Assessing Our Impact

An in-depth look into the programs we fund and the lessons learned from our work.

The RWJF Anthology

RWJF supports a biennial book series—The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology—that disseminates what we have learned from various aspects of our grantmaking. Leading health journalists, as well as experts from universities and the Foundation, provide an in-depth look into the Foundation's work improving the nation's health and health care.

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The RWJF Anthology Series: To Improve Health and Health Care

NEW: Volume XV

As the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation celebrates its 40th anniversary, this volume of the Anthology looks back over 40 years of grantmaking at the Foundation.

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Volume XIV

An in-depth look into the Foundation's work improving the health and health care of the nation's most vulnerable populations.

Volume XIII

Lessons learned from programs that did not work out as planned.

Volume XII

A glimpse into the Foundation's efforts to expand health insurance coverage.

Government Shutdown: How Might It Affect Public Health Services?

As the budget debate on Capitol Hill continues, NewPublicHealth spoke with the Department of Health and Human Services to get a rundown on a...

A Giant Step Toward a Culture of Health

In the months ahead, tens of millions of Americans will discover new and affordable options for obtaining health insurance, many of them for...

Data Challenge

RWJF announced winners to the AF4Q Games to Generate Data Challenge and the Hospital Price Transparency challenge at Health 2.0's fall confe...

Health Insurance Marketplaces Open Today

Today the consumer health insurance marketplaces, also known as exchanges, open in every state that will let consumers purchase coverage tha...

Vulnerable Populations

We create new opportunities for better health by investing in health where it starts—in our homes, schools, and jobs.

Building Resilience

A growing network of leaders in research, policy and practice are leading the way in preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and mit...

Pioneer Pitch Day

Pioneer Pitch Day is an opportunity for innovators with ideas for transforming health and health care to pitch their ideas live and in perso...

Alcohol and Life Expectancy: Unraveling the Mystery of Why Nondrinkers Have Higher Risk of Premature Death

Patrick M. Krueger recently co-authored a study that examines the characteristics and mortality risks of nondrinker subgroups to explain why...

Quality Field Notes: Appropriate ED Use

Key lessons learned by regional alliances of providers, patients, and payers in AF4Q communities as they work to reduce inappropriate emerge...

Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Truth About ACEs

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is working to increase awareness and understanding of the impact of ACEs and the need to develop effectiv...

‘Adverse Childhood Experiences’: Early Life Events that Can Damage our Adult Health

RWJF.org recently pulled together a collection of resources on “adverse childhood experiences”—how common they are and what they can mean fo...

Tootsie’s Story: Medical Error Takes a Life

RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar Jennifer Bellot writes about losing her grandmother to complications from a medical error.