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Almanac
of Policy Issues: Health
Health-related issues, including health insurance coverage, public health
initiatives, health-related research, and major federal programs like Medicaid
and Medicare, are the focus of this section in the Almanac
of Policy Issues.
America's Health: United Health Foundation State Health Rankings 2009
America’s Health Rankings™, the longest running report of its kind, provides an annual analysis of national health on a state-by-state basis and ranking of the healthiest and least healthy states.
A new interactive map provides a quick snapshot of 2008 findings nationwide, as well as state-by-state results. The complete report requires the Adobe
Acrobat Reader.
Building a Better Delivery System: A New Engineering/Health Care Partnership / Proctor P. Reid, W. Dale Compton, Jerome H. Grossman, and Gary Fanjiang, Editors; Committee on Engineering and the Health Care System, Institute of Medicine and National Academy of Engineering; 2005.
This book attempts to bridge the knowledge/awareness divide separating health care professionals from their potential partners in systems engineering and related disciplines.
Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century / Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine; 2001.
This is the second in a series of publications from the IOM's Quality of Health Care in America project recommending a sweeping redesign of the American health care system.
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
Brings together researchers in diverse disciplines - including epidemiology,
economics, and statistics - focusing in on the accurate description of how
medical resources are distributed and used in the United States.
Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Health Care
The glossary is divided into three sections: (a) health care delivery and financing terms; (b) epidemiological and statistical terms; and (c) accounting and economic terms.
The complete glossary is available in Adobe PDF format.Adobe Acrobat Reader required.
Health Care Comes Home : The Human Factors / Committee on the Role of
Human Factors in Home Health Care, Board on Human-Systems Integration,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies; c2011.
This new publication from the NAP reviews the state of current knowledge and practice about many aspects of health care in residential settings recommending critical steps to improve health care in the home.
Health, United States,
2010 with the Ninth Chartbook
With Special Feature on Death and Dying.; 2011. "new"
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Health, United States,
2008 with the Seventh Chartbook
on Trends in the Health of Young Adults.; 2008.
Adobe
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Health, United States,
2007 with the Sixth Chartbook
on Trends in the Health of Americans with Special Feature on Pain; 2007.
Adobe
Acrobat Reader required.
Health, United States, 2006
with the Fifth Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans
with Special Feature on Adults 55-64 Years; 2006. Adobe
Acrobat Reader required.
Health, United States, 2005
with the Fourth Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans
with Special Feature on Adults 55-64 Years; 2005. Adobe
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Health,
United States, 2004 with the Third
Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans with Special Feature on
Drugs; 2004.
Healthy People 2020
Now into its third decade, the latest in this project, Healthy People 2020 provides a framework for prevention for the citizens of the United States. It is a statement of the national health objectives which are designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health while establishing national goals to reduce these threats. Healthy People 2010 Archive was a work-in-process and current when produced, but is no longer maintained and may now be outdated.
Improving Quality and Achieving Equity: A Guide for Hospital Leaders "new"
This publication highlights model practices—hospitals and leaders who are actively engaged in addressing disparities and achieving equity in delivery of healthcare.
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Making Health Care Safer: A Critical
Analysis of Patient Safety Practices /
prepared by the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF)-Stanford
University Evidence-based Practice Center; 2001.
This report represents a first effort to approach the
field of patient safety through the lens of evidence-based medicine. The Full
Report (1.6 MB) and each of the chapters are available in Adobe PDF Format. Adobe
Acrobat Reader required.
Performance Measurement: Accelerating
Improvement
/ prepared by the Committee on Redesigning
Health Insurance Performance Measures, Payment, and Performance Improvement
Programs; 2006.
This book offers a comprehensive review of available measures and introduces a
new framework to examine these measures against the six aims of the health care
system: health care should be safe, effective, patient-centered, timely,
efficient, and equitable.
Priorities
in Health
/ edited by Dean T. Jamison, Joel G. Breman, Anthony R. Measham, et
al; 2006.
Quality Through Collaboration: The Future of Rural Health Care / Committee on The Future of Rural Health Care; Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine; 2005.
Building on the innovative Institute of Medicine reports To Err Is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm, Quality Through Collaboration: The Future of Rural Health offers a strategy to address the quality challenges in rural communities.
To Err Is Human : Building a Safer Health System / Linda T. Kohn, Janet M. Corrigan, and Molla S. Donaldson, Editors; Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine; 2000.
This book reveals the often startling statistics of medical error and the disparity between the incidence of error and public perception of it by using a
detailed case study, the book reviews the current understanding of why these mistakes happen.
The World Health Report 2010 - Health Systems Financing: the Path to Universal Coverage
/ prepared by the
World Health Organization.
First published in 1995, this publication from WHO combines an expert assessment
of global health, including statistics relating to all countries, with a focus
on a specific subject. Previous reports can be read by clicking here!
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