Author: Institute of Medicine

Many measurement systems to monitor the well-being of children and guide services are implemented across the community, state, and national levels ...

In the past decade, few subjects at the intersection of medicine and sports have generated as much public interest as sports-related concussions - ...

Women suffer disproportionate rates of chronic disease and disability from some conditions, and often have high out-of-pocket health care costs. Th...

Individuals with disabilities, chronic conditions, and functional impairments need a range of services and supports to keep living independently. H...

In the devastation that follows a major disaster, there is a need for multiple sectors to unite and devote new resources to support the rebuilding ...

Tobacco consumption continues to be the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

How we produce and consume food has a bigger impact on Americans' well-being than any other human activity. The food industry is the largest sector...

From its very beginning, neuroscience has been fundamentally interdisciplinary. As a result of rapid technological advances and the advent of large...

Influenza pandemics overwhelm health care systems with thousands or hundreds of thousands of sick patients, as well as those worried they may be si...

The number of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in the United States is growing each year largely due both to advances in treatment that allow HI...

Catastrophic disasters occurring in 2011 in the United States and worldwidefrom the tornado in Joplin, Missouri, to the earthquake and tsunami in J...

Over the past several decades, the public and private sectors made significant investments in global health, leading to meaningful changes for many...

IOM's 1999 landmark study To Err is Human estimated that between 44,000 and 98,000 lives are lost every year due to medical errors. This call to ac...

U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, located in eastern North Carolina, is a large installation that covers 156,000 acres and is home at any given ...

In September 2014, the Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education and the Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health a...

The Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Population Health Improvement brings together individuals and organizations that represent different sect...

In 1993 the National Research Council released its landmark report Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect (NRC, 1993). That report identified child ...

The sequencing of the human genome and the identification of associations between specific genetic variants and diseases have led to an explosion o...

As the United States devotes extensive resources to health care, evaluating how successfully the U.S. system delivers high-quality, high-value care...

For the United States, the 1991 Persian Gulf War was a brief and successful military operation with few injuries and deaths. However, soon after re...

Both the United Kingdom and the United States are grappling with nationwide epidemics of obesity. Obesity contributes to diabetes, cardiovascular d...

Despite spending more time and money in developing novel therapeutics, the success rate for new pharmacologic treatments has been poor. Although th...

Successful development of clinical data as an engine for knowledge generation has the potential to transform health and health care in America. As ...

Millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders, and most do not have the resources to...

Recent outbreaks of illnesses traced to contaminated sprouts and lettuce illustrate the holes that exist in the system for monitoring problems and ...

Knowing one's genetic disposition to a variety of diseases, including common chronic diseases, can benefit both the individual and society at large...

The twentieth century witnessed an era of unprecedented, large-scale, anthropogenic changes to the natural environment. Understanding how environme...

Despite spending far more on medical care than any other nation and despite having seen a century of unparalleled improvement in population health ...

The Cost of Inaction for Young Children Globally is the summary of a workshop hosted by the Institute of Medicine Forum on Investing in Young Child...

Every day in the United States, children and adolescents are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. These are not only ille...

Over the last three decades, researchers have made remarkable progress in creating and testing family-focused programs aimed at fostering the cogni...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses a screening tool called the Listing of Impairments to identify claimants who are so severely impaired...

More than 200,000 people in the United States living with HIV/AIDS do not know they are infected. The Institute of Medicine's Committee on HIV Scre...

The National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has played an integral role in cancer research and in ...

Each year, child protective services receive reports of child abuse and neglect involving six million children, and many more go unreported. The lo...

In 2006 the National Institutes of Health (NIH) established the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program, recognizing the need for ...

Every day in the United States, children and adolescents are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. Despite the serious and...

In an era of promising advances in cancer research, there are considerable and even alarming gaps in the fundamental knowledge and understanding of...

Since the 2014 Ebola outbreak many public- and private-sector leaders have seen a need for improved management of global public health emergencies....

Speech and language are central to the human experience; they are the vital means by which people convey and receive knowledge, thoughts, feelings,...

Medicare, the world's single largest health insurance program, covers more than 47 million Americans. Although it is a national program, it adjusts...

Recent research suggests that obesity and excess weight can play a prominent role in the incidence and progression of various cancers. Obesity resu...

As the U.S. health care system continues to evolve, the role of nurses also needs to evolve. Nurses must strike a delicate balance among advancing ...

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) afflict more than 1.4 billion people, many of whom live on less than $1.25 a day. While there are effective ways...

Whether or not the United States has safe and effective medical countermeasuressuch as vaccines, drugs, and diagnostic toolsavailable for use durin...

Since the 2014 Ebola outbreak many public- and private-sector leaders have seen a need for improved management of global public health emergencies....

Improving our nation's healthcare system is a challenge which, because of its scale and complexity, requires a creative approach and input from man...

The Future of Nursing explores how nurses' roles, responsibilities, and education should change significantly to meet the increased demand for car...