A report issued by IOM (Institute of Medicine) named “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” fetched attention of everyone in the country. This document gives a deep look at the nurses and their roles in today’s rapidly changing health
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Press Ganey Appoints Health Care Visionary, Dr. Ralph Snyderman, To Board Of Directors
Posted on 2013-02-27 15:06:00 from PR Newswire
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Press Ganey Associates, Inc. today announced the addition of renowned health care visionary Ralph Snyderman , MD, to its Board of Directors. Dr. Snyderman, Chancellor Emeritus and James B. Duke Professor of
Recommendations for PEPFAR to improve data collection, use, distribution
Posted on 2013-02-27 12:24:00 from News-Medical.net
Noting the release of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) PEPFAR evaluation and an October 2012 report of the Data Working Group (DWG) of PEPFAR's Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), Mead Over and Rachel Silverman of the Center for Global Development propose in
IOM Roundtable to Focus Attention on Nonmedical Factors That Influence Health
Posted on 2013-02-26 17:53:00 from American Physical Therapy Association
Building on previous studies that show many factors beyond medical care affect people's health, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently established the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement to explore the interactions of these influences. The new
Not In My Name: Real Patient-Centeredness Means Sharing Power
Posted on 2013-02-26 17:17:00 from Health Affairs Blog
Editor’s note: For more on engaging patients to be active participants in their own care, see the February issue of Health Affairs, “New Era Of Patient Engagement.” It is as natural for doctors, hospitals, health plans and others to aggressively affirm t
The Delayed Promise of Health-Care IT
Posted on 2013-02-26 16:20:00 from Project Syndicate
WASHINGTON, DC – Because information technology (IT) has so quickly transformed people’s daily lives, we tend to forget how much things have changed from the not-so-distant past. Today, millions of people around the world regularly shop online; download
Global Health blog: Institute of Medicine Pushes PEPFAR on Data Collection, Disclosure
Posted on 2013-02-26 01:16:00 from Humanitarian News
The Institute of Medicine, the prestigious health arm of the National Academy of Sciences, has weighed in with a massive report on the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the multibillion dollar US effort to confront the epidemic in the