HealthPartners Institute and the National Commission on Prevention Priorities (NCPP)  announced the 2017 update of their Ranking of Clinical Preventive Services, which compares 28 of the most cost-effective and life-saving evidence-based interventions.

Three of the most cost-effective and life saving conversations a clinician can have with a patient include:

Advising adults to quit smoking;

Encouraging children and teens to not start smoking; and

Getting vaccines

This effort, a major initiative in the NCPP's Prevention Priorities work, demonstrates the value of evidence in supporting a healthier nation.

Cristie Upshaw Travis, Memphis Business Group on Health CEO, is a commission member of NPCC.

Click here to read more and learn about the NCPP.