In 2023, the North Carolina Institute of Medicine celebrates four decades of serving the people of our state. We kicked off our celebration of this milestone with a commissioned 40th…
The Task Force on the Future of Local Public Health in North Carolina was convened from August 2021 to May 2022 with funding from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust…
The Carolinas Pandemic Preparedness Task Force, convened in July 2021 by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM) and the South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH), was…
Over recent decades, obesity has become an issue of increasing complexity. Obesity can complicate existing health problems and create increased risks for certain chronic health conditions. Early childhood obesity prevention…
Read NCIOM’s 2021 Annual Report for details on our work over the past year, upcoming task forces, North Carolina Medical Journal highlights, and more.
On March 11, the country marked one year since the COVID-19 crisis was declared a pandemic. Over half a million Americans have died from the virus in that time with…
The United States Congress passed a fourth piece of legislation on December 21, 2020, which was signed by President Trump on December 27, 2020, to address some of the health,…
North Carolina’s latest Child Health Report Card gives the state high marks for children’s health coverage, but also points out some troubling trends. North Carolina earned failing grades in several…
Read NCIOM’s 2020 Annual Report for details on our work over the past year, from completing an unprecedented four task forces to convening stakeholders with NC DHHS to create a…
In 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) asked states to develop a plan to increase the proportion of children ages 1 – 20 enrolled in Medicaid or…
In March 2010, Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA was enacted to address certain fundamental problems with…
The Task Force on Serious Illness Care recognized that, with rising rates of many serious and chronic conditions in our state, it is crucially important to develop a system and…