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1.1 Increase choice, affordability, and enrollment in high-quality healthcare coverage
1.2 Reduce costs, improve quality of healthcare services, and ensure access to safe medical devices and drugs
1.3 Expand equitable access to comprehensive, community-based, innovative, and culturally-competent healthcare services while addressing social determinants of health
1.4 Drive the integration of behavioral health into the healthcare system to strengthen and expand access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment and recovery services for individuals and families
1.5 Bolster the health workforce to ensure delivery of quality services and care
2.1 Improve capabilities to predict, prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies, disasters, and threats across the nation and globe
2.2 Protect individuals, families, and communities from infectious disease and non-communicable disease through development and equitable delivery of effective, innovative, readily available diagnostics, treatments, therapeutics, medical devices, and vaccines
2.3 Enhance promotion of healthy behaviors to reduce occurrence and disparities in preventable injury, illness, and death
2.4 Mitigate the impacts of environmental factors, including climate change, on health outcomes
3.1 Provide effective and innovative pathways leading to equitable economic success for all individuals and families
3.2 Strengthen early childhood development and expand opportunities to help children and youth thrive equitably within their families and communities
3.3 Expand access to high-quality services and resources for older adults and people with disabilities, and their caregivers to support increased independence and quality of life
3.4 Increase safeguards to empower families and communities to prevent and respond to neglect, abuse, and violence, while supporting those who have experienced trauma or violence
4.1 Improve the design, delivery, and outcomes of HHS programs by prioritizing science, evidence, and inclusion
4.2 Invest in the research enterprise and the scientific workforce to maintain leadership in the development of innovations that broaden our understanding of disease, healthcare, public health, and human services resulting in more effective interventions, treatments, and programs
4.3 Strengthen surveillance, epidemiology, and laboratory capacity to understand and equitably address diseases and conditions
4.4 Improve data collection, use, and evaluation, to increase evidence-based knowledge that leads to better health outcomes, reduced health disparities, and improved social well-being, equity, and economic resilience
5.1 Promote effective enterprise governance to ensure programmatic goals are met equitably and transparently across all management practices
5.2 Sustain strong financial stewardship of HHS resources to foster prudent use of resources, accountability, and public trust
5.3 Uphold effective and innovative human capital resource management resulting in an engaged, diverse workforce with the skills and competencies to accomplish the HHS mission
5.4 Ensure the security of HHS facilities, technology, data, and information, while advancing environment-friendly practices
===== 2018 - 2023 Objectives =====
1.1 Promote affordable health care, while balancing spending on premiums, deductibles, and out-of-pocket costs
1.2 Expand safe, high-quality healthcare options, and encourage innovation and competition
1.3 Improve Americans' access to health care and expand choices of care and service options
1.4 Strengthen and expand the healthcare workforce to meet America's diverse needs
2.1 Empower people to make informed choices for healthier living
2.2 Prevent, treat, and control communicable diseases and chronic conditions
2.3 Reduce the impact of mental and substance use disorders through prevention, early intervention, treatment, and recovery support
2.4 Prepare for and respond to public health emergencies
3.1 Encourage self-sufficiency and personal responsibility, and eliminate barriers to economic opportunity
3.2 Safeguard the public against preventable injuries and violence
3.3 Support strong families and healthy marriage, and prepare children and youth for healthy, productive lives
3.4 Maximize the independence, well-being, and health of older adults, people with disabilities, and their families and caregivers
4.1 Improve surveillance, epidemiology, and laboratory services
4.2 Expand the capacity of the scientific workforce and infrastructure to support innovative research
4.3 Advance basic science knowledge and conduct applied prevention and treatment research to improve health and development
4.4 Leverage translational research, dissemination and implementation science, and evaluation investments to support adoption of evidence informed practices
5.1 Ensure responsible financial management
5.2 Manage human capital to achieve the HHS mission
5.3 Optimize information technology investments to improve process efficiency and enable innovation to advance program mission goals
5.4 Protect the safety and integrity of our human, physical, and digital assets
===== 2014 - 2018 Objectives =====
