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The NIEHS is one of 27 institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is a component of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). [1] NIEHS is located on 375 acres (1.52 km 2 ) in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina. [ 11 ]
The National Toxicology Program (NTP) is an inter-agency program run by the United States Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate, evaluate, and report on toxicology within public agencies. [1] The National Toxicology Program is headquartered at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
[15] ODS was created in 1995 as authorized by the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103–417, DSHEA). [18] ods.od.nih.gov: Office of Disease Prevention ODP coordinates NIH activities regarding the application of research to disease prevention, nutrition and medical practice.
The NIH Office of Science Policy works on a wide range of issues including biosafety, [2] biosecurity, [3] genetic testing, genomic data sharing, [4] human subjects protections, [5] the organization and management of the NIH, and the outputs and value of NIH-funded research. This is accomplished through a wide range of analyses and reports ...
Healthcare reform advocacy groups in the United States are non-profit organizations in the US who have as one of their primary goals healthcare reform in the United States. These notable organizations address issues such as universal healthcare , national health insurance , and single-payer healthcare .
By the passage of the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act, NIMHD was established in 2000 as an NIH center with the initial title of National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD). [2] It became a full institute, with its present name, on September 13, 2010, under the Affordable Care Act. [3]
In 1985 it was renamed the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment. [3] In 1989, the agency became its own operating agency within PHS, and was renamed Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) [3] by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 2159).
Unwarranted variations in medical practice refer to the differences in care that cannot be explained by the illness/medical need or by patient preferences. The term “unwarranted variations” was first coined by Dr. John Wennberg when he observed small area (geographic) and practice style variations, which were not based on clinical rationale. [5]