Population-based cancer surveillance has a pivotal role in assessing the nation's progress in can...

Individuals and families across the United States face growing challenges in accessing timely, hi...

Addressing the Impact of Tobacco and Alcohol Use on Cancer-Related Health Outcomes

'One of the challenges in treating cancer is the disease's complexity and variation among patient...

Many Americans believe that people who lack health insurance somehow get the care they really nee...

'Many people naturally assume that the claims made for foods and nutritional supplements have the...

'The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two programs that provide benefits based on...

Approximately 4 million U.S. service members took part in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Short...

About 20 percent of all Americans live with a behavioral health condition, but only half of this ...

'Access to oral health services is a problem for all segments of the U.S. population, and especia...

In 2015, building on the advances of the Millennium Development Goals, the United Nations adopted...

This book is the third in a series of five brief reports that aim to inform ASPE analyses that ac...

The convergence of imaging, pathology, and laboratory testing data, augmented with information te...

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is a critical component of our nation's emergency and trauma car...

Childhood cancer is an area of oncology that has seen both remarkable progress as well as substan...

'The demand for health care is growing as the nation ages and seeks to provide coverage for the m...

The Institute of Medicine study 'Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001) recommended that an interdisci...

Medicare's Quality Improvement Organization Program is the second book in the new Pathways to Qua...

Every patient is unique, and the evolving field of precision medicine aims to ensure the delivery...

'Palliative care is the interdisciplinary specialty focused on improving quality of life for peop...

Getting the right diagnosis is a key aspect of health care - it provides an explanation of a pati...

Pharmaceutical companies, academic researchers, and government agencies such as the Food and Drug...

'Recent health care payment reforms aim to improve the alignment of Medicare payment strategies w...

'Advances in genetics and genomics are transforming medical practice, resulting in a dramatic gro...

In response to a request from the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the I...

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) workshop 'The Conduct of Health Care Quality Improvement and Impl...

' ... the National Cancer Policy Forum held a workshop, 'Policy Issues in the Development of Pers...

The goal of eliminating disparities in health care in the United States remains elusive. Even as ...

Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer is the summary o...

'Millions of people--infants, children, adults, and their families--are currently coping with ser...

'This study was supported by contract 36C10X18C0019 between the National Academy of Sciences and ...

'In an era of promising advances in cancer research, there are considerable and even alarming gap...

'In recent years, the field of oncology has witnessed a number of technological advances, includi...

'Advances in cancer research have led to an improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms un...

'Rapid advances in cancer research, the development of new and more sophisticated approaches to d...

In 2006, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a series of three books on the Future of Emerge...

During medical emergencies, hospital staff and emergency medical services (EMS) providers, can fa...

'Suicide prevention initiatives are part of much broader systems connected to activities such as ...

Performance Measurement is the first in a new series of an ongoing effort by the Institute of Med...

'Millions of people are living with dementia in the United States and globally. To live well with...

Each year approximately 1.5 million people are diagnosed with cancer in the United States, most o...

'The public health burden from lung cancer is substantial: it is the second most commonly diagnos...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two programs that provide disability benefit...

The national immunization system has achieved high levels of immunization, particularly for child...

The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provides disability benefits through the Social Sec...

A wave of new health care innovation and growing demand for health care, coupled with uncertain p...

'Interim Report of the Committee on Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending and Promotion of...

'Measuring the Risks and Causes of Premature Death is the summary of two workshops conducted by T...