For the public good : highlights from the Institute of Medicine, 1970-1995 / Institute of Medicine Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine Council.

Contributor:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health--Research--United States.

Public health.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""For the Public Good""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Organizational History, 1970-1995""; ""BEGINNINGS AND THE FIRST FIVE YEARS: 1970-1975""; ""Key Individuals During 1970-1975""; ""Program Efforts During 1970-1975""; ""Finances""; ""THE SECOND FIVE YEARS: 1975-1980""; ""Key Individuals During 1975-1980""; ""Program Efforts During 1975-1980""; ""Finances""; ""THE THIRD FIVE YEARS: 1980-1985""; ""Membership""; ""Program""; ""Key Individuals During 1980-1985""; ""Program Efforts During 1980-1985""; ""Finances""

""THE FOURTH FIVE YEARS: 1985-1990""""Key Individuals During 1985-1990""; ""Program Efforts During 1985-1990""; ""Finances""; ""THE PRESENT: 1990-1995""; ""Key Individuals During 1990-1995""; ""Program Efforts""; ""Finances""; ""Areas of Special Concentration""; ""Quality of Care: A Quarter-Century of Work""; ""QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAMS""; ""HEALTH AND QUALITY-OF-CARE DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS""; ""METHODOLOGIC ADVANCES""; ""QUALITY OF CARE AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS""; ""CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES""; ""RELATED WORK""; ""SUMMARY""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""

""A Quarter-Century of Work on Quality of Care at the Institute of Medicine""""The Institute of Medicine, Quality of Care, and the Future of Health Care""; ""IOM'S PAST CONTRIBUTIONS""; ""IF IT WORKS, WHY FIX IT?""; ""THE PAYOFF TO IMPROVING THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Institute of Medicine Reports on the Health Work Force""; ""POLICIES AFFECTING THE SIZE AND COMPOSITION OF THE HEALTH WORK FORCE""; ""EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION OF THE HEALTH WORK FORCE""; ""SPECIFIC PROFESSIONS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""Health Work Force Policy""; ""PUBLIC INTEREST""

""HISTORICAL CONTEXT""""NEW CIRCUMSTANCES""; ""EFFECTIVENESS OF WORK FORCE POLICIES""; ""ACCESS TO CARE AND THE WORK FORCE""; ""CONCLUDING COMMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""The Health Work Force: Issues for Policy Analysis""; ""THE HEALTH WORK FORCE: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES""; ""THE HEALTH WORK FORCE: POLICY ISSUES""; ""Financing the Training of the Health Work force""; ""The Content of Health Professional Training""; ""Regulation vs. Market""; ""CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS""; ""NOTES""; ""Institute of Medicine Activities on Vaccines and Immunization""; ""VACCINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT""

""VACCINE SAFETY""""IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES""; ""OTHER WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""Vaccines and Emergent Infections""; ""Healing the Mind Body Split: Health Policy Addresses the Brain and Behavioral Sciences""; ""PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE""; ""INTEGRATING HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR""; ""CONTRIBUTIONS TO BASIC AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE""; ""CONCLUDING REMARKS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""Mental Health Policy: The Next 25 Years""; ""NOTES""; ""Biobehavioral Sciences and Health: The Institute of Medicine's Enduring Leadership""

""Contributions of the Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowships and Pew Health Policy Program""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

58567047