1.A Make coverage more secure for those who have insurance and extend affordable coverage to the uninsured
1.B Improve health care quality and patient safety
1.C Emphasize primary & preventative care linked with community prevention services
1.D Reduce growth of healthcare costs while promoting high-value, effective care
1.E Ensure access to quality, culturally competent care, including long-term care services and supports, for vulnerable populations
1.F Improve health care through meaningful use of health information technology
2.A Accelerate the process of scientific discovery to improve patient care
2.B Foster and apply innovative solutions to health, public health and human service challenges
2.C Advance the regulatory sciences to enhance food safety, improve medical product development, and support tobacco regulation
2.D Increase our understanding of what works in public health and human services
2.E Improve laboratory, surveillance and epidemiology capacity
3.A Promote the safety, well-being, resilience, and healthy development of children and youth
3.B Promote economic & social well-being for individuals, families and communities
3.C Improve the accessibility and quality of supportive services for people with disabilities and older adults
3.D Promote prevention and wellness across the lifespan
3.E Reduce the occurrence of infectious diseases
3.F Protect Americans' health and safety during emergencies, and foster resilience in response to emergencies
4.A Strengthen financial, performance, and risk management to ensure program integrity, reduce improper payments and achieve program outcomes
4.B Enhance access to and use of data to improve HHS programs and support improvements in the health and well-being of the American people
4.C Invest in the HHS workforce to meet America's health and human service needs
4.D Improve HHS environmental, energy, and economic performance to promote sustainability
===== 2010 - 2015 Objectives =====
1.A -- Make coverage more secure for those who have insurance, and extend affordable coverage to the uninsured
1.B -- Improve health care quality and patient safety
1.C -- Emphasize primary and preventive care linked with community prevention services
1.D -- Reduce growth of health care costs while promoting high value, effective care
1.E -- Ensure access to quality, culturally competent care for vulnerable populations
1.F -- Promote the adoption and meaninfgul use of health information technology
2.A -- Accelerate the process of scientific discovery to improve patient care
2.B -- Foster innovation within HHS to create shared solutions
2.C -- Invest in the regulatory sciences to improve food and medical product safety
2.D -- Increase our understanding of what works in public health and human service practice
3.A -- Promote the safety, well-being and healthy development of children and youth
3.B -- Promote economic and social well-being for individuals, families and communities
3.C -- Improve the accessibility and quality of supportive services for people with disabilities and older adults
3.D -- Promote prevention and wellness
3.E -- Reduce the occurrence of infectious diseases
3.F -- Protect Americans' health and safety during emergencies, and foster resilience in response to emergencies
4.A -- Ensure program integrity and responsible stewardship of resources
4.B -- Fight fraud and work to eliminate improper payments
4.C -- Use HHS data to improve the health and well-being of the American people
4.D -- Improve HHS environmental, energy, and economic performance to promote sustainability
5.A -- Invest in the HHS workforce to meet America's health and human services needs today and tomorrow
5.B -- Ensure that the Nation's health care workforce can meet increased demands
5.C -- Enhance the ability of the public health workforce to improve public health at home and abroad
5.D -- Strengthen the Nation's human services workforce
5.E -- Improve national, state, and local surveillance and epidemiology capacity
===== 2008 - 2013 Objectives =====
1.1 -- Broaden health insurance and long-term care coverage.
1.2 -- Increase health care service availability and accessibility.
1.3 -- Improve health care quality, safety, cost, and value.
1.4 -- Recruit, develop, and retain a competent health care workforce.
2.1 -- Prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
2.2 -- Protect the public against injuries and environmental threats.
2.3 -- Promote and encourage preventive health care, including mental health, lifelong healthy behaviors, and recovery.
2.4 -- Prepare for and respond to natural and manmade disasters.
3.1 -- Promote the economic independence and social well-being of individuals and families across the lifespan.
3.2 -- Protect the safety and foster the well-being of children and youth.
3.3 -- Encourage the development of strong, healthy, and supportive communities.
3.4 -- Address the needs, strengths, and abilities of vulnerable populations.
4.1 -- Strengthen the pool of qualified health and behavioral science researchers.
4.2 -- Increase basic scientific knowledge to improve human health and human development.
4.3 -- Conduct and oversee applied research to improve health and well-being.
4.4-- Communicate and transfer research results into clinical, public health, and human service practice.
