Heart Failure Strikes Younger African Americans at the Same Rate as Older Caucasians
March 18, 2009 | News Release
Treating hypertension and obesity key to heart failure prevention.
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Avoidable Hospitalizations in Cuyahoga County Fall by Nearly 3,000 for Patients with Common Cardiovascular Conditions, Saving More than $20 million
January 30, 2013 | News Release
Avoidable hospitalizations in Cuyahoga County, Ohio—one of RWJF’s Aligning Forces for Quality communities—fell by nearly 3,000 for patients with common cardiovascular conditions, saving more than $20 million in health care costs.
NCQA To Test Pioneering Way to Measure Quality, Foster Wider Use of Prevention Strategies
April 9, 2013 | News Release
NCQA and RWJF announced a new approach to measuring quality that will provide a more sensitive gauge of risk factors and make it possible to create clinically meaningful incentives for providers to improve disease prevention.
In Cardiac Resuscitation Less is Not More
September 4, 2012 | News Release
RWJF-supported research challenges conventional wisdom that longer resuscitation efforts may be futile.
Finding Answers Awards More Than $1.5 Million to Evaluate Interventions Aimed at Reducing Gaps in Health Care Among U.S. Racial and Ethnic Groups
October 19, 2009 | News Release
Seven grants given to organizations with demonstrated abilities to develop and test interventions to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health care.
RWJF Selects 15 Hospitals to Participate in National Quality Improvement Collaboratives
August 25, 2009 | News Release
Part of RWJF's "Aligning Forces for Quality" program, the efforts focus on improving quality of cardiac care for African-American and Hispanic patients, and more effective language services for patients who speak little English.
Significant Health Care Needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives Living in Urban Areas Go Unmet
November 1, 2007 | News Release
Urban Indian Health Commission reveals that urban Indians face a high incidence of heart disease, diabetes and depression, yet have minimal access to quality health care.