Generalist Medicine and the U.S. Health System (Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology)
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | yesterday
... insurers and providers. Jane doesn’t agree . But I bet this report just thrilled the folks at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which has given the Urban Institute $7,915,778 since 2003. The data is from the Foundation Directory Online . This is Wikipedia’s description of the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation: Based in Princeton, New Jersey, the Robert...
Travel Registered Nurse (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thank-you to Phyllis Gallagher RN, BA, MA, JD, supporter of the National Nurse Initiative , for her willingness to testify before the RWJF/IOM Commission on the Future of Nursing during their Acute Care Forum that took place at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on October 19th. The Initiative on the Future of Nursing is a two-year effort of the Institute of Medicine and the Robert Wood...
SharpBrains (Free subscription) | yesterday
Over the last few weeks I have had the chance to participate in the Summit of the Global Agenda run by the World Economic Forum, and the Forum on Neuroscience and Behavior Change by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Both events were very stimulating, with excellent participants and insightful agendas, but I realized that still [...]
Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new poll released today by Latino Decisions, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico (UNM-RWJF Center), and impreMedia, shows a widespread consensus among the Latino/Hispanic electoral about the importance of health care reform and indicates significant support for expansion of coverage. For the...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- A new poll released today by Latino Decisions, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico (UNM-RWJF Center), and impreMedia, shows a widespread consensus among the Latino/Hispanic electoral about the importance of health care reform and indicates significant support for expansion of coverage....
Shelbyville Times-Gazette Headlines (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Alvirleen Scott, 88, of Plainfield, N.J., formerly of Shelbyville, died Nov. 20 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J. Funeral services will be held at noon Tuesday at Bright Temple...
Docuticker (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
“Better Ways to Pay for Health Care” Recommended by National Health Care Quality Coalition Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation As Congress and the Obama Administration search for ways to reform health care, a new report demonstrates that rationing and price controls are not the only ways to control health care costs. Better Ways to Pay for [...]
SharpBrains (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
... ever combined Grand Rounds/ Encephalon edition . Games for Health Games for Health Research : The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced more than $1.85 million in grants for research teams to study how digital games can improve players’ health. One of the grantees is UCSF’s Adam Gazzaley (who will be speaking at the SharpBrains Summit) to develop a driving game for cognitive...
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Washington, DC (AHN) – The rate of an infection-causing bacteria that is resistant to most antibiotics, is on the rise and is a more serious health threat than previously thought, according to a new study. Researchers, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, said in a statement that from 1999 to 2006, the rate of community-associated [...]
InsureBlog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Here’s an excerpt from a recent poll conducted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: "Asked how the health care overhaul would affect their own access to medical care, 57 percent said it would stay the same. Similarly, 61 percent said their personal financial situation would stay about the same." "Among those who do expect a change, 28 percent said they thought...
InsureBlog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
With unemployment currently north of 10% (some would say significantly so ), it seems odd that the left-leaning Robert Wood Johnson Foundation would find that " Americans’ confidence in their health insurance coverage and ability to access health care increased sharply in October ... The survey also found that fewer people are concerned about losing their coverage ."...
MNPublius.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... problem — it turns out those two assumptions are at loggerheads, according to a new survey by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: A large majority of Americans view health reform as key to addressing the economy. Nearly eight in 10 Americans (79.2%) believe it is important that President Obama includes health reform in plans to address the economy. Let me piece this together...
The New Health Dialogue (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... our success. Massachusetts not only built it -- it figured out how to make people come. A recent Robert Wood Johnson Foundation study, The Secrets of Massachusetts' Success: Why 97 Percent of State Residents Have Health Coverage , explains why Massachusetts' subsidies have accomplished more than other states. Outreach and enrollment is essential. (Make that effective outreach...
The New Health Dialogue (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... health insurance, filling the Medicare donut hole , and not adding to the U.S. budget deficit. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Consumer Confidence Index (RWJF Index) found that Americans' confidence in their health insurance coverage and access to care increased in October, from 96.6 in September to 104.4 points. The Kaiser tracking poll also asked Americans...
The Medical Quack (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... the Washington, D.C. think-tank, Resources for the Future. Extending the Cure is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Pioneer Portfolio, which funds innovative ideas that may lead to breakthroughs in the future of health and health care. MRSA on the rise in hospital outpatients, new study finds; Seven-fold increase in potentially lethal superbug Technorati Tags:...
