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  Healthcare & Quality

This page contains links to current projects, events, and reports addressing health care services and the quality of care.  Included are works from the Institute of Medicine's Health Care Quality Initiative, as well as work on the consequences of being uninsured.
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Projects
A Comprehensive Review of the DHHS Office of Family Planning Title X Program
Adolescent Health Care Services and Models of Care for Treatment, Prevention, and Healthy Development
Assessment of the U. S. Drug Safety System
Forum on the Science of Health Care Quality Improvement and Implementation
Health Insurance Status and Its Consequences
Health Literacy Community Youth Mapping
Immunization Safety Review
Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedules to Improve Patient Safety
Review of Priorities in the National Vaccine Plan
Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine
Roundtable on Health Disparities
Roundtable on Health Literacy
Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health
The Future Health Care Workforce for Older Americans
Committee on Aerospace Medicine and the Medicine of Extreme Environments
IOM/ANF/AAN Distinguished Nurse Scholar Program
Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship

Reports
Advancing Quality Improvement Research: Challenges and Opportunities. Workshop Summary May 23,2007
Review of NASA's Space Flight Health Standards Feb 28,2007
Rewarding Provider Performance: Aligning Incentives in Medicare Sep 21,2006
Preventing Medication Errors: Quality Chasm Series Jul 20,2006
Emergency Care for Children: Growing Pains Jun 14,2006
Hospital-Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point Jun 14,2006
Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Jun 14,2006
Medicare's Quality Improvement Organization Program: Maximizing Potential Mar 09,2006
Evaluating the HRSA Traumatic Brain Injury Program Mar 01,2006
Performance Measurement: Accelerating Improvement Dec 01,2005
The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Lectures 2004: Perspectives on the Prevention of Childhood Obesity in Children and Youth Nov 14,2005
From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition Nov 07,2005
Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental and Substance-Use Conditions: Quality Chasm Series Nov 01,2005
Improving Breast Imaging Quality Standards May 23,2005
Assessing the Quality of Cancer Care: An Approach to Measurement in Georgia Apr 07,2005
Federal Agency Roles in Cancer Drug Development Mar 30,2005
Economic Models of Colorectal Cancer Screening in Average-Risk Adults: Workshop Summary Feb 22,2005
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States Jan 12,2005
Quality Through Collaboration: The Future of Rural Health Nov 01,2004
1st Annual Crossing the Quality Chasm Summit: A Focus on Communities Sep 14,2004
Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism May 17,2004
Public Financing and Delivery of HIV/AIDS Care: Securing the Legacy of Ryan White May 13,2004
Forging a Poison Prevention and Control System Apr 21,2004
Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion Apr 08,2004
In the Nation's Compelling Interest: Ensuring Diversity in the Health Care Workforce Feb 05,2004
Meeting the Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer Jan 28,2004
Insuring America's Health: Principles and Recommendations Jan 14,2004
Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard for Care Nov 20,2003
Testosterone and Aging: Clinical Research Directions Nov 12,2003
Setting the Course: A Strategic Vision for Immunization, Part 4: Summary of the Washington D.C. Workshop Nov 10,2003
Measuring What Matters: Allocation, Planning, and Quality Assessment for the Ryan White CARE Act Nov 07,2003
Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses Nov 04,2003
Improving Birth Outcomes: Meeting the Challenge in the Developing World Nov 04,2003
Reducing Birth Defects: Meeting the Challenge in the Developing World Nov 04,2003
Immunization Safety Review: Influenza Vaccines and Neurological Complications Oct 06,2003
Childhood Cancer Survivorship: Improving Care and Quality of Life Aug 26,2003
Medicolegal Death Investigation System: Workshop Summary Aug 22,2003
Como Mejorar el Cuidado Paliativo: Podemos mejorar el cuidado de personas con cancer Aug 19,2003
Improving Palliative Care: We Can Take Better Care of People With Cancer Aug 19,2003
Financing Vaccines in the 21st Century: Assuring Access and Availability Aug 04,2003
Key Capabilities of an Electronic Health Record System Jul 31,2003
Academic Health Centers: Leading Change in the 21st Century Jul 17,2003
Hidden Costs, Value Lost: Uninsurance in America Jun 17,2003
Review of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Smallpox Vaccination Program Implementation: Letter Report #3 May 27,2003
Medicare Coverage of Routine Screening for Thyroid Dysfunction Apr 14,2003
Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality Apr 08,2003
Describing Death in America: What We Need to Know Apr 03,2003
Review of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Smallpox Vaccination Program Implementation: Letter Report #2 Mar 27,2003
Immunization Safety Review: Vaccinations and Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy Mar 12,2003
Fulfilling the Potential of Cancer and Prevention and Early Detection Mar 10,2003
A Shared Destiny: Community Effects of Uninsurance Mar 06,2003
