New Jersey Health Initiatives
November 22, 2011 | Program Results Report
New Jersey Health Initiatives supports innovative projects by nonprofit, community-based organizations to improve the health and health care of the state's residents.
Access and Barriers to Care
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Dialing for Health Care
May 1, 2002 | Program Results Report
Health Care For All evaluated, upgraded and expanded Helpline, its consumer information and referral service that provides information and assistance to consumers who face financial, cultural or other systemic barriers to accessing needed health care services.
Access to Care Impacts Hospitalization Rates for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
April 30, 2001 | Program Results Report
The University of California studied access to primary care in selected communities to assess whether hospitalization rates for certain chronic conditions typically managed by outpatient care are valid and useful measures of community access to care.
Survey Identifies Health Care Use and Needs of Undocumented Hispanic Immigrants
May 31, 2000 | Program Results Report
From 1996 to 1999, researchers from the People-To-People Health Foundation (commonly known as the Project HOPE Center for Health Affairs) conducted a survey on:
Richard Payne, MD, PhD
October 1, 2005 | Story
As an undergraduate at Yale University, Richard Payne, MD, MPH, completed a BA in molecular biophysics and biochemistry. He was awarded his MD from Harvard University in 1977.
Eniola Mudasiru, Minority Medical Education Program, 2001
April 17, 2006 | Story
Once she completes her residency in one of several internal medicine sub-specialties she is considering, Mudasiru would like to practice both here and in her native country.
Rev. Micheal Elliott, MDiv, MSW
June 1, 2006 | Story
In 2000, Micheal Elliott won a Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Award, one of only 10 awarded each year to grassroots health leaders around the country.
Kevin B. Johnson, MD
November 6, 2006 | Story
When pediatrician Kevin Johnson, M.D., talks to a young patient, there is no chart in his hands. There is a desktop workstation in front of him and the child.
Developing Insights into Disparities
November 1, 2007 | Story
Race and ethnicity affects how patients and their physicians interact and can impact health outcomes.
Nebraska Launches Regional Networks to Provide Health Care in Rural Communities
March 1, 2000 | Program Results Report
The State of Nebraska Department of Health launched five regional networks that have improved access to care in rural areas, offered managed care products to rural consumers, and enhanced recruitment and retention efforts of rural physicians.