Institute of Medicine (IOM) news and information

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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Rep. Renee Ellmers is still waiting for answers to questions both she and the Institute of Medicine have raised about the safety of electronic health-record systems, and today, the North Carolina Republican followed up on her inquiry.
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An Institute of Medicine committee released a report describing a framework to estimate the value of community-based, nonclinical prevention policies and wellness strategies.
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Physician researchers whose work has led to advances in vaccine policy and a greater understanding of chronic disease and the way cells cope with low oxygen levels are among the latest inductees to the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine.
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A discussion paper from a work group affiliated with the Institute of Medicine proposes ways to report clinicians' experiences using health information technology. Such a reporting system could forestall the development of federal regulations targeting IT vendors, the paper's authors said.
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