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October 18, 2012 | Issue Brief
New community benefit requirements under the Affordable Care Act include community health needs assessments and improvement plans, as well as additional consumer protections on financial assistance, billing, and collections practices.
December 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. States collect billions of dollars in tobacco revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes—with less than two cents of every dollar going to fight tobacco use.
February 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
In this new policy brief, Extending the Cure (ETC) summarizes the latest research about the effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing doctor's over-prescribing of antibiotics.
January 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Supported by an RWJF grant, Ranking the Risks lists the number of illnesses, costs, and overall public health burden of specific microbes in particular types of food.
August 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
This policy brief from RWJF grantee Extending the Cure examines phages the advantages and disadvantages of phage therapy, other potential applications and the road ahead
May 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
This brief from Extending the Cure looks at ITFAR's origins, action plan and future direction.
January 10, 2010 | Issue Brief
Under its Advancing Public Health Policy and Practice solicitation, RWJF funded 16 projects and the Center for Creative Leadership produced Knowledge Assets that synthesize the work and learnings from these projects.
October 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Opportunities to save antibiotics while improving the health and health care.
March 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
This policy brief from RWJF grantee Extending the Cure looks at the obstacles around developing a staph vaccine.
February 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Ambitious agenda planned for first year webinar series to begin this month.