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Combined with the more traditional employer occupational safety and
health protection activities are newer employment-based programs to
promote better health through helping workers quit smoking, lose
weight, reduce stress, or exercise more regularly. In support of
these efforts, some employers have made changes in their policies
and facilities to support physical activity and healthier eating,
and some employers connect with community resources for health
education, health fairs, and other services. This diverse array of
activities most typically has been planned, managed, and assessed -
to the extent they exist in the workplace at all - by different,
often uncoordinated departments within the business entity. Some
employers have reconceptualized their safety, prevention, and
promotion initiatives and attempted to bring them together into a
coherent whole. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH) has supported this integration, defining Total
Worker Health as "a strategy integrating occupational safety and
health protection with health promotion to prevent worker injury
and illness and to advance health and well-being." In May 2014,
with support from NIOSH, the Institute of Medicine organized a
workshop on Total Worker Health. Rather than a review of published
literature, this workshop sought input from a wide variety of
on-the-ground stakeholders regarding their experiences with
integrating occupational safety and health protection with health
promotion in the workplace. Promising and Best Practices in Total
Worker Health is the summary of the discussions and presentations
of the event. This report identifies prevalent and best practices
in programs that integrate occupational safety and health
protection with health promotion in small, medium, and large
workplaces; employer and employee associations; academia;
government agencies; and other stakeholder groups. Table of
Contents Front Matter 1 Introduction 2 Total Worker Health in the
Real World 3 The Value in Pursuing Total Worker Health 4 Total
Worker Health in Large Businesses 5 Total Worker Health for Small-
and Medium-Sized Businesses 6 Reactors Panel and Discussion
References Appendix A: Workshop Agenda Appendix B: Speaker and
Moderator Biographical Sketches
The nurse workforce constitutes the largest sector of health
professionals in the United States and includes individuals with
varying educational backgrounds and expertise. Like other health
professions, nursing includes a large number of specialties and
subspecialties. Nurses may seek certification, based on various
standards and criteria, from a wide range of organizations.
Similarly, organizations may participate in nursing credentialing
programs, which typically reflect the attainment of various nursing
care standards and outcome measures. It is, however, unclear how
this additional training and education affects health care quality
and patient health. Future Directions of Credentialing Research in
Nursing examines short- and long-term strategies to advance
research on nurse certification and organizational credentialing.
This report summarizes a workshop convened by the Institute of
Medicine in September 2014 to examine a new framework and research
priorities to guide future research on the impact of nurse
credentialing and certification on outcomes for nurses,
organizations, and patients. Over 100 people attended the workshop,
which focused on topics such as emergent priorities for research in
nursing credentialing; critical knowledge gaps and methodological
limitations in the field; promising developments in research
methodologies, health metrics, and data infrastructures to better
evaluate the impact of nursing credentialing; and short- and
long-term strategies to encourage continued activity in nursing
credentialing research. Future Directions of Credentialing Research
in Nursing is a record of the presentations, discussion, and
break-out sessions of this event. Table of Contents Front Matter 1
Introduction 2 A New Framework for Credentialing Research in
Nursing 3 Strengthening Data and Health Informatics for
Credentialing Research 4 Challenges and Opportunities in
Credentialing Research Methodologies 5 Assessing Core Competencies
in Nursing Credentialing 6 Nursing Credentialing Within a Complex
Health Care Landscape 7 Taking the Temperature: Stakeholder
Reactions and Suggestions References Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
Appendix B: Glossary
The past several decades have been a time of rapid globalization in
the development, manufacture, marketing, and distribution of
medical products and technologies. Increasingly, research on the
safety and effectiveness of new drugs is being conducted in
countries with little experience in regulation of medical product
development. Demand has been increasing for globally harmonized,
science-based standards for the development and evaluation of the
safety, quality, and efficacy of medical products. Consistency of
such standards could improve the efficiency and clarity of the drug
development and evaluation process and, ultimately, promote and
enhance product quality and the public health. 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.
Discussions at the workshop helped identify principles, potential
approaches, and strategies to advance the development or evolution
of more harmonized regulatory standards. This document summarizes
the workshop. Table of Contents Front Matter 1 Introduction 2
Principles and Definitional Considerations 3 Overview of the
Current Global Regulatory Landscape 4 Areas of Need for Harmonized
Standards and Barriers to Progress in Addressing the Gaps 5
Characteristics of Harmonized Regulations and Regulatory Structures
6 Finding Solutions: Options and Systemic Approaches 7 Tactics and
Strategies for a Way Forward References Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
Appendix B: Participant Biographies
Clinical trials provide essential information needed to turn basic
medical research findings into patient treatments. New treatments
must be studied in large numbers of humans to find out whether they
are effective and to assess any harm that may arise from treatment.
There is growing recognition among many stakeholders that the U.S.
clinical trials enterprise is unable to keep pace with the national
demand for research results. The IOM, along with the Mount Sinai
School of Medicine, held a workshop June 27-28, 2011, to engage
stakeholders and experts in a discussion about possible solutions
to improve public engagement in clinical trials. Table of Contents
Front Matter 1 Introduction 2 Framing the Problem 3 Recruitment
Challenges in Clinical Trials for Different Diseases and Conditions
4 Models for Public Engagement 5 Messages and Methods for Public
Engagement 6 The Media 7 Novel Clinical Trial Designs 8 The Health
System's Structure and Culture 9 Toward a Patient-Centered Strategy
for Clinical Trials References Appendix A: Workshop Agenda Appendix
B: The Clinical Trials Process Appendix C: Participant Biographies
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The Future of Home Health Care - Workshop Summary (Paperback)
National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Forum on Aging Disability and Independence; Edited by …
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Individuals with disabilities, chronic conditions, and functional
impairments need a range of services and supports to keep living
independently. However, there often is not a strong link between
medical care provided in the home and the necessary social services
and supports for independent living. Home health agencies and
others are rising to the challenges of meeting the needs and
demands of these populations to stay at home by exploring
alternative models of care and payment approaches, the best use of
their workforces, and technologies that can enhance independent
living. All of these challenges and opportunities lead to the
consideration of how home health care fits into the future health
care system overall. On September 30 and October 1, 2014, the
Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council convened a
public workshop on the future of home health care. The workshop
brought together a spectrum of public and private stakeholders and
thought leaders to improve understanding of the current role of
Medicare home health care in supporting aging in place and in
helping high-risk, chronically ill, and disabled Americans receive
health care in their communities. Through presentations and
discussion, participants explored the evolving role of Medicare
home health care in caring for Americans in the future, including
how to integrate Medicare home health care into new models for the
delivery of care and the future health care marketplace. The
workshop also considered the key policy reforms and investments in
workforces, technologies, and research needed to leverage the value
of home health care to support older Americans, and research
priorities that can help clarify the value of home health care.
This summary captures important points raised by the individual
speakers and workshop participants. Table of Contents Front Matter
1 Introduction 2 Home Health Care: Today and Tomorrow 3 Toward
Personal Health: Going Home and Beyond 4 Key Issues and Trends 5
The Home Health Care Workforce 6 Models of Care and Approaches to
Payment 7 Innovations in Technology 8 Making Connections 9
Reflections and Reactions References Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
Appendix B: Speaker and Moderator Biographical Sketches
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