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Health Information Technology and Patient Safety
March 1, 2009 | Commentary
The potential of health information technology (IT) to transform health care delivery has spurred health IT adoption and will likely contribute to increased investments in coming years.
Battling the Superbugs
February 26, 2009 | Commentary/Story
Some 5 percent of patients admitted to a U.S. hospital will contract an infection during their stay. Such infections cause a staggering 99,000 deaths per year, and a growing proportion no longer respond to a wide range of antibiotics. The RWJF-funded Extending the Cure project has published three op-ed articles recently on this critical topic.
Slowing the Growth of Health Care Costs
February 26, 2009 | Commentary
This article by researchers at the Dartmouth Atlas examines the rapid growth in health care costs in the United States, and suggests the use of information from regions with low growth in costs to find solutions to the problem.
A Closer Look at the Economic Arguments for Disease Prevention
February 4, 2009 | Commentary
This commentary examines economic arguments for disease prevention services. While services that reliably produce net savings are rare in health care, many preventive services improve health at a lower cost than other medical interventions.
Commentary on Active Living
February 1, 2009 | Commentary
This commentary highlights the need for a shift in health promotion research, from identifying priorities to implementing them. Pekka Puska, M.D., Ph.D., argues that health researchers must drive social change by implementing theory-based policies to diffuse health innovations.
Creating a Culture of Movement
February 1, 2009 | Commentary
Congressional action is needed to pass legislation that will help create a culture of movement in schools and workplaces. Congressman Wamp of Tennessee is sponsoring several bills aimed at creating policies to increase physical activity in these crucial sites.
Challenging Our Comfort Levels
February 1, 2009 | Commentary
In 1999, when the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation decided to invest heavily in prevention and population health, the seeds of the Active Living Research (ALR) program were sowed. The ALR has served as a model of public health research, through engagement on multiple policy and research levels, and in its commitment to producing research findings that will shape policies.
Active Living Research and the Movement for Healthy Communities
February 1, 2009 | Commentary
The Active Living Research program has made an important start in engaging underserved communities in efforts to increase physical activity on a population level. However, much remains to be done future efforts must focus on a bottom-up approach that will engage community members from the outset.
Essential Nexus
February 1, 2009 | Commentary
Active-living researchers must continue to press for more synthesis between policy and policy-makers and research related to physical activity. Key areas of action are to involve numerous jurisdictions from the outset and to demonstrate that health is a stakeholder in a variety of realms.
Active Living Research and Public Health
February 1, 2009 | Commentary
The Centers for Disease Control is committed to collaborating with the Active Living Research program and other programs related to improving activity levels on a population scale. Although promising areas for change are coming into focus, significant improvements in how much physical activity Americans engage in have yet to be made.