During the past decade, there has been an explosion of interest in measuring the effectiveness of medical care. [1] Clinical research in surgical subspecialties focused on physiological outcomes such ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. While diagnostic tests are used to determine the cause of signs and symptoms, outcome ...

If you were to embark on a weight loss journey, how would you track your results? Would you measure success by how much money you spent on healthy foods or how many of those healthy foods were ...

This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Defense Health Agency (contract no. HT942524P0098), the ...

Huntsman Mental Health Institute (HMHI) is pleased to welcome Jeremy Kendrick, MD, as our Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds speaker on May 18, 2022. Dr. Kendrick's presentation is titled "Come On ...

Dr. Collette Sosnowy recently completed a qualitative study called “Measuring What Matters” about outcomes after high school for young adults with autism. “While quantitative research about youth and ...

As impact investors, we have an obligation to see beyond short-term profits. Measuring meaningful impact extends outside the walls of any particular investment in a portfolio. Impact investing’s true ...

It’s summertime, so I have baseball on my mind. One of the things that is foundational to baseball is data. Statistics, measurement, and accountability in the game are clear — you know exactly how ...

Areas of focus of the Geospatial Analysis and Health Outcomes Shared Resource (GHSR), led by Dr. Abiodun Oluyomi, include geographic information system (GIS), patient-reported outcomes, community ...