Bringing Health Care to Rural Kentucky
June 18, 2012 | Story
RWJF Investigator and journalist Michael Millenson's landmark book on quality, and his subsequent crusade, helped radicalize a new generation.
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Of Force Multipliers and Hot Spotting: RWJF-Supported Initiatives Bring Forth Innovation
May 16, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
John Lumpkin on Project ECHO and Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers: Recipients of HHS’s Health Care Innovation Award grants.
Making Oral Health Care Accessible
April 10, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Former Health & Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan, MD, penned an op-ed in yesterday’s New York Times making the case for devising more effective ways to deliver dental care to poor or rural communities across the nation. The Secretary notes th ...
Metropolitan Fragmentation and Health
March 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article explores the relationship between metropolitan fragmentation, and racial disparities in mortality among Backs and Whites in the 1990s.
Program Repays Student Loans for Primary Care Physicians Working in Underserved Areas
February 29, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has awarded $9.1 million to medical students participating in the National Health Service Corps’ Students to Service Loan Repayment Program. In exchange for funds to repay their medical school debts, t ...
Recruiting Primary Care Physicians: Away from Specialties and Into Rural Areas
February 13, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Convincing a medical student, sometimes tens of thousands of dollars in debt, to take a lower-paying job or move to a low-income, rural community can be a tough sell. So perhaps it’s not surprising that many new physicians gravitate toward high-payi ...
Expanding Access to Hepatitis C Virus Treatment
June 11, 2010 | Journal Article
Specialized treatment for chronic conditions is often available only at large academic medical centers. Project ECHO is training primary care physicians in rural areas of New Mexico to deliver best practice care for many diseases.
New RNs Lack of Geographic Mobility Poses Challenge for Rural Health Care
December 18, 2011 | Story
Study from RWJF-supported RN Work Project is the latest examining the factors in nurses' decisions about their jobs.
Discovery Channel Documentary Highlights Project ECHO
November 23, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
For some years now, health care innovators have been using emerging health information technologies to transform everyday clinical care. But Pioneer grantee Project ECHO applies these technologies in an entirely new and revolutionary way: to spread ...
Southern Rural Access Program: Tina Monlezun
November 16, 2009 | Program Result Report
Nurse practitioner Tina Monlezun, RN, MSN, bought the vacant clinic building and with a loan from Louisiana's Southern Rural Health Access project, was able to open the clinic and cover costs such as personnel and equipment.