Institute of Medicine (IOM) news and information

Last week, the IOM declared a crisis in the system for delivering care to the more than 1.6 million who contract cancer and the 500,000 people who die each year from the disease.
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For the past six years, a University of Washington program has trained indigenous tribal members across Alaska as dental hygienists to combat the epidemic of tooth decay suffered by native Alaskans and others living in Alaska's rural areas.
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A new report from the Institute of Medicine may finally put to rest the idea that policymakers should adopt a geographically based value index to set Medicare reimbursements, a proposal favored by providers and members of Congress in regions that have high-quality, low-cost care.
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One of the most frequently trumpeted “truths” in healthcare policy research is that the system is larded with waste, perhaps as much as 30% of all spending.
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When Dr. Ruth Parker talks to providers about the need to focus on health literacy, she rarely encounters anyone who doesn't agree that it's an issue with serious implications for healthcare outcomes.
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The Institute of Medicine has added one more voice to what has been a chorus of critics, advisers and federal officials calling for improved interoperability between the record-keeping systems of the medical services of the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
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Policymakers and healthcare economists have observed and been troubled by significant variations in what Medicare pays for healthcare in different parts of the country.
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Americans live shorter lives and are sicker than their peers in other affluent countries, the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine concluded in a new report. The U.S. fared worse than average in nine health areas, including chronic lung disease, heart disease and infant...
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Acknowledging that new health information technologies can create patient-safety risks, HHS' health IT office is inviting healthcare providers, vendors and the public to comment on its recently issued national Health Information Technology Patient Safety Action & Surveillance Plan.
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The nation is moving toward a healthcare system in which research is integrated with patient care, according to a new discussion paper on healthcare conflict-of-interest reporting released by the Institute of Medicine, and this makes the need for harmonizing the industry's current “fragmented...
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