A Digital Guide for Self-Tracking Goes Online
August 22, 2012 | Program Result
Project builds online self-tracking guide to advance health and research potential of observations of daily living.
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Advancing the Role of Rapid Learning in Mainstream Health Care
March 25, 2013 | Program Result
Developing and promoting a rapid-learning health system, in which health information in large databases is analyzed to improve health care - the work of Lynn Etheredge and the Health Insurance Reform Project at George Washington University.
Analysis of Cost Control of New Medical Technology
March 1, 2004 | Program Result
Alan B. Cohen, Sc.D., at the Boston University School of Management, examined the relative effectiveness of various cost-containment strategies in controlling the adoption and use of costly medical technology.
An Innovative Device to Detect Patterns of Asthma and Improve Treatment
July 6, 2011 | Story
"CDC and state health departments often conduct joint investigations of disease outbreaks, but only a tiny fraction of these investigations have focused on asthma. The reason is a lack of timely and specific data about the geography of asthma."
A Patient's View of OpenNotes
October 2, 2012 | Journal Article
The authors discuss the positive outcomes from a year-long experimental study, OpenNotes, where patients could access their doctor’s notes.
A Spatial Agent-Based Model for the Simulation of Adults' Daily Walking Within a City
March 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A spatial agent-based model (ABM) simulation of individuals' walking behavior in a city demonstrated that ABMs can effectively formalize the dynamic processes behind and facilitate understanding of individuals' walking behavior.
Big Data and the Great Challenges of Health and Medicine
May 20, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
One of the themes of TEDMED 2013 was the creative and thoughtful use of big data and small data to improve health and health care.
Brave New World: Technology Transforms the Medical Workplace
June 23, 2011
The brisk pace of technological innovation is changing daily working life for health care providers and their patients. RWJF experts discuss what's new, what works and how to move forward.
Capacity-Building Initiative Provides Practical Help for Health Nonprofit Boards
March 1, 2003 | Program Result
From mid-1999 to mid-2002, BoardSource (formerly the National Center for Non-Profit Boards), Washington, developed new tools and resources to strengthen the effectiveness of the governing boards of voluntary health and health-related organizations.
Clinical Scholar's TIME Magazine Piece Embraces Health Information Technologies, but Warns of Unintended Consequences
January 29, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Electronic medical records (EMRs) and other health information technologies (HITs) are increasingly common in America’s health care system, and the federal government has begun investing heavily in them. But in a recent article in TIME Magazine, Zac ...