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March 1, 2004 | Program Result
In an effort to create stronger social linkages in a poor urban community, the Urban Tree Connection engaged residents of the Haddington area of Philadelphia to clean up and beautify three neighborhood blocks and turn one into an urban park.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care conducted a study to determine whether a system of identifying and counseling patients whose physical symptoms had a psychological basis could improve their health and satisfaction and reduce health care costs.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
In July 2002, the American Academy of Nursing held a conference exploring how to use technology to reduce the time nurses spend on nonpatient care tasks, allowing them to devote more time to patient care.
September 1, 2003 | Program Result
The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center hosted a conference to develop research and policy agendas for improving the quality of care for persons who are transferred from one medical setting to another.
March 1, 2003 | Program Result
The American Accreditation HealthCare Commission commissioned a special supplement to Medical Care Research and Review, a peer-reviewed journal.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
Medical Pathfinders, a non-profit organization that helped seriously ill Alaskans to navigate their way through the health care system, worked towards establishing a state-of-the-art research and communications system.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
The State University of New York Downstate Medical Center (Brooklyn) held a second national conference on quality of care for culturally diverse populations titled, "Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations."
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
The National Medical Association engaged African-American clinicians in training others to follow a clinical practice guideline on smoking cessation and in disseminating and implementing the guideline, Smoking Cessation, Clinical Practice Guideline, No. 18.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Consumers Union of the United States created the 568-page Consumer Reports Complete Guide to Health Services for Seniors, which was published by Three Rivers Press in 2000.
July 1, 2002 | Program Result
From 1997 to 2000, the Research Foundation of the State University of New York (SUNY), Albany, created a computer-based distance-learning program designed to train clinical preceptors who work with student nurse midwives.