Author: Institute of Medicine

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (herein known as the Affordable Care Act [ACA]) was signed into law on March 23, 2010. Several provi...

The past 25 years have seen a major paradigm shift in the field of violence prevention, from the assumption that violence is inevitable to the reco...

The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two disability programs: Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), for disabl...

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to examine three topics in relation to public health: measurement, the law...

An estimated 8.8 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2010 and 1.4 million died from the disease. Although antibiotics to treat TB wer...

Chronic pain costs the nation up to $635 billion each year in medical treatment and lost productivity. The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable C...

Understanding the Connections Between Coastal Waters and Ocean Ecosystem Services and Human Health discusses the connection of ecosystem services a...

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council (NRC) have had prominent roles in discussions of aging, disability, and technolog...

Health care quality and its affordability have become very pressing issues in the United States. All sectors of the country are attempting to push ...

One way scientists are working to overcome challenges in cancer treatment and improve cancer care is through nanotechnology. Nanotechnology, engine...