Changing Policies and the Physical Environment So Children and Families Can Eat Well and Move More
February 14, 2012 | Story
A profile of Sarah Strunk, MHA, director of Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities.
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NEJM Study: Primary Care Clinicians Can Treat Hepatitis C as Effectively as Specialists Through New Delivery Model
June 1, 2011 | News Release
University of New Mexico's Project ECHO poised to spread best practices, eliminate barriers to treatment and improve health care quality across the United States.
Virtual Knowledge Network Enables Primary Care Providers to Offer Best Practice Care for Complex Diseases
May 16, 2011 | Story
Sanjeev Arora, MD, started Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) in 2004 to leverage scarce specialist resources and expand access to treatment for patients with hepatitis C throughout New Mexico.
Project ECHO
February 15, 2011 | Story/Video
A Force Multiplier: Spreading Medical Knowledge, Expanding Health Care Capacity
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.
Pathways of Caring: Model Program to Provide Comprehensive Palliative Care to Veterans
May 15, 2008 | Program Result
The West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center operated Pathways of Caring to help dying veterans receiving health care services at the medical center.
Rev. Micheal Elliott, MDiv, MSW
June 1, 2006 | Story
In 2000, Micheal Elliott won a Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Award, one of only 10 awarded each year to grassroots health leaders around the country.
Policy, Nursing Leaders Discuss Strategies to Improve Health Care Systems at Initiative on the Future of Nursing Forum
December 20, 2009 | Story
Many tasks of primary care physicians can be performed by nurses, one lawmaker says, and expanding nurses' responsibilities can help increase access to care.
Effects of Nurse Staffing and Nurse Education on Patient Deaths in Hospitals With Different Nurse Work Environments
November 30, 2011 | Journal Article
Nurse staffing improvements have the greatest positive effect in hospitals with the best nurse working environments.
New Report Shows Importance of Calculating Full Cost Savings of Obesity Prevention
March 21, 2012 | News Release/Story
Highlighting obesity-related medical expenses, economists recommend 25-year window for scoring legislative proposals.