Data-Driven Management Strategies in Public Health Collaboratives

March 1, 2011 | Journal Article

This article demonstrates a data-driven management approach to implementing quality improvement in public health collaboratives.

Communication Efforts Among Local Health Departments and Health Care Professionals During the 2009 H1N1 Outbreak

January 1, 2011 | Journal Article

A study evaluating communication between local health departments (LHDs) and health care professionals in Kentucky during the outbreak of influenza H1N1 found that communication between LHDs and physicians and pharmacists was inadequate.

NACCHO Commends Launch of National Public Health Accreditation Program

September 14, 2011 | News Release

Lighting the Way to a Career in Medicine

July 26, 2011 | Story

A Community Health Leader shows young people how to make their dreams of becoming medical professionals come true. Here, Lynne Holden, M.D., talks about the scope of her program and program graduates tell their stories (video).

An Emerging Middle Ground?

July 6, 2009 | Report

The report identifies and explores eight areas in which diverse business, medical and consumer interests are beginning to find middle ground and earn the support of bipartisan lawmakers.

Project ECHO

June 14, 2011 | Story

This disruptive model of health care education and delivery enables primary care doctors in underserved areas to provide top-quality care for complex conditions locally.

NEJM Study: Primary Care Clinicians Can Treat Hepatitis C as Effectively as Specialists Through New Delivery Model

June 1, 2011 | News Release

University of New Mexico's Project ECHO poised to spread best practices, eliminate barriers to treatment and improve health care quality across the United States.

Virtual Knowledge Network Enables Primary Care Providers to Offer Best Practice Care for Complex Diseases

May 16, 2011 | Story

Sanjeev Arora, MD, started Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) in 2004 to leverage scarce specialist resources and expand access to treatment for patients with hepatitis C throughout New Mexico.

Strengthening the Performance and Impact of Public Health Departments

May 12, 2011 | Program Result Report

RWJF's investments in public health services and systems research aim to document the organization, financing, performance and impact of public health departments with the goal of improving public health services and thus the health of the public.

Expanding Access to Hepatitis C Virus Treatment

June 11, 2010 | Journal Article

Specialized treatment for chronic conditions is often available only at large academic medical centers. Project ECHO is training primary care physicians in rural areas of New Mexico to deliver best practice care for many diseases.