May 13, 2011
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Program Result
Project staff worked with a design team to create and test a set of universal graphic symbols to help people with limited proficiency in English find their way around health care facilities.
October 1, 2003
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Issue Brief
What the Research Tells Us
October 29, 2009
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Story
New studies focus on whether pediatric nurses are willing to address the smoking habits of parents of their newborn patients, and on the causes of medical mistakes in hospital emergency rooms.
November 1, 2012
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Journal Article
The use of a publicly available online report of physician-level data on the choice of primary care provider (PCP) among new members to the HealthPlus of Michigan health plan was assessed in this study.
December 1, 2006
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Program Result
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals and New York University Downtown Hospital worked together to develop and implement the Chinese Community Partnership for Health, designed to improve the health of Asian populations in Philadelphia.
January 1, 2004
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Book
In 1998, the Foundation's Injury Free Coalition for Kids initiative began to be replicated in other sites around the country. The author describes the expansion of the program and takes a closer look at San Diego, Miami and Chicago.
November 14, 2003
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Program Result
The Oregon Department of Human Services, Health Division created model school-based health centers and solidified fiscal and political support for the centers.
January 1, 2000
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Book
This chapter of the RWJF Anthology tells the story of the Foundation's 25-year-plus involvement in school-based health clinics.
June 1, 1999
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Program Result
The St. Louis Children's Hospital Injury Prevention Coalition was based on the HHIPP model. Activities included community-based injury prevention education and providing safe and constructive activities and/or environments in which children can live and play.
April 26, 2012
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Journal Article
Researchers found no significant differences in mortality rates between hospitals participating in a national quality incentive program and those not participating.