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A Phased Cluster-randomized Trial of Rural Hospitals Testing a Quality Collaborative to Improve Heart Failure Care

May 1, 2013 | Journal Article

Nurse staffing stability associated with improved performance measures in heart failure care in rural hospitals according to this study.

How Does Health Reform Affect Rural America?

April 25, 2013 | Program Result

From 2009 to 2011, the Rural Policy Research Institute examined the impact of health reform proposals and the Affordable Care Act on rural people, places, and providers, and gave policy-makers unbiased, nonpartisan analysis.

How Will Health Reform Impact Rural Communities?

February 26, 2013 | Program Result

Researchers at the University of Southern Maine examined the potential impact of the 2010 Affordable Care Act on rural communities, and suggested strategies for ensuring that their residents benefit from new health insurance options and financing.

Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living

February 25, 2013 | Program Result

Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living is a national program to develop affordable models of assisted living, with a focus on smaller and rural communities and low-income seniors.

Ashoka Looks Internationally for Great Ideas

February 20, 2013 | Program Result

Ashoka: Innovators for the Public sponsored an online competition to identify innovative health care programs in developing countries with potential to be replicated in the United States and selected three winners from 373 entries.

The Health Impact Project: Advancing Smarter Policies for Healthier Communities

November 26, 2012 | Program Result

The Health Impact Project is advancing the use of health impact assessments (HIAs), used to determine the potential health effects of a proposed policy or project. Interest in HIAs is growing at the local, state, tribal and federal levels.

A Foundation's Innovative Grant Program Supports Unconventional Health-Care Solutions

October 28, 2012 | Journal Article

The Pioneer Portfolio is the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s innovation arm, committed to harnessing a pipeline of ideas to serve the social good.

Obesity and Health Risk of Children in the Mississippi Delta

October 1, 2012 | Journal Article

Elementary school-age children in the Mississippi Delta have a troubling distinction: a large percentage of them are overweight or obese, based on body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratios. Assessing the impact of health policies, this study suggests, requires consistent measures of multiple weight-related outcomes, including BMI and waist-to-height ratio.

Overhauling a Tribal Food System

April 11, 2012 | Program Result

The Mvskoke Food Sovereignty Initiative in rural Oklahoma brings together tribal decisionmakers, health experts and farmers to help overhaul the local food system, address obesity among native people and reconnect with traditional tribal practices.

Post-Katrina, Mental Health Services Needed

February 15, 2012 | Program Result

Coastal Family Health Center staff was trained by Utah's Intermountain Healthcare on the "mental health integration model," which incorporates mental health care into primary care practice, and began to pilot the approach in its Gulf Coast clinics.

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