Books by Institute of Medicine

To explore the need and prospects for greater international regulatory harmonization for drug development, the IOM Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation hosted a workshop on February 13-14, 2013. This document summarizes the workshop.

Presents a conceptual framework for improving the quality of cancer care. This study proposes improvements to six interconnected components of care: engaged patients; an adequately staffed, trained, and coordinated workforce; evidence-based care; learning health care information technology (IT); and more.

Obesity poses one of the greatest public health challenges of the 21st century, creating serious health, economic, and social consequences for individuals and society. This book offers a framework that can provide guidance for systematic and routine planning, implementation, and evaluation of the advancement of obesity prevention efforts.

Building on the Institute of Medicine reports "To Err Is Human" and "Crossing the Quality Chasm", this work puts forward a road map for the development and adoption of key health care data standards to support both information exchange and the reporting and analysis of patient safety data.

Bombings at the World Trade Center and Oklahoma City's Federal Building, as well as nerve gas attacks in Japan, have made it obvious that American civilians must be ready for terrorist attacks. This book addresses the differences between a biological and chemical attack and the challenges to the military and civilian medical communities.