Improving Care for Millions of Americans Living with Chronic Illness
August 15, 2012 | Feature/Story
"There had to be better integration and coordination of care, focusing on both medical and nonmedical needs."
Chronic Illness
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Change in Rx Label Design Has No Effect on Patient Medication Use, Safety or Health
September 30, 2009 | Program Result
Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston conducted a study to see if an improved label design for prescription drugs influenced patients' adherence to essential medications, safety and health outcomes for specific chronic diseases.
Speeding the Process of Making Medical Discoveries and Moving Them Into Treatment
July 29, 2009 | Program Result
From 2005 to 2008, the Myelin Repair Foundation of Saratoga, Calif., implemented the Accelerated Research Collaboration model, a focused strategy for structuring medical research.
Incubating Innovation in U.S. Health Care Policy
January 11, 2012 | Story
Lynn Etheredge's Ideas Facilitate Policy to Improve Quality and Reduce Costs.
Qualitative Evaluation of a Mobile Phone and Web-Based Collaborative Care Intervention for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
May 1, 2011 | Journal Article
For patients with chronic illness such as type 2 diabetes, the day-to-day management of their health can be a challenge.
Advancing the Field of Health Games
March 31, 2011 | Program Result
Progress and lessons learned from two programs that seek to advance the impact digital games can have on health.
Rethinking the Power and Potential of Personal Health Records
January 1, 2009 | Report
This report from Project HeathDesign captures key learnings from the work of the program's first nine grantee teams, as well as from its efforts to develop a common platform and explore the ethical, legal and social issues tied to next-generation personal health records (PHRs).
Busy at the Beehive: Low-Income and Low-Literate Patients Go Online to Find Help Managing Their Diabetes
July 1, 2010 | Program Result
Staff at One Economy Corporation created and expanded Manage Your Diabetes, an interactive Web site designed to help people with low incomes and low literacy skills monitor and control their diabetes.
RWJF Grant Supports Innovative Telehealth Model for Bringing Specialty Care to Rural and Underserved America
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.
New Funding Available to Explore Novel Use of Technologies that Improve Health
April 7, 2009 | News Release
Project HealthDesign to Explore Potential for Integrating Patient-recorded Observations of Daily Living into Clinical Care Processes