A Vision for World-Class, Affordable Healthcare

The current economic crisis highlights the imperative to transform America’s healthcare system, and the opportunity to do so has never been greater. The National Priorities and Goals address the greatest challenges facing the healthcare system: eliminating harm, eradicating disparities, reducing disease burden, and removing waste.

Through the National Priorities and Goals, the Partners are working to bring about safer, more affordable patient-centered healthcare. The collective action of the Partners on these six Priorities has the potential to create lasting change across the healthcare system. The Partners are laying out a roadmap for improvement, but everyone in the healthcare system must address and act on the Priorities and Goals for change to happen.


 

Every American, of every economic, social, or cultural class, deserves high-quality affordable healthcare. The Partners are urging everyone across the healthcare system not just to call for reform, but to enact it. The existence of a sense of shared responsibility around specific goals can transform the healthcare system. Acting on those goals will revolutionize it.

"The National Priorities Partnership is a timely initiative, and we are pleased to join in this valuable effort to improve quality, access, and safety in healthcare.”

Harvey V. Fineberg, Institute of Medicine