BACKGROUND In March 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a new set of standards for clinical practice guidelines intended to enhance the quality of guidelines being produced. To our knowledge, no systematic review of adherence to such standards has been undertaken since one published over a decade ago. METHODS Two reviewers independently screened 130 guidelines selected at random from...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate high-circulation US and Canadian newspaper coverage of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D and assess pre-report and post-report reporter-specific vitamin D-related coverage. DESIGN Two independent reviewers analysed the newspaper articles. The key report findings cited, proportion of sentences describing the IOM rep...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE In September 2013 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report on the quality of cancer care in the United States. We report here on the recommendations of the IOM report and the implications for the palliative care community. METHODS The IOM report is based on a consensus of literature and expert opinion. The recommendations provide direction for health policy, ...

In 2011, The Institute of Medicine (IOM) identified a set of methodological standards to improve the validity, trustworthiness, and usefulness of systematic reviews. These standards, based on a mix of theoretical principles, empiric evidence, and commonly considered best practices, set a high bar for authors of systematic reviews.Based on over 15 years of experience conducting systematic review...

Perspectives | Expert Voices in Health & Health Care High obesity prevalence persists as a major issue for societies globally (IOM, 2012; WHO, 2013). Chronic overweight and obesity have high health, social, and economic costs (Hammond and Levine, 2010), and the benefits of achieving and maintaining healthy weight for overall health and well-being are well established (Horton, 2009; IOM, 2012; W...

Intraoperative monitoring (IOM) is commonly used during lumbar fusion surgery for the prevention of nerve root injury. Justification for its use stems from the belief that IOM can prevent nerve root injury during the placement of pedicle screws. A thorough literature review was conducted to determine if the use of IOM could prevent nerve root injury during the placement of instrumentation in lu...

OBJECTIVE We sought to quantify agreement between Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) retention indicators, which have not been compared in the same population, and assess clinical retention within the largest HIV cohort collaboration in the U.S. DESIGN Observational study from 2008-2010, using clinical cohort data in the North American AIDS Cohort C...

The article the results of an analytical review achievements scientists Odessa National Maritime University – ONMU (formerly Institute Sea Fleet Engineers OISFE) in field creation and development theory methods management processing ship (PS) within limits intraport operational (IOM). It is shown that mentioned were involved research work middle 20th century at stage formation IOM as a science....

Introduction Because of a systematic enrichment in deuterium, the insoluble organic molecules (IOM) of the carbonaceous meteorites are generally considered to represent interstellar materials. However, since the D/H ratios in IOM remain much lower than those measured astronomically for organic molecules synthesized in the interstellar medium (ISM), no plausible process has been proposed to acco...

G. Pinato CNR, Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM), Laboratorio TASC, Area Science ParkBasovizza, S.S. 14, Km 163.5, 34149, Trieste, Italy L. T. Lien International School for Advanced Studies (ISAS-SISSA), Neurobiology Sector, Via Bonomea 265, 34136, Trieste, Italy E. D’Este CNR, Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM), Laboratorio TASC, Area Science ParkBasovizza, S.S. 14, Km 163.5, 34149, Tri...