May 15, 2008
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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.
July 1, 2008
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Evaluation
This evaluation of the Quality Allies and New Health Partnerships learning communities focused on the second and third phases of a national initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The evaluation specifically focused on documenting the impact of the initiatives on systems of clinical care delivery and patient outcomes.
July 31, 2008
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Program Result
In a survey of more than 2,100 dual Medicare/Medicaid enrollees in six states, researchers found that 25 percent of all hospitalizations within one year were preventable.
February 21, 2007
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Program Result
A research team from Johns Hopkins University conducted an evaluation of Safe at Home - a program that provided a coordinated set of services to help the low-income elderly continue living in their own homes.
April 1, 2007
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Program Result
Staff at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, Va., prepared for the opening of an acute care unit located in the University of Virginia Medical Center.
June 5, 2007
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Program Result
Although emergency room physicians have the special qualifications and training needed to respond to a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina, they cannot be mobilized.
March 27, 2008
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Story
Research presentations by two Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) grantees shines a spotlight on one of the most important nursing processes.
January 1, 1998
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Program Result
Rush Prudential HMO in Chicago examined an interdisciplinary approach to the management of chronic disease that involved diet, exercise, smoking cessation and social interactions.
January 1, 1998
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Program Result
From 1995 to 1997, project staff at the Wellspring Foundation of Bethlehem, Conn., continued its residential retreat program for cancer patients.
December 1, 1998
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Program Result
The University of Miami School of Medicine assessed and further developed their existing continuing care management model of care for low-income chronically ill people in Dade County Fla.