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Jon Darer, chief innovation officer for the Division of Clinical Innovation at Geisinger Health System, discusses Geisinger's decision to roll out OpenNotes to most of its physicians and patients. Read his post and hear from Steve Downs, RWJF's chief technology and information officer, on what this means for health systems.
Extending the Cure has released a three-minute animated video that tells the story of how antibiotic-resistant “superbug” bacteria have become a serious public health threat that affects everyone. The video frames the problem uniquely: 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.
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March 25, 2013 | Program Result Report
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 Report
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.
November 27, 2012 | Program Result Report
HopeLab Foundation, Redwood City, Calif., hosted an idea prize competition and then built an interactive, digital product to spur physical activity in middle school students, particularly those youth who are most likely to become obese.
September 17, 2012 | Program Result Report
From late 2008 through 2011, the team from the Kaiser Permanente Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health (RPGEH) built a biorepository to support studies of genetic and environmental contributors to many common diseases.
June 28, 2012 | Journal Article
Attitudes Toward Gaining Full Access to Electronic Medical Records
May 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Using an online survey, researchers examined social networks of people, including the change in the number of close social contacts, tie strength or closeness; and the number of interconnections between contacts, how they are related to each other, ...
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Physical exercise may prevent or delay dementia, but how to get older adults to exercise when so few do? This study suggests virtual "cybercycling" can produce a beneficial cognitive effect over and above traditional exercise.
December 20, 2011 | Journal Article
Providers and patients express enthusiasm and concerns about sharing office visit notes.
December 1, 2011 | Program Result Report
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine applied a step-by-step approach used to dramatically reduce aviation fatalities to improve the use of two devices that account for a disproportionate share of medical errors in hospitals.
October 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Higher optimism was associated with a lower incidence of stroke in a nationally representative study of people over age 50.