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JAMA Health Forum Conversations

JAMA Health Forum is an international, peer-reviewed, online, open access journal that addresses policies, structures, and systems that affect health, medicine, and health care. The journal publishes original research, evidence-based reports, and opinion about national and global health policy; structures and systems that affect health and health care; and health care delivery, economics, access, quality, safety, equity, and reform.

  1. The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence and Regulation

    6D AGO

    The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence and Regulation

    The evolution of artificial intelligence technology has outstripped most health policy oversight in the US. Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD, Professor of Law and Professor of Health Policy at Stanford University, discusses this and more with JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH. Related Content: Inaction on Artificial Intelligence Regulation in a Time of Upheaval

    26 min
  2. Improving Health and Health Care Affordability in the US with David Cutler

    JUN 13

    Improving Health and Health Care Affordability in the US with David Cutler

    The US is an outlier in health system performance, spending more than other peer countries while performing worse. US economist David Cutler, who is the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics at Harvard University, discusses this and more with JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH. Related Content: On Making US Health Care Great and Affordable

    22 min
  3. The Threat to Health Insurance Coverage in the US

    MAY 16

    The Threat to Health Insurance Coverage in the US

    Increased health insurance coverage in the US has had a broad range of positive impacts on US health, including increases in preventive care and better chronic disease management. Larry Levitt, MPP, of KFF joins JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, to discuss challenges facing US health insurance coverage today. Related Content: The Ongoing, and Heightened, Threat to Health Insurance Coverage in the US A Backlash Against Health Insurers, Redux

    15 min
  4. The Potential Repercussions of Disinvestment in Health in the US

    APR 11

    The Potential Repercussions of Disinvestment in Health in the US

    The first months of the Trump administration have been marked by a flurry of actions, many that have affected agencies directly related to health domestically and globally. Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD, of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health joins JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, to discuss the contemporary threats to the health of the American public. Related Content: The Potential Consequences of Disinvestment in Health in the US

    16 min
  5. The US, the World Health Organization, and a New Era in Global Health

    MAR 14

    The US, the World Health Organization, and a New Era in Global Health

    US withdrawal from the World Health Organization will have significant implications for global health. Lawrence Gostin, JD, JAMA Legal and Global Health Correspondent and Faculty Director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, joins JAMA Health Forum Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, to discuss global health in an era of new uncertainty. Related Content: The US, the World Health Organization, and the Global Health Infrastructure

    20 min
  6. What’s Next for JAMA Health Forum and for Health Policy?

    JAN 3

    What’s Next for JAMA Health Forum and for Health Policy?

    Incoming Editor in Chief Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, discusses the journal and the state of health policy with Deputy Editor Julie Donohue, PhD, and Senior Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD. Related Content: JAMA Health Forum: Meet the Editor in Chief, Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH JAMA Health Forum—Paving the Way for the Future of Health Policy Science and Scholarship

    14 min
  7. Farewell Conversation With JAMA Health Forum Founding Editor in Chief John Ayanian

    12/27/2024

    Farewell Conversation With JAMA Health Forum Founding Editor in Chief John Ayanian

    Founding Editor in Chief John Ayanian, MD, MPP, reflects on the origins and the highlights of the journal’s first 5 years, including seminal publications, the journal’s current No. 1 slot in the rankings, and the amazingly collegial editorial team, with JAMA Health Forum founding Deputy Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD. Related Content: Reflections on the First 5 Years of JAMA Health Forum

    20 min
  8. Impact of US Tobacco 21 Policies on Potential Mortality Reductions by State

    12/20/2024

    Impact of US Tobacco 21 Policies on Potential Mortality Reductions by State

    Research shows that Tobacco 21 (T21) policies with a minimum legal age to purchase tobacco products of 21 years reduce youth smoking, yet their potential long-term impact varies across US states. Jamie Tam, MPH, PhD, of the Yale University School of Public Health discusses these findings with JAMA Health Forum Editor John Ayanian, MD, MPP, and Deputy Editor Melinda Buntin, PhD. Related Content: US Tobacco 21 Policies and Potential Mortality Reductions by State

    17 min
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JAMA Health Forum is an international, peer-reviewed, online, open access journal that addresses policies, structures, and systems that affect health, medicine, and health care. The journal publishes original research, evidence-based reports, and opinion about national and global health policy; structures and systems that affect health and health care; and health care delivery, economics, access, quality, safety, equity, and reform.

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