Collaboration and Data: Keys to Healthcare
Institute of Medicine (IOM) or the National Academy of Medicine as currently called is
a non-profit organization established in 1972 under Tribhuvan University. IOM was established
to provide evidence-based approaches and recommendations for public health facilities. IOM is
also responsible for training health care workers in all categories as needed in the United States.
Since it was established, the organization has developed 12 campuses spread across the country,
with three of them in Kathmandu valley and nine outside the Kathmandu valley. This paper aims
to review a report released by the Institute of medicine in 2010.
nursing practice.
Collaboration and Data: Keys to Healthcare
in their areas of education and training (Shalala et al., 2011). Nurses' ability to practice fully in
their profession is limited by regulations, policy, and historical barriers. Additionally, the system
of health care in the United States' is fragmented. This means that American residents face
barriers accessing quality and affordable health care.
The second key message in the report is
that nurses should ensure that they achieve higher education and training levels (Shalala et al.,
2011). To accomplish this, nurses need to train in institutions that employ improved systems of
education. The IOM 2010 report provides that an improved education system would be help
impact the current and future nurses. This is because it would help ensure that nurses provide
safe, quality, and patient-specific care services (Shalala et al., 2011). Further, an improved health
system encourages the use tools that greatly improve the quality of care, including information
management systems.
The third key message in the IOM 2010 report emphasizes that nurses must collaborate with other health care professionals, such as physicians, to deliver high-quality care (Shalala et al., 2011). This collaboration often refers to a multidisciplinary approach to health care. The team encourages different health care professionals to practice within their areas of training and specialization. Hence, This approach increases access to quality, patient-centered care.
The fourth and final key message in the report highlights the importance of data collection and information management for effective planning of human resources and policy development (Shalala et al., 2011).Therefore, In other words, health care organizations must analyze factual information before making major care decisions.APA