Institute of Environmental Medicine
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A collaborative project has been initiated to develop a standards-based, comprehensive technology infrastructure that will enable encoding and dissemination of interoperable, electronic clinical practice guidelines (CPG's). Three key... more
This chapter reviews two behavioral substance abuse treatments: The Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) and Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT). Both of these programs were built on the concept that an individual's... more
Higher serum levels of the main circulating form of vitamin D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), are associated with substantially lower incidence rates of colon, breast, ovarian, renal, pancreatic, aggressive prostate and other cancers.... more
Errors in health care can have serious consequences, not only for patients but for society as a whole, given the considerable national expenditures required to address these errors. Because of the number of patients treated and the acuity... more
The medical malpractice tort system is a failure. Judged on economic terms, more than fifty percent of the dollars are lost to transaction costs, and the instability of the market disrupts the orderly delivery of medical care. Judged on... more
The autism-mercury hypothesis first described by Bernard et al. has generated much interest and controversy. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) reviewed the connection between mercury-containing vaccines and neurodevelopmental disorders,... more
Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS™) is a systematic approach developed by the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to integrate teamwork into... more
BackgroundIn 2000, the Institute of Medicine reported disturbing numbers on the scope it covers and the impact of medical error in the process of health delivery. Nevertheless, a solution to this problem may lie on the adoption of adverse... more
Background: Reference standards for resting energy expenditure (REE) are widely used. Current standards are based on measure- ments made in the first part of the past century in various races and locations. Objective: The aim of the... more