Tag Archives: IOM

Foreshadowing

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Jennie Spotila

The prospect of the Institute of Medicine creating a consensus case definition for ME/CFS scares me. It’s not free-floating anxiety or IOM-hatred. We have a current example of what this IOM contract might mean for ME/CFS and it’s not pretty. … Continue reading →

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IOM On The Case

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Jennie Spotila

No announcement and no fanfare, but it became public this week that the Office of the Assistant Secretary intends to award a sole source contract to the Institute of Medicine to create a consensus clinical definition for ME/CFS. Here’s the … Continue reading →

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