This volume discusses the needs of special populations, the role of the capitation method of payment, and more. Recommendations are offered for achieving a more multidisciplinary education for primary care clinicians.

This book recommends a sweeping redesign of the American health care system and provides overarching principles for specific direction for policymakers, health care leaders, clinicians, regulators, purchasers, and others.

Drawing on the work of the Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine, the 2007 IOM Annual Meeting assessed some of the rapidly occurring changes in health care related to new diagnostic and treatment tools, emerging genetic insights, the ...

This book recommends a mix of approaches to health education improvement, including those related to oversight processes, the training environment, research, public reporting, and leadership.

This book is a call to action that will guide health care providers; administrators; caregivers; policy makers; health professionals; federal, state, and local government agencies; private and public health organizations; and educational ...

This book contains the proceedings of the Institute of Medicine's 25th Anniversary Symposium.

Nurses make up the largest segment of the health care profession, with 3 million registered nurses in the United States.

This book will serve as a vital resource for both sponsors and producers of systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research.

Like many other industries, health care is increasingly turning to digital information and the use of electronic resources.