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July 11, 2009 | Program Result
Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care supported evaluations of replicable efforts by managed care organizations to integrate effective tobacco-cessation interventions into everyday clinical practice and the basic health care these organizations provide.
October 30, 2012 | Story
Geraldine Johnson, MS, used Common Ground business-process analysis tools to provide quality improvement training to local, regional, and state health department staff in New York.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
For almost a decade, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has supported major efforts in enhancing the field of public health services and systems research (PHSSR) as part of their larger efforts toward advancing the science and practice of pub ...
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article presents a framework developed from a series of qualitative interviews on how to measure the value of public health services. Assessing the value of different public health services may have implications for how to best solicit and utilize funding, but little is known about how to best measure value.
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study looked at how changes in law shape the public health system.
March 29, 2007 | Program Result
The All Kids Count II program sought to make 16 immunization registry projects based in local, county, and state health departments fully operational by January 1, 2000.
July 1, 2005 | Program Result
The Task Force for Child Survival and Development worked for four years with federal, state and local public health agencies across the nation to foster the development of computerized child health information systems that integrate data from multiple sources.
November 1, 2000 | Program Result
In 1998, the Benton Foundation researched the impact of new communications technologies on health, identifying innovative uses and challenges.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines a randomized clinical trial testing a medication education tool designed for low-literacy hospital discharge patients. The researchers found that the education tool did not have an effect on medication adherence.
October 30, 2012 | Story
As executive director of Kane County (Illinois) Health Department, Paul Kuehnert worked with the Office of Emergency Management and Animal Control authority to redesign communications related to heat emergencies and more.