide array of stakeholders, including policymakers, and has set in motion not just incremental changes but significant momentum toward a new US health care delivery system—one that offers the promise of improving access and quality while lowering costs. Less than two months after the report’s release in early October 2010, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and AARP teamed up to launch the far-reaching, multifaceted Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action to implement the IOM’s recommendations. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, the president and chief executive officer of the RWJF, noted the importance of the campaign, which was announced during the National Summit on Advancing Health Through Nursing in Washington, DC, by declaring it “the first day of a new future for nursing.” The IOM report asserted that a transformed nursing profession would lead to an improved health care system—one that was more accessible, affordable, and patient-and family-centered, and, at the same time, safe, effective, and efficient. The joint initiative between the RWJF, the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted to health, and AARP, one of the nation’s largest consumer organizations, was intended to help make this vision a reality. In the four years since, the Campaign for Action has helped to make the Future of Nursing report a genuine catalyst for change. From the start, it was envisioned that the work of the campaign would take place at the state level, carried out by action coalitions. These state coalitions quickly multiplied—from just a handful at the time of the campaign’s launch to 51 today. They have had a nationwide impact.