IOM Topic: Health Services, Coverage, and Access

To Err is Human: Building A Safer Health System

5/24/2012

This report lays out a comprehensive strategy by which government, health care providers, industry, and consumers can reduce preventable medical errors. Concluding that the know-how already exists to prevent many of these mistakes, the report sets as a minimum goal a 50 percent reduction in errors over the next five years.

Multiple Chronic Conditions & Clinical Practice Guidelines

5/22/2012

Reviewing issues and implications for clinical practice guidelines arising from co-occurring chronic conditions.

Evidence Communication Innovation Collaborative

5/22/2012

The Evidence Communication Innovation Collaborative explores strategies, obstacles, and feasibility for collaborative communication efforts to improve patient engagement in health care decision-making.

Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care

5/22/2012

The IOM Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care convenes leadership from key healthcare sectors to catalyze the collaborative work needed to drive improvements in the effectiveness and efficiency of medical care, by transforming how evidence is developed and used in health care.

Standing Committee on Family Planning

5/18/2012

Both days of the meeting is closed to the public.

Reducing Tobacco-Related Cancer Incidence and Mortality

5/17/2012

NCPF Tobacco Workshop

Committee on Improving the Quality of Cancer Care: Addressing the Challenges of an Aging Population - Meeting 1

5/14/2012

This is the first meeting of the Committee on Improving the Quality of Cancer Care.

Roundtable on Health Literacy

5/14/2012

The mission of the Roundtable is to move forward the field of health literacy by translating research findings to practical strategies that can be implemented.

The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health

5/11/2012

The United States has the opportunity to transform its health care system, and nurses, as the largest segment of the nation’s health care workforce, can and should play a fundamental role in this transformation. In this report the IOM makes recommendations for an action-oriented blueprint for the future of nursing.

Gustav O. Lienhard Award

5/7/2012

The Gustav O. Lienhard Award, a medal and $40,000, recognizes individuals for outstanding achievement in improving health care services in the United States.

Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence

5/3/2012

The number of adults 65 years and older and individuals living with disabilities is expected to increase significantly over the next decades. As a result, the need to examine the issues and challenges associated with aging and disability continue to grow in importance for both individuals and society as a whole. The IOM/DBASSE Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence provides a neutral venue for broad ranging discussions for coordination and integration of aging and disability stakeholders, particularly among public and private entities.

Meeting 6: Standing Committee on Health Threats Resilience

4/27/2012

health threats resilience committee

The Role of Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment Workshop

4/26/2012

The IOM will host a public workshop to discuss how the use of telehealth technology can fit into the U.S. health care system. At the workshop, a panel will speak on the potential for telehealth to serve geographically isolated individuals and extend the reach of scarce resources while also emphasizing the quality and value in the delivery of health care services.

Workshop on The Role of Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment

4/26/2012

Informatics Needs and Challenges in Cancer Research: A Workshop

4/25/2012

The National Cancer Policy Forum will hold a public workshop on February 27th and 28th, 2012 to examine the informatics needs and challenges for 21st century biomedical research, with a focus on the broad spectrum of cancer research, ranging from basic discovery science to translational research, product development, clinical trials, comparative effectiveness, and health services research.

Innovations in Health Literacy Research - Workshop Summary

4/24/2012

Nearly nine out of 10 adults have difficulty using everyday health information to make good health decisions. The IOM Roundtable on Health Literacy held a meeting on May 27, 2010, to explore areas for research in health literacy, the relationship between health literacy and health disparities, and ways to apply information technology to improve health literacy.

Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century

4/24/2012

With the goal of ensuring that patients have access to high quality, affordable cancer care, the National Cancer Policy Forum will convene a public workshop, Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century, on October 8 and 9, 2012.

Public Workshop for the Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence

4/23/2012

A public workshop to be held in conjunction with the first meeting of the IOM-DBASSE Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence.

Improving the Quality of Cancer Care: Addressing the Challenges of an Aging Population

4/17/2012

An IOM committee will examine issues in the quality of cancer care with a specific focus on the demographic changes that will rapidly accelerate the number of new cancer diagnoses at a time when workforce shortages are predicted. The goal of this study is to revisit the quality of cancer care a decade after the first IOM report, Ensuring Quality Cancer Care, was published to determine what has changed, what challenges remain, whether new problems have emerged, and how health care reform might affect quality care. The study will consider quality of care from the perspectives of key stakeholders, including patients, health care providers, and payors.

