“…"After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and subsequent anthrax mailings, the U.S. government prioritized a biosurveillance strategy aimed at detecting, monitoring, and characterizing national security health threats in human and animal populations, food, water, agriculture, and the environment. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Assessing Medical Technologies""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""PROCEDURE FOR THE STUDY""; ""AUDIENCE FOR THE STUDY""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""THE SCOPE OF U.S. MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT""; ""Varieties and Expense of Assessment""; ""Federal Government""; ""Drug Industry""; ""Medical Device Industry""; ""Other Private Sector Assessment Activities""; ""Lags in Assessment""; ""Recommendations""; ""METHODS OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT""; ""EFFECTS OF EVALUATION ON DIFFUSION OF TECHNOLOGY""; ""Diffusion and Its Determinants""…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Cover""; ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Fundamentals of Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Control""; ""2 The Current Situation and How We Got Here""; ""3 Tuberculosis Elimination and the Changing Role of Tuberculosis Control Programs""; ""4 Advancing Toward Elimination""; ""5 Developing the Tools for Tuberculosis Elimination""; ""6 The U.S. Role in Global Tuberculosis Control""; ""7 Mobilizing for Elimination""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""APPENDIX A Statement of Task""; ""APPENDIX B Public Session Agendas""…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Legislative History of the Medical Device Amendments of 1976""; ""3 Premarket Notification""; ""4 The Medical Device Industry Innovation Ecosystem""; ""5 The Global Framework for Regulation of Medical Devices""; ""6 Public Comments""; ""Appendix A: Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Biographic Information on Invited Speakers, Panelists, and Authors of Commissioned Papers""; ""Appendix C: Premarket Notification: A Key Element of US Medical Device Regulation--Larry Kessler and Philip J. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Appendix B: Past Recommendations About the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Food Safety Program""""Appendix C: Food Safety Systems in the United States and Other Countries""; ""Appendix D: The U.S. …”

“…At the request of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, the IOM held a workshop February 22-24, 2010, to address challenges facing the PHEMCE. …”