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      America’s Vital Interest in Global Health: Protecting Our People, Enhancing Our Economy, and Advancing Our International Interests

      Board on International Health,Institute of Medicine

      As populations throughout the world live longer, there is an increasing trend toward global commonality of health concerns. This trend mirrors a growing demand for health and access to new…

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      Global Health in Transition: A Synthesis: Perspectives from International Organizations

      Institute of Medicine,Board on International Health,Polly F. Harrison,John H. Bryant,National Academy of Sciences

      For many reasons, this decade is a time of rethinking many things. There is the impending turn of the millenium, an event packed with meaning. There is recent political history…

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      New Vaccine Development: Establishing Priorities

      Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Division of International Health,National Academy of Sciences

      Using data from the World Health Organization and other international agencies, this book analyzes disease burdens, pathogen descriptions, geographic distribution of diseases, alternative control measures and treatments, and prospects for…

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      Advancing Oral Health in America

      Committee on an Oral Health Initiative,Institute of Medicine

      Though it is highly preventable, tooth decay is a common chronic disease both in the United States and worldwide. Evidence shows that decay and other oral diseases may be associated…

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      Allied Health Workforce and Services: Workshop Summary

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      The demand for health care is growing as the nation ages and seeks to provide coverage for the millions of Americans who lack health insurance. At the same time, escalating…

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      Regionalizing Emergency Care: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine

      During medical emergencies, hospital staff and emergency medical services (EMS) providers, can face barriers in delivering the fastest and best possible care. Overcrowded emergency rooms cannot care for patients as…

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      Evaluation Design for Complex Global Initiatives: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health

      Every year, public and private funders spend many billions of dollars on large-scale, complex, multi-national health initiatives. The only way to know whether these initiatives are achieving their objectives is…

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      Redesigning Continuing Education in the Health Professions

      Committee on Planning a Continuing Health Professional Education Institute,Institute of Medicine

      Today in the United States, the professional health workforce is not consistently prepared to provide high quality health care and assure patient safety, even as the nation spends more per…

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      Innovations in Health Literacy: Workshop Summary

      Roundtable on Health Literacy,Institute of Medicine

      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…

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      Oral Health Literacy: Workshop Summary

      Roundtable on Health Literacy,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Institute of Medicine

      The Roundtable held a workshop March 29, 2012, to explore the field of oral health literacy.

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      Measures of Health Literacy: Workshop Summary

      Roundtable on Health Literacy,Institute of Medicine

      Summary of presentations from the Workshop on Measures of Health Literacy, held February 26, 2009, in Washington, D.C.

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      The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine: Science, Governance, and the Pursuit of Cures

      Committee on a Review of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Institute of Medicine

      The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) was created in 2005 by The California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act (Proposition 71) to distribute $3 billion in state funds for…

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      Vaccine Safety Forum: Summaries of Two Workshops

      Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Institute of Medicine

      On November 6, 1995, the Institute of Medicine’s Vaccine Safety Forum convened a workshop on detecting and responding to adverse events following vaccination. Workshop speakers and participants discussed the difficulties…

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      Women’s Health Research: Progress, Pitfalls, and Promise

      Committee on Women's Health Research,Institute of Medicine

      Even though slightly over half of the U.S. population is female, medical research historically has neglected the health needs of women. However, over the past two decades, there have been…

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      Improving Health Literacy within a State: Workshop Summary

      Roundtable on Health Literacy,Institute of Medicine

      Health literacy is the degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand the basic health information and services they need to make appropriate health decisions. According to Health Literacy…

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      Health Literacy and Numeracy: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on Health Literacy

      Although health literacy is commonly defined as an individual trait, it does not depend on the skills of individuals alone. Health literacy is the product of the interaction between individuals’…

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      Informed Consent and Health Literacy: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on Health Literacy

      Informed consent - the process of communication between a patient or research subject and a physician or researcher that results in the explicit agreement to undergo a specific medical intervention…

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      Country-Level Decision Making for Control of Chronic Diseases: Workshop Summary

      Board on Global Health,Institute of Medicine

      The resulting workshop on decision making and planning for control of chronic diseases at the country level was held in July 2011. – p.2

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      Asbestos: Selected Cancers

      Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects,National Academy of Sciences

      The Senate Committee on the Judiciary directed the Institute of Medicine to assemble the Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects. This book presents the committee’s comprehensive distillation of the scientific…

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      Coverage Matters: Insurance and Health Care

      Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance,Board on Health Care Services,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Explores the myths and realities of who is uninsured, identifies social, economic, and policy factors that contribute to the situation, and describes the likelihood faced by members of population groups…

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      Care without Coverage: Too Little, Too Late

      Institute of Medicine,Board of Health Care Services,Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance

      Examines the real consequences for adults who lack health insurance. This study presents findings in the areas of prevention and screening, cancer, chronic illness, hospital-based care, and general health status.

