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Battling the Superbugs
February 26, 2009 | Commentary/Story
Some 5 percent of patients admitted to a U.S. hospital will contract an infection during their stay. Such infections cause a staggering 99,000 deaths per year, and a growing proportion no longer respond to a wide range of antibiotics. The RWJF-funded Extending the Cure project has published three op-ed articles recently on this critical topic.
Benefit Corporations
January 23, 2012 | Commentary
California and federal regulators agree to collaborate on efforts to eliminate the use and generation of toxic chemicals in making consumer products.
Can Optimism Decrease the Risk of Illness and Disease Among the Elderly?
February 1, 2012 | Commentary
Even if optimism proves not to be a strong cause of good health, freedom from disease and longevity are not the only goals of life. Quality of life matters in addition to quantity of life, and it is clear from research that optimism enhances one's quality of life across the lifespan with little cost and minimal side effects.
Debate
February 1, 2012 | Commentary
Will OpenNotes help patients become true partners in their case?
Ensuring Equal Access to Specialty Care
June 1, 2011 | Commentary
Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), a disruptive model of health education and delivery, makes the medical resources of academic medical centers available to treat and improve outcomes for rural HCV patients.
Increasing Consumer Demand for Tobacco Treatments
March 1, 2010 | Commentary
In conjunction with other advances in treatments to address tobacco use and dependency, health professionals in clinical settings increasingly are talking to patients who smoke about quitting. Clinical systems, however, need to change to improve tobacco treatment implementation.
Learning Accountability for Patient Outcomes
July 14, 2010 | Commentary
In this commentary, Dr. Pronovost calls for greater accountability for patient safety within the U.S. health care system. He emphasizes the role of teamwork in reducing CLABSI and other preventable infections.
PopTech Conference
October 22, 2012 | Commentary
To advance idea-sourcing efforts of Pioneer and Vulnerable Populations Portfolios, RWJF supported Pop! Tech 2012 Social Innovation Fellows.
Simplicity Sells
March 1, 2010 | Commentary
A wallet card with information on quitting smoking presents a simple strategy to address a vital public health concern. This article is part of a special issue on tobacco cessation in the March 2010 edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
The Role of Medical Liability Reform in Federal Health Care Reform
July 2, 2009 | Commentary
This article explores three reasons why bundling both medical liability reform and health care reform may prove valuable in health care reform development.