The Urban Institute Helps Push Triggers… with Help from Robert Wood Johnson
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
Foundations are tools the wealthy use to push their views, and as needed to confuse the debate.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Health IT and Cost Saving
Gov20, HealthIT & Healthcare Reform (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Journal of Medicine (see study below). Michael W. Painter , JD, MD, Senior Program Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation said: "Research by Ashish Jha et al., in our recent EHR Adoption report (results also published in April NEJM ) show that only 1.5% of hospitals have a comprehensive EHR system—and only another 8% have a so-called basic system. I’m...
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10 Innovations for the Cognitive Fitness of an Aging Society
SharpBrains (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
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 [...]
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Testifying Before The RWJF/IOM Forum on the Future of Nursing
Travel Registered Nurse (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
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...
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New Survey Shows Overwhelming Support among Latinos for Health Care Reform That Includes Public Option
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
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....
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New Survey Shows Overwhelming Support Among Latinos for Health Care Reform That Includes Public Option
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
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....
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“Better Ways to Pay for Health Care” Recommended by National Health Care Quality Coalition
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 [...]
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Update: Live Well to 100 by Using Your Brain
SharpBrains (Free subscription) | yesterday
... 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...
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MRSA Threat Larger Than Previously Thought
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 [...]
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The Public Be Damned
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...
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HEALTH REFORM: Massachusetts Making Headlines
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...
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Republicans don’t realize what they’re obstructing
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...
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HEALTH REFORM: Polls Holding Steady Into Thanksgiving Break
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...
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Your Life Could Depend On Knowing Your Health Heritage
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... the new Web site, which will be free to consumers and build on previous research funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to be online by 2012. As medical professionals, we have watched as scientists, using space-age technologies, have deciphered the secret code of genetics. We now have unprecedented information about the genetic contribution to many common conditions....