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March 24, 2009 | Presentation Material
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey's testimony before the Committee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the U.S. House of Representatives on the importance of improving access to care for America's families.
January 31, 2004 | Program Result
The Center for Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Learning convened two meetings of the annual Congress of Health Professions Educators in Washington.
August 20, 2009 | News Release
New Mexico's Project ECHO offers solution to health care worker shortage while improving health outcomes for poor patients with serious chronic diseases.
January 1, 2007 | Book
The most consistent priority of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been to expand access to medical care for underserved individuals, a disproportionate number of whom live in rural areas. The Foundation has employed a number of approaches to improve health services for people living in rural areas. In this chapter, the award-winning author and frequent Anthology contributor Digby Diehl looks at a program designed to improve access to medical care for people living in some of the nation's most underserved areas?the rural South of the United States.
March 1, 2000 | Program Result
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.
March 1, 2000 | Program Result
From 1993 to 1997, the State of New Mexico Department of Health enhanced its efforts to recruit and retain primary care providers in underserved areas.
March 17, 2008 | Program Result
This report summarizes some of the lessons learned through RWJF-supported efforts to improve access to health care for Americans living in rural areas.
March 18, 2008 | Program Result
This report highlights lessons learned through RWJF investments in initiatives to encourage health care professionals to practice in rural areas and support them once they are established.
July 11, 2007 | Story
R³ program—Renewal, Resilience and Retention for Nurses—are similar to another prominent RWJF initiative to improve nurse retention.
June 26, 2008 | News Release
State teams convene to address nurse education capacity.