The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Lectures 2001: Exploring Complementary and Alternative Medicine Jan 31,2003
Review of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Smallpox Vaccination Program Implementation: Letter Report #1 Jan 17,2003
Priority Areas for National Action: Transforming Health Care Quality Jan 07,2003
Fostering Rapid Advances in Health Care: Learning from System Demonstrations Nov 19,2002
Leadership by Example: Coordinating Government Roles in Improving Health Care Quality Oct 30,2002
Immunization Safety Review: SV40 Contamination of Polio Vaccine and Cancer Oct 22,2002
Guidance for the National Healthcare Disparities Report Sep 27,2002
Setting the Course: A Strategic Vision for Immunization. Part 2 Summary of the Austin Workshop Sep 20,2002
Health Insurance is a Family Matter Sep 18,2002
When Children Die: Improving Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families Jul 25,2002
Speaking of Health: Assessing Health Communication Strategies for Diverse Populations Jul 08,2002
The Dynamics of Disability: Measuring and Monitoring Disability for Social Security Programs Jul 02,2002
The Dynamics of Disability: Measuring and Monitoring Disability for Social Security Programs Jul 02,2002
Preparing for Terrorism: Tools for Evaluating the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Jun 28,2002
The Role of Purchasers and Payers in the Clinical Research Enterprise: Workshop Summary Jun 12,2002
Immunization Safety Review: Hepatitis B Vaccine and Demyelinating Neurological Disorders May 30,2002
Care Without Coverage: Too Little, Too Late May 21,2002
The Roles of Academic Health Centers in the 21st Century: A Workshop Summary May 20,2002
Medical Innovation in the Changing Healthcare Marketplace: Conference Summary May 07,2002
Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Mar 20,2002
Immunization Safety Review: Multiple Immunizations and Immune Dysfunction Feb 20,2002
Setting the Course: A Strategic Vision for Immunization Finance, Part 1. Summary of the Chicago Workshop Dec 21,2001
Tools for Evaluating the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program: Phase I Report Oct 30,2001
Safe Passage: Astronaut Care for Exploration Missions Oct 23,2001
Coverage Matters: Insurance and Health Care Oct 11,2001
Immunization Safety Review: Thimerosal - Containing Vaccines and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Oct 01,2001
The Right Thing to Do, The Smart Thing to Do: Enhancing Diversity in Health Professions. Summary of the Symposium on Diversity in Health Professions in Honor of Herbert W. Nickens, M.D. Aug 31,2001
Interpreting the Volume-Outcome Relationship in the Context of Cancer Care Jul 12,2001
Improving Palliative Care for Cancer: Summary and Recommendations Jun 19,2001
Improving Palliative Care for Cancer Jun 19,2001
Mammography and Beyond: Developing Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer: A Non-Technical Summary Jun 01,2001
Immunization Safety Review: Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine and Autism Apr 23,2001
Envisioning the National Health Care Quality Report Mar 30,2001
Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century Mar 01,2001
Non-Heart-Beating Organ Transplantation: Practice and Protocols 2000
America's Health Care Safety Net: Intact but Endangered 2000
Description and Analysis of the VA National Formulary 2000
Enhancing Data Systems to Improve the Quality of Cancer Care 2000
Extending Medicare Coverage for Preventive and Other Services 2000
Extending Medicare Reimbursement in Clinical Trials 2000
Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care 2000
Institutional Review Boards and Health Services Research Data Privacy: A Workshop Summary 2000
Medicare Laboratory Payment Policy: Now and in the Future 2000
Protecting Data Privacy in Health Services Research 2000
Survey Measurement of Work Disability: Summary of a Workshop 2000
Survey Measurement of Work Disability: Summary of a Workshop 2000
To Err is Human: Building A Safer Health System Nov 01,1999
Developing an Information Infrastructure for the Medicare+Choice Program: Summary of a Workshop Jul 01,1999
Safety of Silicone Breast Implants Jun 01,1999
Ensuring Quality Cancer Care Apr 01,1999
Collaboration Among Competing Managed Care Organizations for Quality Improvement Feb 01,1999
Measuring the Quality of Health Care Feb 01,1999
Lesbian Health: Current Assessment and Directions for the Future 1999
The Unequal Burden of Cancer: An Assessment of NIH Research and Programs for Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved 1999
Definitions of Serious and Complex Medical Conditions 1999
Measuring Functional Capacity and Work Requirements: Summary of a Workshop 1999
Review of the Disability Evaluation Study Design: Third Interim Report 1999
The Social Security Administration's Disability Decision Process: A Framework for Research, Second Interim Report 1998
America's Children: Health Insurance and Access to Care 1998
Non-Heart-Beating Organ Transplantation: Medical and Ethical Issues in Procurement 1998
Statement on Quality of Care: National Roundtable on Health Care Quality--The Urgent Need to Improve Health Care Quality 1998
The Computer-Based Patient Record: An Essential Technology for Health Care, Revised Edition 1997
Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life 1997
Disability Evaluation Study Design: First Interim Report 1997
Dental Education at the Crossroads: Challenges and Changes 1995


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