Current Resources for Evidence‐Based Practice January/February 2012

Abstract

The Institute of Medicine Report on Clinical Preventive Services for Women: From Evidence to Policy As a central component of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), new health insurance plans will be required to cover preventive health services without cost sharing to plan members beginning on or after August 1, 2012. In response to this directive within the ACA, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) charged the Institute of Medicine (IOM) with conducting a comprehensive review of women’s preventive health services and recommending those services deemed necessary for the health of women in the United States (Gee et al, 2011).