About Reports

IOM reports provide objective and straightforward advice to decision makers and the public. This site includes IOM reports published after 1998. All reports from the IOM and the National Academies, including those published before 1998, are available from the National Academies Press.

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  Setting the Course: A Strategic Vision for Immunization, Part 4: Summary of the Washington D.C. Workshop Released: November 11, 2003

  This report is a summary of the national workshop in Washington, DC in March 2002. The report summarizes the findings of the IOM study Calling the Shots, reviews the status of implementation of the IOM report recommendations at the federal and state levels, and highlights continuing challenges in immunization finance for the nation as a whole and for individual state and local health departments.
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  Setting the Course: A Strategic Vision for Immunization, Part 3: Summary of the Los Angeles Workshop Released: May 16, 2003

  In January 2002, health officials, public health experts, health care providers, health plan representatives, health care purchasers, and community leaders met at the University of California at Los Angeles to discuss state-specific challenges for immunization finance and future strategies for strengthening immunization activities and the public health infrastructure that supports those activities. This report summarizes the discussions of the workshop, which examined immunization issues in California, with a special focus on Los Angeles and San Diego counties.
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  Setting the Course: A Strategic Vision for Immunization Finance, Part 1. Summary of the Chicago Workshop Released: January 14, 2003

  On June 15, 2001 state and local health officials from Illinois, Michigan, and the cities of Chicago and Detroit met with representatives from federal health agencies, private health insurance plans, medical societies, and health centers to examine the implications of the findings and recommendations of the IOM report, Calling the Shots: Immunization Finance Policies and Practices (2000), for their jurisdictions.
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  Setting the Course: A Strategic Vision for Immunization. Part 2 Summary of the Austin Workshop Released: January 9, 2003

  This report, Setting the Course, summarizes the 1-day Texas workshop, the second in a series of four regional meetings organized by IOM to explore the implications of the IOM findings and recommendations from the IOM report, Calling the Shots: Immunization Finance Policies and Practices (2000).