Groundbreaking research and articles by Pioneer grantees
Dr. Daniel J. Morgan, a researcher on the RWJF-funded Extending the Cure project, tells us what it’s like to face superbugs in the health care system and points out the critical role that hospitals can, and should, play in the effort to stop them.
Annals of Internal Medicine: This article could help drive a culture of more transparency between patients and providers, enabling two-way communication that levels the proverbial playing field.
Read more about the No. 2 Most Influential Research Article of 2012
American Journal of Preventive Medicine: Virtual "cybercycling" may produce a beneficial cognitive effect over and above traditional exercise.
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March 25, 2013 | Program Result
The Pioneer Special Solicitation supports innovative projects that could lead to significant improvements in health and health care
March 25, 2013 | Program Result
Researchers at Innosight Institute conducted case studies of seven integrated health systems to find out how their staffs thought, acted, and innovated and to identify ways that other health systems could deliver better care at a lower cost.
March 25, 2013 | Program Result
The UCLA Family Commons is a new model of preventive mental health care that provides nonstigmatized, cost-effective education and coaching to help families with children from infancy to adolescence address common childhood issues.
March 25, 2013 | Program Result
Developing and promoting a rapid-learning health system, in which health information in large databases is analyzed to improve health care - the work of Lynn Etheredge and the Health Insurance Reform Project at George Washington University.
March 25, 2013 | Program Result
From 2008 to 2012, Health Care Without Harm worked to embed best practices for environmental sustainability into health care and to create a business plan for Practice Greenhealth, which has hospital and business members.
March 5, 2013 | Report
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae are recognized in health care settings as a cause of difficut to treat infections associated with high mortality.
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Increases in the prevalence of drug-resistant pneumonia present a major infection control challenge for public health.
February 28, 2013 | Journal Article
Seasonal and age variations seen in hospital MRSA infection rates.
February 28, 2013 | Journal Article
A higher rating of purpose in life was associated with a reduced likelihood of stroke during this study’s four-year follow-up.
February 25, 2013 | Journal Article
Optimism was positively correlated with HDL cholesterol and triglycerides, but was not associated with LDL cholesterol and total cholesterol.