What's Next Health: Jake Porway
May 15, 2013 | Story/Video
The What's Next Health series features leading thinkers and visionaries. Jake Porway, a data scientist and machine-learning enthusiast, talks about big data.
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What's Next Health
May 15, 2013 | Feature
What's Next Health: Conversations with Pioneers features leading thinkers and visionaries helping us explore ideas and trends important to the future of health and health care.
Teen Pregnancy Increases Obesity Risk
May 15, 2013 | Story
RWJF Scholar finds link to late life weight gain in young moms.
What's Next Health: danah boyd
May 15, 2013 | Story/Video
The What's Next Health series features leading thinkers and visionaries. danah boyd—social scientist and high priestess of Internet friendship—challenge our assumptions and discusses what this means for health.
Introducing What’s Next Health: Conversations with Pioneers
May 15, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
We're pleased to introduce What’s Next Health: Conversations with Pioneers, a new series here at RWJF that explores the future of health and health care, asks the big questions, and looks to the cutting-edge for solutions.
Accreditation: A NewPublicHealth Q&A with Georgia Heise
May 15, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Accreditation: A NewPublicHealth Q&A with Georgia Heise
Public Health News Roundup: May 15
May 15, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Public Health News Roundup: May 15
Will Dr. Robot Open New Doors for Nurses?
May 15, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Widespread adoption of technological innovations has the potential to elevate and enhance nurses’ role in patient care. "We suggest that nurses should embrace rather than fear these innovations," the authors write.
Effects on School Climate, Academic Learning, Student Social Skills and Behavior
May 15, 2013 | Evaluation
Mathematica Policy Research and the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University conducted a randomized controlled trial of Playworks.
Nurse Practitioners and Primary Care
May 15, 2013 | Issue Brief
Nurse practitioners can help meet the growing need for primary care, if state and federal policy-makers remove barriers that limit their ability to provide, and get paid for, a wider range of preventive services and acute care.