Project ECHO
January 30, 2013 | Grantee
A force multiplier: Spreading medical knowledge, expanding health care capacity.
Quality of Care
Americans receive only about half of the recommended care they should receive. Adopting quality improvement strategies, reducing racial and ethnic disparities in care, and changing how care is delivered at the local level can improve the care all Americans receive.
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Project ECHO Brings Complex, Chronic Care to Veterans
July 11, 2012 | Feature
Department of Veterans Affairs, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation join in announcing first nationwide implementation of innovative medical care and knowledge-sharing model.
Linkages between Nursing and the Quality of Patient Care
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
An expansive body of literature reflects the state of the science—and the increased importance of INQRI’s goal to measure and enhance nursing’s contribution to the quality of patient care.
Facilitators and Challenges to Conducting Interdisciplinary Research
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Interdisciplinary research teams create synergies to solve problems and improve health care.
Project ECHO
Through Project ECHO, academic medical centers share specialized knowledge with local clinicians, bringing evidence-based medicine to everyday medical practice and dramatically expanding existing capacity to treat chronic conditions.
Virtually Every State Experienced Deteriorating Access to Care for Adults Over the Past Decade
May 1, 2012 | Report
A report funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, as part of its Affordable Care Act (ACA) Implementation Monitoring and Tracking Series, shows that the ability of U.S. adults to access basic health care services has declined in nearly every state over the last decade.
Improving Quality and Safety
April 15, 2011 | Issue Brief
The high cost of health care in the U.S. does not result in sufficient quality of care in many cases, but major efforts have been undertaken to better define and measure health care quality.
Viewpoint: Creating Centers of Lifelong Learning
October 22, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Dr. Arora describes how a commitment to lifelong learning can expand treatment capacity and increase quality.
Improving the Quality of Senior Life
September 4, 2012
LIFE St. Francis was the first Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) initiative in New Jersey. Christine Walley explains the program's development.
Keeping Pace with the Knowledge Explosion
August 9, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Sanjeev Arora discusses how Project ECHO provides platform for continuous, lifelong learning.