HMS in the News
Press Release: Addressing the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Crisis
A new report released by AHSG examines the urgent need to address youth mental health challenges and identifies opportunities for health sector leaders to take action. “Addressing the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Crisis” is the product of a [read more]
Announcement: Renée Fleming Neuroarts Investigator Awards 2025 Award Recipients
The second annual Renée Fleming Neuroarts Investigator Awards, established by the Renée Fleming Foundation and administered through the NeuroArts Blueprint Initiative, will support nine teams of early-career investigators working across sciences and the arts to advance the emerging field of neuroarts. Neuroarts [read more]
Press Release: Expert Working Group Identifies Strategies to Prevent Health Systems from Anticompetitive Practices that Threaten Patient Care
A new report by an expert Working Group Ensuring Access, Affordability, and Quality in the Age of Healthcare Consolidation: Lessons Learned and Insights for the Future looks at the forces driving provider consolidation, the framework in place to regulate [read more]
News Article: Science & Society
In a compelling call for scientific leadership, Aaron F. Mertz, Executive Director of Science and Society at the Aspen Institute, highlights a challenge facing American science. A recent collaborative study reveals growing concerns about anti-science rhetoric and the critical [read more]
Request for Proposals: Renée Fleming Neuroarts Investigator Awards
NeuroArts Blueprint The Renée Fleming Foundation in partnership with the NeuroArts Blueprint Initiative is offering year two of the Renée Fleming Neuroarts Investigator Awards. The Awards support innovative and collaborative research by early career researchers, designed to expand [read more]
News Article: Science at the Ballot Box Magazine
Science & Society Dr. Aaron F. Mertz, Executive Director of Science & Society at The Aspen Institute, shares another weekly article release from his “Science at the Ballot Box” series, a collaboration with Nautilus magazine examining critical issues [read more]
Recent Releases
Addressing the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Crisis
Aspen Health Strategy Group
A new report released by AHSG examines the urgent need to address youth mental health challenges and identifies opportunities for health sector leaders to take action. “Addressing the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Crisis” is the product of a year-long, in-depth study and reflects the consensus of 20 senior leaders in the public and private sectors.
Click on the image to view the report!
Ensuring Access, Affordability, and Quality in the Age of Healthcare Consolidation: Lessons Learned and Insights for the Future
A new report by an expert Working Group Ensuring Access, Affordability, and Quality in the Age of Healthcare Consolidation: Lessons Learned and Insights for the Future looks at the forces driving provider consolidation, the framework in place to regulate anticompetitive practices, and opportunities to prevent the harms sometimes associated with consolidation.
The report builds on a convening held in Washington, DC in May 2024. Click on the image to learn more!
Tactics for Trust: A Practitioner’s Playbook for Building Public Trust in Science and Other Domains
Science & Society
The third installment in Science & Society’s publication series on public trust in science, this text represents an actionable summary from a diverse group of multi-sector trustbuilders to foster a candid, open conversation around the tactics that make up an effective trustbuilder’s toolkit in science and more broadly.
State Efforts to Control Healthcare Costs: Lessons Learned and Insights for the Future
Health, Medicine & Society
States have become laboratories for testing policy and programmatic ideas to address the high costs of healthcare and keep spending under control. A new report released by an expert Working Group offers a decision–making framework to guide them as they consider optimal approaches tailored to their needs.
Reducing the Health Harms of Firearm Injury
Aspen Health Strategy Group
AHSG’s latest report examines the epidemic proportion of firearm injury in the United States—more than 48,000 Americans lost their lives to firearms in 2021, twice that many were injured, and millions more experienced the trauma associated with such violence. This report presents AHSG’s five big ideas to address the problem and includes background papers providing an overview of the causes and consequences of gun violence, the American culture of guns, and the use of harm reduction and community intervention techniques to curb violence.
The Evolving Role of Hospitals and Health Systems in Community Health and Emergency Preparedness
Health, Medicine & Society
Often under financial pressure while being asked to do more, hospitals and health systems need new approaches to ensure high-value care. This report offers recommendations for how hospitals can evolve to meet growing expectations while remaining financially viable.
