Patient Engagement
February 14, 2013 | Issue Brief
People actively involved in their health and health care tend to have better outcomes—and, some evidence suggests, lower costs.
Consumer Engagement
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Strengthening Affordability and Quality in America's Health Care System
April 1, 2013 | Report
A diverse group of health care stakeholders present their recommendations for controlling costs and improving the quality of our health care system.
Health Care Quality Transparency
July 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
The authors of this brief conclude that until consumers realize the tremendous variations in the quality of hospitals and physicians, quality reporting will largely serve as a way to motivate providers to improve their performance.
Choosing a Health Care Provider
May 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
The Role of Quality Information
2004 Book Gives Information to Help Consumers Navigate the Health Care System
May 1, 2005 | Program Result
In 2004, the Foundation for Accountability (FACCT), Portland, Ore., helped research and supervise content review of a book, Understanding Healthcare, that is designed to help consumers navigate the health care system.
Brooklyn Community-Library Partnerships Increase Public's Access to Health Information
March 1, 2003 | Program Result
Starting in August 1999, Libraries for the Future, a national organization located in New York, advocating for increased use of public libraries, led a coalition of organizations in its efforts to increase the public's access to health information.
RWJF Supports NPR Health Reporting
July 29, 2009 | Program Result
Between 2003 and 2008 the Health Reporting Unit at National Public Radio: produced 4,650 health and health care-related stories, and hired veteran health correspondent Julie Rovner as a full-time reporter, focusing on health care and health policy.
State of Today's Health Care
June 1, 2003 | Program Result
New York-based survey research firm Harris Interactive (formerly known as Louis Harris & Associates) and FACCT, a nonprofit consumer health research organization based in Portland, Ore., fielded and analyzed two nationwide surveys in 2000 – one of consumers and the other of physicians.
Support to NPR Increases Airtime for Health Care Reporting
December 1, 2001 | Program Result
From 1986 to 1999, National Public Radio (NPR) increased its coverage of health policy and health care issues.
Consumers and Public Health Representatives Gain a Voice at a National Meeting
December 1, 2000 | Program Result
RWJF provided scholarship funds to include consumer and public health representation at a national meeting on creating a broad-based, consumer-oriented, health information organization called the Valeo Initiative.