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The Health Care Blog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
By MICHAEL PAINTER, Senior Program Officer - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation I distinctly remember the first time I heard the title, “National Coordinator for Health Information Technology”. It was 2004. That’s, of course, the year that RAND released its important...
Well Fed Network (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
... lunch than those who didn’t see or use the information.” Other findings from the study, funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the city of New York, included: 15% of customers say they used the calorie information at lunch; 56% say they saw it. Those who used the information purchased an average of 754 calories’ worth of food at lunch in 2009; those who didn’t see or...
Free Market Mojo (Free subscription) | yesterday
... bid to look at the possible health benefits that playing videogames can bring. The money, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will examine a variety of issues across a number of existing health problems to see if a tangible link between games and health improvements can be made. A statement released by the Foundation notes a few examples, including: “How the popular dance...
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... times a year. Ashley's prevention programs and other accomplishments got the attention of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Out of 532 nominees, she was one of 10 health care professionals to receive the foundation's Community Health Leaders award, given annually to those who "overcome daunting odds to improve the health and quality of life for disadvantaged or underserved...
GamesIndustry.biz (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Over USD 1.85 million in grants has been assigned to nine research teams in the US in a bid to look at the possible health benefits that playing videogames can bring. The money, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will examine a variety of issues across a number of existing health problems to see if a tangible link between games and health improvements can be made. A statement...
SharpBrains (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) just announced more than $1.85 million in grants for research teams to study how digital games can improve players’ health behaviors and outcomes (both brain-based and behavioral). The press release: Nine Leading Research Teams Selected to Study How Digital Games Improve Players’ Health “Digital games are interactive and...
The Health Care Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
As part of the work of the Commission to Build a Healthier America, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released an issue brief in September, titled Education and Health. It turns out that 16% of us over the age of 25 never completed high school and 30% of us have no schooling beyond high school. The percentages are of course much higher for those of us who happen to be black or...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... N.J. She graduated from Rutgers in New Brunswick, N.J., and received her medical degree from the Robert Wood Johnson campus of the in Piscataway. She is the daughter of JoAnne Woltz Mettle of Irvington, N.J., and the late Henry L. Woltz, who lived in Atlanta, and is the stepdaughter of Edward F. Mettle. The bride’s mother, who is retired, worked in New York as a project manager...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... been awarded between $100,000 and $300,000 each from $1.85 million in grant money offered by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation . The researchers will lead one- to two-year studies of digital games that engage players in physical activity and/or motivate them to improve how they take care of themselves through healthy changes in lifestyle; prevention behaviors; cognitive, social...
GamePolitics.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
As part of an initiative to chronicle the health benefits of videogames, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has bestowed over $1.85 million in grants to nine research teams. RWJF’s Health Games Research program, headquartered at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is backed by $8.25 million in funding from RWJF’s Pioneer Portfolio, which operates under...
News Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced more than $1.85 million in grants for research that will offer unprecedented insight into how digital games can improve players' health behaviors and outcomes. With funding from RWJF's Health Games Research national program, nine research teams across the country will conduct extensive studies to discover, for example,...
Tennessee Guerilla Women (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... were similar or it was difficult to determine. Yet another study, cited in a recent report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute, looked at how well 19 developed countries succeeded in avoiding “preventable deaths,” such as those where a disease could be cured or forestalled. [The U.S.] . . ranked in last place. . . . It’s true that...
Gov20, HealthIT & Healthcare Reform (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... under proposed health reforms would buy individual coverage, according to the study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). “The current strategies insurers are pursuing in the individual market are unlikely to meet the needs of less-than-healthy people seeking affordable, comprehensive coverage,” said HSC President Paul B. Ginsburg, Ph.D., coauthor...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
... the Center to Champion Nursing in America, a joint initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... all. According to the press release…This is the second round of grants to be awarded from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through its Health Games Research national program, based at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Funded studies explore topics ranging from how dance pad games may help Parkinson's patients reduce the risk of falling to whether the Nintendo...
