%0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Wizemann, Theresa M. %T Reorienting Health Care and Business Sector Investment Priorities Toward Health and Well-Being: Proceedings of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-67119-4 %D 2022 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25667/reorienting-health-care-and-business-sector-investment-priorities-toward-health-and-well-being %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25667/reorienting-health-care-and-business-sector-investment-priorities-toward-health-and-well-being %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 100 %X On December 3, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop, hosted by New York University (NYU) Langone Health in New York City, to explore how evolving concepts of value in health care and business investments are leading to a shift in resources toward investments in health and well-being for all. Workshop participants explored what industry leaders are doing to make progress and avoid pitfalls, tools and platforms that are useful to these efforts, and lessons and insights that stakeholders can use to help reinforce the shift toward healthier investments. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Baciu, Alina B. %T Reorienting Health Care and Business Sector Investment Priorities Toward Health and Well-Being: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief %D 2020 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25469/reorienting-health-care-and-business-sector-investment-priorities-toward-health-and-well-being %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25469/reorienting-health-care-and-business-sector-investment-priorities-toward-health-and-well-being %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 10 %X On December 3, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Roundtable on Population Health Improvement held a workshop on Reorienting Health Care and Business Sector Investment Priorities Toward Health and Well-Being in New York City at NYU Langone Health. The workshop focused on changing concepts of value and investment in health care. This publication highlights the presentation and discussion of the workshop. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %E Wizemann, Theresa %T Applying a Health Lens to Decision Making in Non-Health Sectors: Workshop Summary %@ 978-0-309-29975-6 %D 2014 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18659/applying-a-health-lens-to-decision-making-in-non-health-sectors %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18659/applying-a-health-lens-to-decision-making-in-non-health-sectors %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 94 %X Health is influenced by a wide range of factors, many of which fall outside of the health care delivery sector. These determinants of health include, for example, the characteristics of how people live, work, learn, and play. Decision and policy making in areas such as transportation, housing, and education at different levels of government, and in the private sector, can have far-reaching impacts on health. Throughout the United States there has been increasing dialogue on incorporating a health perspective into policies, programs, and projects outside the health field. Applying a Health Lens to Decision Making in Non-Health Sectors is the summary of a workshop convened in September 2013 by the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Population Health Improvement to foster cross-sectoral dialogue and consider the opportunities for and barriers to improving the conditions for health in the course of achieving other societal objectives (e.g., economic development, efficient public transit). The roundtable engaged members, outside experts, and stakeholders on three core issues: supporting fruitful interaction between primary care and public health; strengthening governmental public health; and exploring community action in transforming the conditions that influence the public's health. This report is a discussion of health in all policies approaches to promote consideration for potential health effects in policy making in many relevant domains, such as education, transportation, and housing. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Wizemann, Theresa %T Building Sustainable Financing Structures for Population Health: Insights from Non-Health Sectors: Proceedings of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-45880-1 %D 2018 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/24760/building-sustainable-financing-structures-for-population-health-insights-from-non %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/24760/building-sustainable-financing-structures-for-population-health-insights-from-non %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 114 %X In October 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Roundtable on Population Health Improvement hosted a workshop to explore sustainable financing structures that reflect a recognition of the health and non-health factors that shape the well-being of U.S. communities. The goals of the workshop were to learn from the long-term, sustainable financing strategies used in other sectors, to explore how those approaches could be applied to population health, and to consider structures that work across sectors. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop. %0 Book %A National Research Council %E Tulloch, Jim %E Saadah, Fadia %E de Araujo, Rui Maria %E de Jesus, Rui Paulo %E Lobo, Sergio %E Hemming, Isabel %E Nassim, Jane %E Morris, Ian %T Initial Steps in Rebuilding the Health Sector in East Timor %@ 978-0-309-08901-2 %D 2003 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10702/initial-steps-in-rebuilding-the-health-sector-in-east-timor %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10702/initial-steps-in-rebuilding-the-health-sector-in-east-timor %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %P 70 %X In May 2002 Timor Leste (East Timor) emerged as a new nation after centuries of foreign rule and decades of struggle for independence. Its birth was a painful one; a United Nations-brokered Popular Consultation in August 1999, in which an overwhelming majority of the people opted for independence, was followed by several weeks of vengeful violence, looting, and destruction by pro-Indonesia militias. It left the territory and all of its essential services devastated. In this context, the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), with the country's leaders and people and many other partners, set about restoring order and services, building a government structure, and preparing for independence. This paper summarizes the rehabilitation and development of the health sector from early 2000 to the end of 2001. