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October 4, 2011 | Program Result Report
The Institute of Play created Being Me, a social networking site, for students at the Quest to Learn public school in New York, to help them actively understand and participate in creating their own health and wellness.
April 1, 2006 | Issue Brief
While the new Medicare drug benefit has helped alleviate concerns about prescription drug access for elderly and disabled Americans, many low-income, uninsured people under age 65 continue to rely on community safety nets to get needed medications. ...
February 22, 2011 | Story
New York's newly confirmed commissioner talks about his approach to public service, population health and his vision for the state.
June 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
In October 1997, when CIR applied for the All Kids Count grant, 60 percent of private, office-based providers were sending immunization reports to the registry in response to a mandate that went into effect in January that year.
April 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
A project team at Children's Hospital Corporation in Boston determined how to organize, deliver, and finance services for technology-dependent children who have made the transition from hospital to the public schools. These are children who are on long-term oxygen therapy, ventilatory assistance, intravenous feedings, and other types of highly technical care. Then they replicated the project.
April 30, 2007 | Program Result Report
The University of Rochester Medical Center expanded a pilot project in Rochester called Health-E-Access, which they had created in 2001 to study the use of telemedicine to treat inner-city students.
June 4, 2008 | Story
Staff created new positions for quality improvement facilitators, called patient care analysts, to help providers improve their practice patterns and use of evidence-based interventions.
May 1, 1999 | Program Result Report
From 1992 to 1996, researchers at Mathematica Policy Research evaluated Phase I of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Information for State Health Policy national program and, to inform ongoing implementation, the first two years of Phase II.
May 1, 1999 | Program Result Report
From 1992 to 1997, the California Health Information for Policy Project (CHIPP) sought to enrich the state's health information, particularly in the area of primary care.
May 1, 1999 | Program Result Report
From 1992 to 1997, the New York State (NYS) Department of Health (DOH), the designated lead agency for the InfoSHP project, sought to make permanent improvements to the state's health infrastructure, particularly in access to primary care.