Public health: Leading practices could help guide HHS reform efforts to address risk and improve preparedness : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Alternate Title(s):
- Leading practices could help guide HHS reform efforts to address risk and improve preparedness: testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives
- Contributor(s):
- United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body. United States. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, addressee
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, June 7, 2023
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Civil Defense -- organization & administration Government Regulation Health Care Reform -- legislation & jurisprudence Legislation, Medical United States United States. Department of Health and Human Services
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Chair Griffith, Ranking Member Castor, and Members of the Subcommittee: I appreciate the opportunity to be here today to discuss efforts to reform the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) within the context of the designation of HHS’s leadership and coordination of public health emergencies in GAO’s High-Risk List. In January 2022, we added HHS’s leadership and coordination of our nation’s preparedness for, and response to, public health emergencies- including extreme weather events, infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics, and intentional acts-to our High-Risk List. We have determined this is an area in need of transformation. Improving HHS’s leadership and coordination in this area will better prepare the nation for future emergencies and help mitigate their devastating public health and economic effects. My statement today provides information from our prior work on HHS’s leadership and coordination of public health emergencies and describes leading practices for agency reform efforts. This statement is based on the work that led us to designate this area as high risk, as well as our June 2018 report on agency reform leading practices. We conducted our work in accordance with all sections of GAO’s Quality Assurance Framework that are relevant to our objectives. The framework requires that we plan and perform the engagement to obtain sufficient and appropriate evidence to meet our stated objectives and to discuss any limitations in our work. We believe that the information and data obtained, and the analysis conducted, provide a reasonable basis for any findings and conclusions in this product.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (6 pages))
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918681585206676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918681585206676