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Hamilton, Liza %E Maitin-Shepard, Melissa %T Value Proposition and Innovative Models for Multi-Sectoral Engagement in Global Health: Proceedings of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-49483-0 %D 2020 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25501/value-proposition-and-innovative-models-for-multi-sectoral-engagement-in-global-health %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25501/value-proposition-and-innovative-models-for-multi-sectoral-engagement-in-global-health %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 124 %X To explore value proposition for different sectors that engage in global health - including industry, government, philanthropy, and civil society - and innovative models for multi-sectoral collaboration, the Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a 2-day workshop on November 15 and 16, 2018. With a specific focus on industry engagement, the workshop examined how stakeholders within industry define and measure value relative to global health as well as how and why other sectors in the global health community engage with industry. This publication summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %A National Research Council %T Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States: A Guide for the Health Care Sector %@ 978-0-309-31043-7 %D 2014 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18886/confronting-commercial-sexual-exploitation-and-sex-trafficking-of-minors-in-the-united-states %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18886/confronting-commercial-sexual-exploitation-and-sex-trafficking-of-minors-in-the-united-states %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %K Health and Medicine %P 42 %X Every day in the United States, children and adolescents are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. These are not only illegal activities, but also forms of violence and abuse that result in immediate and long-term physical, mental, and emotional harm to victims and survivors. In 2013, the Institute of Medicine/National Research Council released the report Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States. The report found that the United States is in the very early stages of recognizing, understanding, and developing solutions for these crimes. Health care professionals need to be able to recognize past, ongoing, or potential victimization by commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking among the youth in their care. Failure to do so increases the possibility that those at risk may become victims, and victims may miss opportunities for assistance and remain vulnerable to further exploitation and abuse. This Guide for the Health Care Sector provides a summary of information from the original report that is most relevant to individuals who and settings that see children and adolescents for prevention and treatment of injury, illness, and disease. This includes physicians, nurses, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, mental health professionals, and dentists who practice in settings such as emergency departments, urgent care, primary care clinics, adolescent medicine clinics, school clinics, shelters, community health centers, and dental clinics among others. This guide includes definitions of key terms and an overview of risk factors and consequences; barriers to identifying victims and survivors as well as opportunities for overcoming these barriers; examples of current practices in the health care sector; and recommendations aimed at identifying, preventing, and responding to these crimes. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %E Reeve, Megan %E Hermann, Jack %E Ottewell, Ashley %T International Infectious Disease Emergencies and Domestic Implications for the Public Health and Health Care Sectors: Workshop in Brief %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21773/international-infectious-disease-emergencies-and-domestic-implications-for-the-public-health-and-health-care-sectors %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21773/international-infectious-disease-emergencies-and-domestic-implications-for-the-public-health-and-health-care-sectors %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 10 %X Emerging infectious disease events present a threat to U.S. national security, and we need improved efforts to coordinate a response both domestically and with global partners. The most recent outbreak of the Ebola virus disease in West Africa is the largest to date, affecting multiple countries simultaneously and once again bringing the challenges of global health security to the forefront of international preparedness discussions. The outbreak in the United States exposed health care system gaps and brought to a head the need for increased communication between hospitals and health departments and the need for clearer direction and coordination from state and federal agencies on operational standards and practices. This Workshop in Brief summarizes a session held by the Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events at the 2015 Preparedness Summit to discuss international public health emergencies, such as Ebola, and their corresponding impact on state and local public health and health care systems. