Access to Healthcare
A Long-Term Care Plan for North Carolina
Final
Report
Executive
Summary
Issue
Brief
Interim
Report
In the fall of 1999, the then Secretary of the North Carolina Department
of Health and Human Services, the Honorable H. David Bruton,
MD, asked the NC IOM to convene a statewide task force to assist
DHHS in developing a long-term care plan. After 18 months of
research and examination of issues, the task force presented
its final report to the incoming NC DHHS Secretary, the Honorable
Carmen Hooker Odom, in March 2001.
Read more about
the ongoing work and results of the Task Force on Long-Term
Care.
Task Force on Dental Care Access: Report to the North Carolina
General Assembly and to the Secretary of the North Carolina Department
of Health and Human Services
Final
Report
2001
Update
In the Summer of 1998, NC DHHS requested the assistance of the
NC IOM in evaluating and recommending
strategies to address the problem of access to primary dental
care services for low-income populations in our state. Among
the issues of focal concern was the low level of participation
by private dentists in the NC Medicaid program. After eight
months of research, the NC IOM presented its final report to NC DHHS.
Read more about the ongoing
work and results of the Task Force on Dental Care Access.
