Reform in Action: Improving Quality in Hospitals
August 23, 2012
AF4Q is working with nearly 300 hospitals in 16 communities to develop, test, implement, and spread quality improvement strategies.
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Reform in Action: Improving Quality in Hospitals
August 23, 2012 | Issue Brief/Infographic
AF4Q is working with nearly 300 hospitals in 16 communities to develop, test, implement, and spread quality improvement strategies.
Allies Against Asthma: A Program to Combine Clinical and Public Health Approaches to Chronic Illness
National Program
To support community-based coalitions aimed at improving efforts to control pediatric asthma.
Researchers Identify Four Key Areas to Reduce Health Care Disparities and Save Lives of African Americans and Hispanics
October 6, 2009 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry estimated the impact that eliminating disparities in health care between racial and ethnic minorities and whites would have on minority health.
The Use of Electronic Health Records in U.S. Hospitals
March 26, 2009 | Journal Article
This study examined all acute care member hospitals of the American Hospital Association to determine how many used Electronic Health Records (EHR), and examined specific characteristics to help identify barriers and facilitators to EHR adoption.
Technology Target Studies
January 1, 2008 | Report
This product was provided to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation by the grantee organization, American Academy of Nursing Inc.
Nurses' Clinical Reasoning
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Nurses use clinical reasoning to prevent medication errors, saving lives and increasing the efficiency of the health care system.
Nurses and Medication Management
December 16, 2011 | Program Result Report
Interdisciplinary research teams at four institutions examined nursing's role in - and contribution to - medication management in hospital and transitional care settings.
Measuring the Contributions of Nurses to High-Value Health Care
May 18, 2011 | Program Result Report
Creating a set of measures that would make the connection between what nurses do and the quality of care patients receive and studying their implementation in hospitals.
Supporting Regional Response Team Learning Networks
June 3, 2010 | Program Result Report
In December 2005 RWJF funded nine hospital associations and health care systems with grants of up to $150,000 apiece for each to work with at least 25 of their member hospitals to establish rapid response teams.