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Alper, Joe %T Engaging the Private-Sector Health Care System in Building Capacity to Respond to Threats to the Public's Health and National Security: Proceedings of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-48212-7 %D 2018 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25203/engaging-the-private-sector-health-care-system-in-building-capacity-to-respond-to-threats-to-the-publics-health-and-national-security %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25203/engaging-the-private-sector-health-care-system-in-building-capacity-to-respond-to-threats-to-the-publics-health-and-national-security %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %K Conflict and Security Issues %P 154 %X Disasters tend to cross political, jurisdictional, functional, and geographic boundaries. As a result, disasters often require responses from multiple levels of government and multiple organizations in the public and private sectors. This means that public and private organizations that normally operate independently must work together to mount an effective disaster response. To identify and understand approaches to aligning health care system incentives with the American public’s need for a health care system that is prepared to manage acutely ill and injured patients during a disaster, public health emergency, or other mass casualty event, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a 2-day public workshop on March 20 and 21, 2018. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Wizemann, Theresa M. %T School Success: An Opportunity for Population Health: Proceedings of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-49076-4 %D 2020 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25403/school-success-an-opportunity-for-population-health-proceedings-of-a %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25403/school-success-an-opportunity-for-population-health-proceedings-of-a %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 98 %X Education and health care significantly influence well-being and health outcomes, especially throughout adolescence. In fact, doctors note that performance in school is highly reflective of a child's current and future health. Despite knowledge of this connection, pediatricians are rarely aware of their patients' school performance and have a limited understanding of the education system. Fostering collaboration and aligning efforts within the health and education sectors is a critical step towards building stronger and healthier communities. On June 14, 2018, the National Academies convened a workshop to discuss how efforts within the health sector can support children's education from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade and to explore the barriers between these sectors. The committee also examined case examples of health-education collaboration and opportunities in policy. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Wizemann, Theresa M. %T Faith–Health Collaboration to Improve Community and Population Health: Proceedings of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-48933-1 %D 2021 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25375/faith-health-collaboration-to-improve-community-and-population-health-proceedings %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25375/faith-health-collaboration-to-improve-community-and-population-health-proceedings %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 74 %X On March 22, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop to examine the collaboration between the faith and health sectors, and to highlight the unique opportunities these collaborations offer to help improve population health outcomes. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Baciu, Alina B. %T Population Health in Challenging Times: Insights from Key Domains: Proceedings of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-46927-2 %D 2023 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26143/population-health-in-challenging-times-insights-from-key-domains-proceedings %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26143/population-health-in-challenging-times-insights-from-key-domains-proceedings %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 90 %X The year 2020 presented extraordinary challenges to organizations working to improve population health - from public health agencies at all levels of government to health systems to community-based non-profit organizations responding to health-related social needs. To improve understanding of how different domains in the population health field are responding to and being changed by two major crises (racial injustice and the COVID-19 pandemic), the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop from September 21-24, 2020, titled Population Health in Challenging Times: Insights from Key Domains. The workshop had sessions organized by themes: academic public health and population health; the social sector; health care, governmental public health; philanthropy; and cross-sector work. Each panel discussion highlighted difficulties and opportunities, both internal to the respective institutions and sectors, and at the interface with peers and partners, especially communities. This publication summarizes the presentations and panel discussions from the workshop. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Baciu, Alina %E Andrada, Alexandra %T Roundtable on Population Health Improvement: Annual Report 2022 %D 2023 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27077/roundtable-on-population-health-improvement-annual-report-2022 %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27077/roundtable-on-population-health-improvement-annual-report-2022 %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 20 %X The Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice's Roundtable on Population Health Improvement was established in February 2013 to bring together philanthropy, community-based organizations, health care delivery, governmental public health, academia, and business in a wide-ranging dialogue about what is needed to improve health in the United States and across diverse populations. In 2022, the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement hosted workshops and webinars designed to illuminate issues of importance to leaders and policy makers, practitioners, and researchers in the health and social sectors; explore