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      Health Literacy Implications for Health Care Reform: Workshop Summary

      Roundtable on Health Literacy,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Institute of Medicine

      Health literacy is the degree to which one can understand and make decisions based on health information. Nearly 90 million adults in the United States have limited health literacy. While…

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      Environmental Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Decision Making Under Uncertainty

      The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is one of several federal agencies responsible for protecting Americans against significant risks to human health and the environment. This title explains the statement…

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      Damp Indoor Spaces and Health

      Committee on Damp Indoor Spaces and Health,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the relationship between damp or moldy indoor environments and adverse health outcomes and discusses issues such as how and where buildings get wet. A review finds evidence of an…

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      Implications of Nanotechnology for Environmental Health Research

      Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine,National Academy of Sciences,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Institute of Medicine

      Nanotechnology is often described as an emerging technology - one that not only holds promise for society, but also is capable of revolutionizing our approaches to common problems. Nanotechnology is…

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      The Safe Use Initiative and Health Literacy: Workshop Summary

      Roundtable on Health Literacy,Institute of Medicine

      Every year at least 1.5 million people suffer adverse effects from medication. These problems occur because people misunderstand labels, are unaware of drug interactions, or otherwise use medication improperly. The…

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      Initial National Priorities for Comparative Effectiveness Research

      Committee on Comparative Effectiveness Research Prioritization,Institute of Medicine

      Clinical research presents health care providers with information on the natural history and clinical presentations of disease as well as diagnostic and treatment options. In today’s healthcare system, patients, physicians…

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      Health Insurance is a Family Matter

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance

      Presents the third of a series of reports on the problems of uninsurance and addresses the impact on the family of not having health insurance. This book argues that uninsured…

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      Assessing Health Professional Education: Workshop Summary

      Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education,Board on Global Health,Institute of Medicine

      Workshop held October 9-10, 2013; Washington, DC (page 85).

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      The Role of Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment: Workshop Summary

      Board on Health Care Services,Institute of Medicine

      In 1996, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its report Telemedicine: A Guide to Assessing Telecommunications for Health Care. In that report, the IOM Committee on Evaluating Clinical Applications of…

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      America’s Uninsured Crisis: Consequences for Health and Health Care

      Committee on Health Insurance Status and Its Consequences,Institute of Medicine

      When policy makers and researchers consider potential solutions to the crisis of uninsurance in the United States, the question of whether health insurance matters to health is often an issue…

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      Collaboration Between Health Care and Public Health: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on Population Health Improvement

      On February 5, 2015, the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Population Health Improvement hosted a workshop to explore the relationship between public health and health care, including opportunities, challenges, and…

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      Population Health Implications of the Affordable Care Act: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on Population Health Improvement

      Presents the summary of a workshop convened in June 2013 by the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Population Health Improvement to explore the likely impact on population health improvement of…

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      The Nexus of Biofuels, Climate Change, and Human Health: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine

      In January 2013, the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine of the Institute of Medicine held a 2- day, interactive, public workshop on the intersection of biofuels, climate…

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      Insuring America’s Health: Principles and Recommendations

      Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance,National Academy of Sciences

      Being uninsured is associated with a range of adverse health, social, and economic consequences for individuals and families. This report is the final report in a series by the Committee…

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      Business Engagement in Building Healthy Communities: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on Population Health Improvement

      Business Engagement in Building Healthy Communities is the summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine’s Roundtable on Population Health Improvement in July 2014 to consider the role…

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      State of the USA Health Indicators: Letter Report

      Committee on the State of the USA Health Indicators,Institute of Medicine

      Researchers, policymakers, sociologists and doctors have long asked how to best measure the health of a nation, yet the challenge persists. The nonprofit State of the USA, Inc. (SUSA) is…

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      Facilitating State Health Exchange Communication Through the Use of Health Literate Practices: Workshop Summary

      Roundtable on Health Literacy,Institute of Medicine

      Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 will result in significant changes to the U.S. health care system. Among its many provisions, the ACA will extend access to…

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      Sex-Specific Reporting of Scientific Research: A Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine

      The number of women participating in clinical trials has increased during the last two decades, but women are still underrepresented in clinical trials in general. Some of the overall increase…

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      Challenges and Successes in Reducing Health Disparities: Workshop Summary

      Roundtable on Health Disparities

      The Institute of Medicine’s Roundtable on Health Disparities 1st workshop was held in St Louis, Missouri on July 31, 2007 and examined the importance of differences in life expectancy within…

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      Financing Population Health Improvement: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on Population Health Improvement

      Despite spending far more on medical care than any other nation and despite having seen a century of unparalleled improvement in population health and longevity, the United States has fallen…

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      Public Health Linkages with Sustainability: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine

      A report that was presented at the workshop, held in Woods Hole, Massachusetts on July 25-26, 2011, on the issue of sustainability and health as well as the linkages that…

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      Global Development Goals and Linkages to Health and Sustainability: Workshop Summary

      Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Institute of Medicine

      Presents the summary of a public three-part webinar series hosted by the Global Environmental Health and Sustainable Development Innovation Collaborative between October and December, 2012.

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      Including Health in Global Frameworks for Development, Wealth, and Climate Change: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine

      Presents the summary of a three-part public webinar convened by the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine and its collaborative on Global Environmental Health and…

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      Quality Through Collaboration: The Future of Rural Health Care

      Committee on the Future of Rural Health Care,National Academy of Sciences

      Building on the innovative Institute of Medicine reports To Err Is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm, this book offers a strategy to address the quality challenges in rural communities…

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      Gulf War and Health: Long-Term Effects of Blast Exposures

      Committee on Gulf War and Health,Board on the Health of Select Populations,Institute of Medicine

      Since the United States began combat operations in Afghanistan in October 2001 and then in Iraq in March 2003, the numbers of US soldiers killed exceed 6,700 and of US…

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      Health Literacy and Consumer-Facing Technology: Workshop Summary

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on Health Literacy

      The proliferation of consumer-facing technology and personal health information technology has grown steadily over the past decade, and has certainly exploded over the past several years. Many people have embraced…

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      How Can Health Care Organizations Become More Health Literate?: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on Health Literacy

      Approximately 80 million adults in the United States have low health literacy - an individual’s ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information. Low health literacy creates difficulties in…

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