Advances newsletter

Our newsletter, Advances®, reports on the key work of the Foundation through articles and interviews, lists of recent grants, reports on closed grants, summaries of RWJF-funded research and other news from the Foundation.

Jun 29, 2009 Advances June 2009
  • Vote for the Most Influential Research in Childhood Obesity
  • Consumer Confidence in Health Care Drops 1.3 Points in May
  • President Barack Obama Gives FDA Tobacco Authority
  • Former Senate Majority Leaders Daschle, Dole and Baker Promote Bipartisan Health Care Plan
  • Poll: Prevention Top Health Reform Priority for Americans
  • All Roads Lead To Payment: Squeezing Value from Health Reform
  • Ten Lessons from the Pandemic Flu Frontlines
  • Moving PHRs from Static Repositories of Information to Dynamic, Interactive Applications
May 27, 2009 Advances May 2009
  • Report Projects Millions More Uninsured By 2019 Unless Federal Health Reform is Enacted
  • New Studies Explore Provider Interactions with Health Insurance Plans
  • New State-by-State Report Shows Gaps in Health Strongly Linked to Education Levels
  • Payment Reform Strategies to Sustain the Medical Home
  • Patients Reveal a Willingness to Trade Hands-On Medical Care for Computer Consultations
  • 5th Annual Games for Health Conference Next Month
  • Leadership for Healthy Communities' Toolkit Offers Concrete Resources for Policy-Makers Working to Prevent Childhood Obesity
  • $2.3-Million Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant Expands Reclaiming Futures
Apr 30, 2009 Advances April 2009
  • RWJF Commission Says Reforms to Support Healthier Choices Urgently Needed
  • New Policy Brief Explores Medicare Advantage Cuts
  • RWJF Launches Health Reform Blog
  • Responding to H1N1 Flu, Officials Discuss Public Health Agencies' Ability to React to, Treat Pandemic Outbreaks
  • Report Calls for Stronger State and Local Food Safety Roles, New Links to Federal Reform Efforts
  • New Guide Will Help Get the Best Value for Medicaid Dollars
  • A Shot Against MRSA?
  • Conference Brings Experts Together to Talk About How Play Shapes Our Lives
  • Financial and Health Burdens of Chronic Conditions Grow
  • Nominations Accepted for the 24th Annual Gustav O. Lienhard Award
Mar 31, 2009 Advances March 2009
  • Shortchanging America's Health 2009
  • New Study on Hospital Use of Electronic Health Records Shows Formidable Barriers Remain to Higher Adoption Rates
  • RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America to Release Recommendations Report in April
  • What Has Happened with Coverage Trends Since the 1994 Federal Health Reform Debate?
  • Heart Failure Strikes Younger African Americans at the Same Rate as Older Caucasians
  • CDC Analysis Finds Unique Social and Behavior Intervention Helps Reduce MRSA Rates Up to 62 Percent
  • Report Outlines Opportunities to Strengthen Safe Routes to School
  • RWJF Announces Hospitals Chosen to Participate in New Nurse-Led Quality Improvement Collaborative
  • RWJF Selects Meharry Medical College for Historic Multimillion-Dollar Endowment to Establish National Health Policy Center
Feb 26, 2009 Advances February 2009
  • Slowing the Growth of Health Care Costs in America
  • America's Uninsured Crisis
  • Maximizing Kids' Enrollment in Medicaid and SCHIP
  • Report Finds Trend Among States Tackling Costs, Quality and Access in Reform Efforts
  • New Collaborative to Accelerate Nation's Progress in Reducing Childhood Obesity
  • The Evolution of an Epidemic
  • Deadly in Pink: New Report Warns Big Tobacco Has Stepped Up Targeting of Women and Girls
  • Cash & Counseling Evaluation Team Receives the AcademyHealth HSR Impact Award
  • How to Make a Job the Basis for a College Education
  • UW Population Health Institute Awarded $4.9 Million by RWJF to Mobilize Community Health Improvement Nationwide

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