promising and innovative solutions for and approaches to population health improvement; and facilitate new and generative connections among people and organizations. %0 Book %A National Academy of Medicine %E Adams, Laura %E Ahmed, Mahnoor %E Bailey, Ariana %E Chua, Peak Sen %E Chukwurah, Chinenye Stephen %E Cocchiola, Michael %E Cupito, Anna %E Kadakia, Kushal %E Lee, Jennifer %E Williams, Asia %T Emerging Stronger from COVID-19: Priorities for Health System Transformation %@ 978-0-309-69173-4 %D 2023 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26657/emerging-stronger-from-covid-19-priorities-for-health-system-transformation %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26657/emerging-stronger-from-covid-19-priorities-for-health-system-transformation %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 568 %X In mid-2022, the United States has lost more than 1 million people to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have been real-time witnesses to scores of heroic responses to the disease, death, inequity, and economic strife unleashed by the virus, but have also experienced the consequences of poor pandemic preparedness and long-standing structural failures in our health system. For decades, the U.S. health system has fallen far short of its potential to support and improve individual and population health. The COVID-19 pandemic has presented death and devastation—but also an unprecedented opportunity to truly transform U.S. health, health care, and health delivery. To capitalize on this opportunity, the National Academy of Medicine gathered field leaders from across all of the major health system sectors to assess how each sector has responded to the pandemic and the opportunities that exist for health system transformation. The opportunity is now to capitalize on the hard-won lessons of COVID-19 and build a health care system that centers patients, families, and communities; cares for clinicians; supports care systems, public health, and biomedical research to perform at the best of their abilities; applies innovations from digital health and quality, safety, and standards organizations; and encourages health care payers and health product manufacturers and innovators to produce products that benefit all. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Alvarado, Carla %E Savaglio, Lauren %T A Population Health Perspective on Middle School Success: Activities, Programs, and Policies: Proceedings of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-67782-0 %D 2021 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25807/a-population-health-perspective-on-middle-school-success-activities-programs %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25807/a-population-health-perspective-on-middle-school-success-activities-programs %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 88 %X On December 5, 2019, the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop to explore the factors that affect the health and well-being of middle-school-aged adolescents. The workshop included presentations on the risk factors of poor physical, social, and emotional outcomes and their prevalence; the identification of resilience factors; current policies and programs designed to support middle school success and address issues of equity and financing as they apply to these; and how the health and human services sectors can support and align with the education sector to promote health and well-being in middle school. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions that took place during the workshop. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %E Alper, Joe %E Thompson, Darla %E Baciu, Alina %T Exploring Opportunities for Collaboration Between Health and Education to Improve Population Health: Workshop Summary %@ 978-0-309-31422-0 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18979/exploring-opportunities-for-collaboration-between-health-and-education-to-improve-population-health %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18979/exploring-opportunities-for-collaboration-between-health-and-education-to-improve-population-health %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 126 %X Research based on decades of experience in the developing world has identified educational status, especially the status of the mother, as a major predictor of health outcomes and that the literature indicates that the gradient in health outcomes by educational attainment has steepened over the last four decades across the United States. Since the 1990s, while the average life expectancy in the United States has been steadily increasing, life expectancy has actually decreased for people without a high school education, especially white women. To understand the complex relationship between education and health and how this understanding could inform our nation's investments and policies, the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Population Health Improvement held a public workshop in Washington, DC, on June 5, 2014. This workshop, which featured presentations and extensive discussion periods, also explored how the health and education sectors can work together more effectively to achieve improvements in both health status and educational achievement. This report summarizes the presentations and discussion of the workshop. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Baciu, Alina B. %T Faith–Health Collaboration to Improve Population Health: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief %D 2018 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25169/faith-health-collaboration-to-improve-population-health-proceedings-of-a %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25169/faith-health-collaboration-to-improve-population-health-proceedings-of-a %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 9 %X Faith plays a variety of roles in the context of health improvement: as a place, social structure, partner, and intervention. To better understand the potential for faith-health collaboration, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop on March 22, 2018. Participants discussed the potential and, in some cases, the value, of community faith-based entities as partners with health-sector organizations. