Policy Forum: Introduction
This issue of the journal argues that the goal of improving health compels us to address heart, mind, body, and our teeth and gums.
This issue of the NCMJ highlights substance use disorders and the growing proportion of unintentional deaths begging to be prevented in our state.
This issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal offers the reader a step-by-step journey into artificial intelligence as a tool to improve the outputs and outcomes of clinical practice.
This issue of the journal lays out the ambitious plans to make it easier for people in our state to participate in caring for their own health.
This issue of the journal persuades us to cry “no more missed opportunities” when it comes to cancer, stroke, and heart disease in North Carolina and beyond.
It is incumbent on us to improve the health care provided to the enlisted, the reservist, the Veteran, and to their families.
In time, we can steadily raise up additional mental health and behavioral health professionals and programming. We can more rapidly alleviate distress and provide redress for parents, children, and families.
We all grow older. It’s an inevitable shared experience that we are reluctant to share. Worse, we aren’t sure how it will affect us and unclear how we should prepare.
This issue of the journal is focused on the social, emotional, and physical health of the birthing person, before, during, and after the delivery, through the fourth trimester and beyond.