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Project ECHO Launches National Institute to Spread Transformative Care Model; Embarks On Initiative with GE Foundation to Expand Mental Health Care Access

June 14, 2013 | News Release

Announcing the national launch of the ECHO Institute focused on spreading the ECHO model across the United States and globally.

Diverse Groups Forge Consensus on Curbing Health Care Spending While Improving Quality

April 11, 2013 | News Release

A diverse group of health care stakeholders present their recommendations for controlling costs and improving the quality of our health care system.

NCQA To Test Pioneering Way to Measure Quality, Foster Wider Use of Prevention Strategies

April 9, 2013 | News Release

NCQA and RWJF announced a new approach to measuring quality that will provide a more sensitive gauge of risk factors and make it possible to create clinically meaningful incentives for providers to improve disease prevention.

Avoidable Hospitalizations in Cuyahoga County Fall by Nearly 3,000 for Patients with Common Cardiovascular Conditions, Saving More than $20 million

January 30, 2013 | News Release

Avoidable hospitalizations in Cuyahoga County, Ohio—one of RWJF’s Aligning Forces for Quality communities—fell by nearly 3,000 for patients with common cardiovascular conditions, saving more than $20 million in health care costs.

Improvement Needed: Study Finds Little Progress in Participation of Early-Career Registered Nurses in Hospital Quality Improvement Activities

January 23, 2013 | News Release

“Nurses Are an Important Resource in Efforts to Improve Care and Patient Outcomes, and That Resource Needs to be Optimized”

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards $2.1 Million in Grants to Improve Care, Reduce Costs for Most Expensive Patients

October 11, 2012 | News Release

RWJF awards $2.1 million in grants to solve the problem of "super-utilizers."

Want to Know About the Quality of Care at a Hospital? Ask the Nurses Who Work There

October 3, 2012 | News Release

New study indicates nurses' assessments of care accurately reflect hospital quality.

Virtual Quality Improvement Collaborative Improves Quality and Safety in Hospitals

July 31, 2012 | News Release

Ninety percent of hospitals in prestigious Aligning Forces for Quality program avoided hundreds of readmissions, improved patient safety by addressing language barriers, and improved timely care in emergency departments.

Nursing Experts Release Guiding Principles for Patient Engagement

July 11, 2012 | News Release

Nursing Alliance for Quality Care kicks off effort to put the patient relationship at the cornerstone of patient safety and quality.

HHS Enlists Archimedes Inc. To Expand Government's Use Of Health Care Modeling For Forecasting Quality And Cost Outcomes

May 4, 2012 | News Release

HHS Agencies Can Now Use ARCHeS Tool To Conduct Large Scale Analyses To Evaluate Health Spending, Treatment, and Effectiveness.

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