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the Nation's Health %@ 978-0-309-49343-7 %D 2019 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25467/integrating-social-care-into-the-delivery-of-health-care-moving %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25467/integrating-social-care-into-the-delivery-of-health-care-moving %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 194 %X Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the Nation's Health was released in September 2019, before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic in March 2020. Improving social conditions remains critical to improving health outcomes, and integrating social care into health care delivery is more relevant than ever in the context of the pandemic and increased strains placed on the U.S. health care system. The report and its related products ultimately aim to help improve health and health equity, during COVID-19 and beyond. The consistent and compelling evidence on how social determinants shape health has led to a growing recognition throughout the health care sector that improving health and health equity is likely to depend – at least in part – on mitigating adverse social determinants. This recognition has been bolstered by a shift in the health care sector towards value-based payment, which incentivizes improved health outcomes for persons and populations rather than service delivery alone. The combined result of these changes has been a growing emphasis on health care systems addressing patients' social risk factors and social needs with the aim of improving health outcomes. This may involve health care systems linking individual patients with government and community social services, but important questions need to be answered about when and how health care systems should integrate social care into their practices and what kinds of infrastructure are required to facilitate such activities. Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the Nation's Health examines the potential for integrating services addressing social needs and the social determinants of health into the delivery of health care to achieve better health outcomes. This report assesses approaches to social care integration currently being taken by health care providers and systems, and new or emerging approaches and opportunities; current roles in such integration by different disciplines and organizations, and new or emerging roles and types of providers; and current and emerging efforts to design health care systems to improve the nation's health and reduce health inequities. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Cuff, Patricia A. %E Forstag, Erin Hammers %T Health Professions Faculty for the Future: Proceedings of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-16011-7 %D 2021 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26041/health-professions-faculty-for-the-future-proceedings-of-a-workshop %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26041/health-professions-faculty-for-the-future-proceedings-of-a-workshop %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 86 %X To explore various aspects of faculty development, the Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a virtual workshop in August 2020 titled Health Professions Faculty for the Future. At the workshop, presenters provided examples of how educators are using effective teaching strategies and of practices in health professional education. This publication summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T Charting a Future for Sequencing RNA and Its Modifications: A New Era for Biology and Medicine %@ 978-0-309-71763-2 %D 2024 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27165/charting-a-future-for-sequencing-rna-and-its-modifications-a %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27165/charting-a-future-for-sequencing-rna-and-its-modifications-a %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Biology and Life Sciences %K Health and Medicine %P 260 %X Concerted efforts to deepen understanding of RNA modifications and their role in living systems hold the potential to advance human health, improve crop yields, and address other pressing societal challenges. RNA, which carries the information encoded by DNA to the places where it is needed, is amazingly diverse and dynamic. RNA is processed and modified through natural biological pathways, giving rise to hundreds, in some cases thousands, of distinct RNA molecules for each gene, thereby diversifying genetic information. RNA modifications are known to be pivotal players in nearly all biological processes, and their dysregulation has been implicated in a wide range of human diseases and disorders. Yet, our knowledge of RNA modifications remains incomplete, hindered by current technological limitations. Existing methods cannot discover all RNA modifications, let alone comprehensively sequence them on every RNA molecule. Nonetheless, what is known about RNA modifications has already been leveraged in the development of vaccines that helped saved millions of lives worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. RNA modifications also have applications beyond health, for example, enhancing agricultural productivity. Charting a Future for Sequencing RNA and Its Modifications: A New Era for Biology and Medicine calls for a focused, large-scale effort to accelerate technological innovation to harness the full potential of RNA modifications to address pressing societal challenges in health, agriculture, and beyond. This report assesses the scientific and technological breakthroughs, workforce, and infrastructure needs to sequence RNA and its modifications, and ultimately understand the roles RNA modifications play in biological processes and disease. It proposes a roadmap of innovation that will make it possible for any RNA from any biological system to be sequenced end-to-end with all of its modifications - a capability that could lead to more personalized and targeted treatments and instigate transformative changes across various sectors beyond health and medicine.