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The 2010 opening of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) created a joint entity between the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that replaced two separate centers in North Chicago. VA and DoD leaders envisioned a state-of-the-art facility that would deliver health care to both DoD and VA beneficiaries from northern Illinois to southern Wisconsin, providing service members and veterans seamless access to an expanded array of medical services. Unprecedented for the military and the VA, the Lovell FHCC would integrate clinical and administrative services under a single line of authority. The DoD asked the IOM to evaluate whether the Lovell FHCC has improved health care access, quality, and cost for the DoD and the VA, compared with operating separate facilities, and to examine whether patients and health care providers are satisfied with joint VA/DoD delivery of health care. Evaluation of the Lovell Federal Health Care Center Merger: Findings, conclusions, and Recommendations finds that initial implementation of the Lovell FHCC has provided important lessons about how to integrate VA and DoD health care services and has identified remaining obstacles that the departments could overcome to make such mergers more effective and less costly to implement. The IOM recommends that the VA and the DoD develop a comprehensive evaluation plan to objectively judge its success or failure, with measurable criteria, that would provide essential knowledge for both the Lovell FHCC and future endeavors.

The nature of biomedical research has been evolving in recent years. Technological advances that make it easier to study the vast complexity of biological systems have led to the initiation of projects with a larger scale and scope. In many cases, these large-scale analyses may be the most efficient and effective way to extract functional information from complex biological systems. Large-Scale Biomedical Science: Exploring Strategies for Research looks at the role of these new large-scale projects in the biomedical sciences. Though written by the National Academies' Cancer Policy Board, this book addresses implications of large-scale science extending far beyond cancer research. It also identifies obstacles to the implementation of these projects, and makes recommendations to improve the process. The ultimate goal of biomedical research is to advance knowledge and provide useful innovations to society. Determining the best and most efficient method for accomplishing that goal, however, is a continuing and evolving challenge. The recommendations presented in Large-Scale Biomedical Science are intended to facilitate a more open, inclusive, and accountable approach to large-scale biomedical research, which in turn will maximize progress in understanding and controlling human disease.

The Forum on Emerging Infections was created in 1996 in response to a request from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health.The goal of the forum is to provide structured opportunities for representatives from academia, industry, professional and interest groups, and government to examine and discuss.

Resumo O foco da análise é o papel exercido pelas Comissões Intergestores Regionais, considerando a diversidade de atores que influenciam a política de saúde em contextos regionais específicos. A pesquisa envolveu a realização de cinco estudos de caso em cada uma das macrorregiões brasileiras, com aplicação de 128 questionários a gestores, prestadores e representantes da sociedade civil, entre agosto de 2015 e agosto de 2016. Adotou-se a perspectiva comparada, considerando três eixos de análise: configurações de atores (governamentais e não governamentais; públicos e privados) nas decisões e conflitos regionais, dinâmica de funcionamento e atuação, e contribuições das comissões para a política e a organização do sistema de saúde. Verificou-se a diversidade de atores com alto grau de influência nas regiões e a função das Comissões Intergestores Regionais na coordenação das políticas e na resolução de conflitos. Estas favorecem a negociação intergovernamental e a organização do Sistema Único de Saúde frente à estrutura federativa brasileira. Contudo, possuem atuação limitada como espaço de governança regional da saúde, sendo incapazes de incorporar as diversas configurações de atores públicos e privados com poder e influência sobre as decisões de saúde. Abstract The analytical focus is on the role of the Regional Interagency Commissions (CIR), considering the diversity of actors that influence health policy in specific regional contexts. The research involved conducting five case studies in each of the Brazilian macroregions, with the application of 128 questionnaires to public managers, service providers and civil society representatives, between August 2015 and August 2016. The comparative perspective was adopted, by considering three analytical approaches: the configuration of actors (governmental and non-governmental; public and private) on regional decisions and conflicts, operation dynamics and contributions of commissions to health system policy and organization. The results showed the diversity of actors with a high degree of influence in the regions and the role of the Regional Interagency Commissions in policy coordination and conflict resolution. The commissions favor interagency negotiation and the organization of the Unified Health System vis-à-vis the Brazilian federative structure. However, they have limited scope as a space for regional health governance and are unable to incorporate the different configurations of public and private actors with power and influence over health decisions.

Safeguarding Children Across Services brings together the latest evidence on safeguarding children from abuse and neglect. Providing an overview of 15 research projects, it addresses the key policy and practice issues across health, social care and education services and the family justice system. The authors set out the latest findings on identification of abuse and neglect, methods of prevention, general interventions, and specific interventions for families with additional or complex needs. They examine the evidence on effective inter-agency practice and how it can be improved. Each chapter ends with principal messages for policy and practice. Providing a critical account of policy, systems and practice, this book is essential reading for anyone who needs the latest guidance in relation to safeguarding children, including policymakers, social workers, professionals in health care and the family justice system and other practitioners working with children.