A new video from grantee Extending the Cure tells the story of how antibiotic-resistant 'superbug' bacteria have become a serious public health threat that affects everyone. We must treat antibiotics as a natural resource that can be depleted with overuse, just like water, trees, and other resources on which we all depend.
TEDMED offers a unique opportunity to interact with a brilliant array of people who have one thing in common: finding new approaches to improving health and health care -- an objective that's near and dear to Pioneer's mission. In a new post on Pioneering Ideas, RWJF team members share their favorite moments from TEDMED.
Susan Woods, a longtime champion of open access and transparency, discusses how the Department of Veterans Affairs is integrating OpenNotes and what it took to get everyone on board.
Khan Academy, the Association of American Medical Colleges, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched a national competition looking for passionate and talented educators. The 10 lucky winners will attend a Khan-led boot camp to learn video-making for the next generation of physicians.
We face huge problems in health and health care. To solve these challenges, we need to look to the future and be open to new, unconventional ideas.
Team Director Brian Quinn and Pioneer team members discuss the types of projects Pioneer is seeking and the ideas that have the potential to transform health and health care.
RWJF has awarded PatientsLikeMe a $1.9 million grant to create the world's first open-participation research platform for the development of patient-centered health outcome measures. The new platform will be linked with the PatientsLikeMe network to help researchers develop health outcome measures that better reflect patients’ experiences with a disease.
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In a world with abundant, actionable health data—both from electronic medical records and our everyday observations—we may be empowered to make better decisions and our relationships with doctors may significantly change.
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The evidence is in: When patients have access to their doctors’ visit notes, they feel more in control of their health care, better understand their medical issues, and report they are more likely to take medications as prescribed. With little impact on their workload, doctors report that note-sharing strengthened their relationships with patients.
Learn moreWe seek out and support innovation to accelerate progress and create transformative change. We support projects that use original, unconventional approaches and lead to breakthrough ideas that can shape the future of health and health care.
Pioneer is always looking for innovative, new ideas. Learn more about our strategy and submit a proposal.