Health Care Spending Infographic

4/5/2012

The Cost of Health Care Infographic

Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education

4/4/2012

An IOM committee will: (1) assess current regulation, financing, content, governance, and organization of U.S. graduate medical education (GME) and (2) recommend how to modify GME to produce a physician workforce for a 21st century U.S. health care system that provides high quality preventive, acute, and chronic care, and meets the needs of an aging and more diverse population. The study is expected to begin June 1, 2012.

The Role of Obesity in Cancer Survival and Recurrence - Workshop Summary

4/3/2012

Recent research suggests that obesity and excess weight can influence cancer survival and recurrence. Given the increasing rate of obesity and an aging population more susceptible to cancer, there is mounting concern about obesity’s role in fueling tumor growth. At an IOM workshop, experts presented the latest evidence on the obesity-cancer link and the possible mechanisms underlying that link, as well as potential interventions to mitigate the effects of obesity on cancer, and research and policy measures needed to counter the expected rise of cancer incidence and mortality due to an increasingly overweight and older population.

Report Release: Committee on Integrating Primary Care and Public Health

3/29/2012

The Committee on Integrating Primary Care and Public Health will have the release of the report at the National Press Club on March 28, 2012.

Federal Agencies Should Take Advantage of Opportunities To Explore Integration of Primary Care and Public Health

3/29/2012

The traditional separation between primary health care providers and public health professionals is impeding greater success in meeting their shared goal of ensuring the health of populations, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

Review of Omics-Based Tests for Predicting Patient Outcomes in Clinical Trials

3/29/2012

The IOM will review the published literature to identify appropriate evaluation criteria for tests based on "omics" technologies that are used as predictors of clinical outcomes.

Evolution of Translational Omics: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward

3/29/2012

Technologies collectively called omics enable simultaneous measurement of an enormous number of biomolecules; for example, genomics investigates thousands of DNA sequences, and proteomics examines large numbers of proteins. Scientists are using these technologies to develop innovative tests to detect disease and to predict a patient’s likelihood of responding to specific drugs. Following a recent case involving premature use of omics-based tests in cancer clinical trials at Duke University, the NCI requested that the IOM establish a committee to recommend ways to strengthen omics-based test development and evaluation. This report identifies best practices to enhance development, evaluation, and translation of omics-based tests while simultaneously reinforcing steps to ensure that these tests are appropriately assessed for scientific validity before they are used to guide patient treatment in clinical trials.

Primary Care and Public Health: Exploring Integration to Improve Population Health

3/28/2012

Primary care and public health historically have operated independently of one another, though each share the common goal of promoting the health and well-being of all people. New opportunities are emerging that could bring the two sectors together in ways that will yield substantial and lasting improvements in the health of individuals, communities, and populations. The IOM examined the integration of primary care and public health and identifies a set of core principles that can serve as a roadmap to move the nation toward a more efficient health system.

Integrating Primary Care and Public Health

3/28/2012

Can a visit to the doctor's office help improve the health of a community? The IOM is examining ways to coordinate efforts in primary care and public health--through information technology, a better-integrated workforce, shared accountability, and other methods--to improve the health of neighborhoods and individuals.

Standing Committee on Health Threats Resilience

3/23/2012

The Standing Committee on Health Threats Resilience discusses and focuses on issues related to short- and long-term strategic planning on community-based integrated response and recovery systems.

IOM Report Recommends Evaluation and Validation Process to Prevent Problems Associated With Turning 'Omics' Research Into Clinical Tests

3/23/2012

Genomics, proteomics, and other branches of molecular bioscience offer the prospect of greater precision in medical care, but some clinical tests based on "omics" research have proved invalid and highlighted the challenges of dealing with complex data. To enhance the translation of omics-based discoveries to clinical use, a new report by the Institute of Medicine recommends a detailed process to evaluate whether the data and computational steps underlying such tests are sound and the tests are ready to be used in clinical trials. The proposed process defines responsibilities and best practices for the investigators, research institutions, funders, regulators, and journals involved in development and dissemination of clinical omics-based technologies.