Academy Partnerships

Academy Health

AcademyHealth is dedicated to improving the knowledge base of health care decision-making by supporting the professional development of those who conduct and use health services research, advocating for the tools and funding necessary to do this important work, and helping to translate findings into policy and practice.

American Nurses Association's Congress of Nursing Practice & Economics

The American Nurses Association's Congress of Nursing Practice & Economics focuses on establishing nursing's approach to emerging trends within the socioeconomic, political, and practice spheres of the health care industry by identifying issues and recommending policy alternatives to the Board of Directors.

Center to Champion Nursing in America

The Center works to increase the nation's capacity to educate and retain nurses who are prepared and empowered to positively impact health care access, quality, and costs.

Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC)

The Coalition is a non-partisan group of stakeholders focused on transforming advanced illness care by empowering consumers, changing the health care delivery system, improving public and private policies, and enhancing provider capacity.

Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA)

A collaborative of 29 organizations, EWA addresses immediate and imminent workforce issues concerning aging populations. The alliance’s mission is to build a caring and competent eldercare workforce, joining in partnership with older adults, their families and other unpaid caregivers to provide high-quality care and improve the quality of life for older adults and their families. Other nurse organizations in the alliance include the American Nurses Association and the Visiting Nurse Associations of America.

Joint Commission (TJC) on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Nursing Advisory Council (NAC)

The Advisory Council is a coalition of nursing advocates and associations that provides input to the Joint Commission on initiatives that affect the nursing profession and seeks to advance solutions to delivering safe and effective care of the highest quality and value.  

Nursing Community

The Nursing Community is a forum for national nursing associations to build consensus and advocate on a wide spectrum of health care and nursing issues, including practice, education, and research.

The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease

The aim of this coalition is to use combined resources and voices to highlight the need for improvements in chronic disease prevention and management, and push for making this issue a central piece of health reform efforts. 

Research!America

United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC)

The U.S. Breastfeeding Committee identifies ways in which breastfeeding mothers are supported, ensures that quality breastfeeding services are an essential component of health care for all families, and ensures that women and their families in the workforce are supported in optimal breastfeeding.