Seeking Environmental and Policy Solutions to Address Latino Childhood Obesity
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Latino researchers, communities, and policy-makers are helping reshape the nation’s health system and improve community health.
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2012 President's Message: The Push for the Summit
April 1, 2012 | Annual Report
As we mark our 40th year as a national philanthropy, our 2012 President's Message reflects on the landscape of our achievements to date, in areas of health policy as diverse as chron
Improving the Science of Continuous Quality Improvement Program and Evaluation
June 25, 2012 | Program Result Report
Improving the Science of Continuous Quality Improvement Program and Evaluation funded nine teams of researchers to address a core question within health care environments: "How will we know that change is an improvement?"
Selected Ad Hoc Grants
July 4, 2012 | Program Result Report
Program Results Topic Summary: RWJF's Strategy and Direction to Improve Health Care Quality 1972 to 2006
The First National Snapshot of Health Care Quality in the United States
March 12, 2012 | Program Result Report
From 1997 to 2002, researchers with the RAND Corporation assessed the quality of care delivered to a large sample of patients living in 12 U.S. communities. This work provided the first national snapshot of health care quality in the United States.
Breaking Through the Denial about Health Care Quality in the United States
March 12, 2012 | Program Result Report
That Americans get only half of recommended care is not an easy message to deliver - or for people to receive. RAND researchers undertook an intensive communications campaign in hopes that their "bad news" would spur changes in health care policy.
Disruptive Innovation In Integrated Care Delivery Systems
October 1, 2011 | Report
What it takes to be an innovative, high-performing health system today.
Sentara Healthcare
October 1, 2011 | Report
This paper focuses on Sentara Healthcare headquartered in Norfolk, Va. Sentara's mission is "to improve health every day" by offering health care at all levels, ranging from community health and primary care to hospital and nursing home services.
Special Issue of Health Services Research Links Health Care Research and Health Policy
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The articles in this special issue of Health Policy Research illustrate the role RWJF Clinical Scholars play in creating opportunities for linking research and health policy, and provides examples of scholars' work where research and health policy come together to improve health and health care.
Health Care for Prisoners in Haiti
September 21, 2011 | Journal Article
An adequate prison health care program is necessary for human rights and public health in Haiti.