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1. Vital Directions for Health and Health Care: Priorities from a National Academy of Medicine Initiative (1-40)
Part I: Better Health and Well-Being (41-42)
2. Systems Strategies for Better Health Throughout the Life Course (43-70)
3. Addressing Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities (71-96)
4. Preparing for Better Health and Health Care for an Aging Population (97-110)
5. Chronic Disease Prevention: Tobacco, Physical Activity, and Nutrition for a Healthy Start (111-134)
6. Improving Access to Effective Care for People Who Have Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders (135-152)
7. Advancing the Health of Communities and Populations (153-172)
8. Benefit Design to Promote Effective, Efficient, and Affordable Care (175-190)
9. Payment Reform for Better Value and Medical Innovation (191-220)
10. Competencies and Tools to Shift Payments from Volume to Value (221-232)
11. Tailoring Complex-Care Management, Coordination, and Integration for High-Need, High-Cost Patients (233-248)
12. Realizing the Full Potential of Precision Medicine in Health and Health Care (249-268)
13. Fostering Transparency in Outcomes, Quality, Safety, and Costs (269-288)
14. The Democratization of Health Care (289-300)
15. Workforce for 21st-Century Health and Health Care (301-316)
Part III: Strong Science and Technology (317-318)
16. Information Technology Interoperability and Use for Better Care and Evidence (319-344)
17. Data Acquisition, Curation, and Use for a Continuously Learning Health System (345-368)
18. Innovation in Development, Regulatory Review, and Use of Clinical Advances (369-394)
19. Targeted Research: Brain Disorders as an Example (395-406)
20. Training the Workforce for 21st-Century Science (407-430)
Appendix A: Vital Directions Steering Committee Biographies (433-448)
Appendix B: Related Publications from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (449-468)
Appendix C: "Vital Directions for Health & Health Care: A National Conversation" Symposium Agenda (September 26, 2016) (469-472)