bySteve Olson, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine
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...
by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Care Services
As part of the overall disability determination process, the Social Security Administration uses a step-by-step approach to understand how severe an individual'...
by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Care Services
Transplantation of a solid organ, such as a kidney, heart, or liver, is a lifesaving procedure and is sometimes the only viable treatment for patients experienc...
by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Care Services
The Board on Health Care Services of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine hosted a virtual workshop, funded by the Social Security Assoc...
by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Care Services
‘Long COVID’ refers to the wide range of long-lasting symptoms experienced by some patients after a SARS-CoV-2 infection. The most common symptoms include f...
by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Care Services
Over the past few years the common use of telehealth technology has been rapidly expanding. While remote models of care have been successfully used in rural com...
by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Care Services
Patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) studies consider the questions and outcomes that are meaningful to patients to compare the effectiveness of different ...
by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Care Services
Patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) rely on family members, their community, and the health care system for progressively...
by Board on Health Care Services,Tracy Lustig, 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 Comm...
by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Care Services, National Cancer Policy Forum
New technologies and improved understanding of the genesis and progression of various cancers have added to the enthusiasm for potential new strategies to impro...
by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Care Services, National Cancer Policy Forum
The National Cancer Policy Forum of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a virtual workshop in March 2021 to examine the exist...
by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Care Services, National Cancer Policy Forum
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to dramatic adjustments in cancer care delivery and cancer research. To examine these changes, the National Cancer Policy Forum of...
by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Care Services, National Cancer Policy Forum
The National Academies National Cancer Policy Forum hosted a Summer 2022 workshop to explore the current state of knowledge regarding risk factors for cancer an...
byErin Balogh, Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Care Services,Sharyl Nass,Margie Patlak, National Cancer Policy Forum
Advances in biomedical research have increased our understanding of the complex nature of disease and the interaction of multiple molecular pathways involved in...
by Board on Health Care Services,Margie Patlak, Institute of Medicine, National Cancer Policy Forum,Sharyl Nass
Recent research suggests that obesity and excess weight can play a prominent role in the incidence and progression of various cancers. Obesity results from an e...