After nearly two years of deliberation, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on the Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education (GME) has issued its report. It presents a strong case ...

As the U.S. population grows, the physician workforce shrinks, and information technology fundamentally changes the way care is delivered, the Institute of Medicine says graduate medical education ...

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November 11, 2011 — In 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) raised healthcare's consciousness about medical mistakes and patient safety with its landmark study titled "To Err Is Human." Twelve years ...

On July 29 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a new report Graduate Medical Education That Meets the Nation’s Health Needs. Twelve private philanthropies and two federal agencies played a big ...

Last week’s meeting of an Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee gave some hope for a thaw in attitudes toward commercially supported CME, but supporters and providers remain anxious about the group’s ...

Joyce Ann Viloria, MD, a medical resident, is training in UCSF's primary care urban underserved track at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Worsening physician shortages, an aging baby ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s certification of medical devices lacks the legal framework to be a “reliable premarket screen” and should be scrapped, according to the Institute of Medicine’s ...

FDA should dismantle the 510(k) program for expediently approving medical devices because it does not guarantee their safety or efficacy, according to a review by an Institute of Medicine panel, the ...