Interview
Lessons From Boston
RWJF Clinical Scholar Jeremiah Schuur, MD, an emergency physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, helped treat many of the Boston Marathon bombing victims. Here's what he learned.
Emergency Preparedness and Response
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Public Health Response to Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy presented some of the greatest public health and emergency preparedness challenges from extreme weather in recent history, leaving dozens dead, and millions without power across a wide swath of the Northeast. This superstorm tested the capabilities of the public health system, and public health officials responded in heroic fashion. Public Health is there to help keep our communities safe and healthy before, through, and after storms like Hurricane Sandy.
How Ready is Your State for a Health Emergency?
Ready or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism
The 10th annual Ready or Not? report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows persistent gaps in states’ preparedness to respond to events ranging from bioterrorist threats to hurricanes to serious disease outbreaks.
Focus on Public Health
Geographic Variations in Public Health Spending
As state and local health departments cope with budget cuts, job losses, and the demands of preparing communities for both seasonal and H1N1 flu, it’s more important than ever to build the evidence for what works—and what is cost-effective—in public health. Public Health Services and Systems Research answers questions about how public health can be structured, managed, staffed, funded, and organized so it can improve the lives of the people it serves.
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Lessons from Boston: Providing Trauma Care
April 26, 2013 | Story
An RWJF Clinical Scholar shares lessons from the Brigham and Women’s ER on the day of the Boston Marathon bombing.
A Global Perspective on Health Care
October 10, 2011 | Story
RWJF Clinical Scholar uses personal connection to disaster-stricken country to help improve quality of care, inform research.
We Can Prevent a Health Crisis
December 15, 2005 | Commentary/Story
In this commentary, the Honorable Thomas H. Kean, M.A., chairman of the board of trustees of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., Foundation president and CEO, propose a three-pronged strategy to prepare for public health emergencies. This commentary appeared on the opinion page of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Disaster Preparedness and Children is Focus of RWJF Fellow's Work
September 23, 2009 | Story
October report will go to President Obama.
Utilizing a Pediatric Emergency Preparedness Toolkit
August 11, 2009 | Story
Using the toolkit, hospitals can improve the overall quality of pediatric emergency care across the country by meeting national guidelines for care issued by ACEP and the AAP.
Health & Society Scholar Evaluates Effects of Chlorine Gas Disaster
February 26, 2009 | Story
Graniteville, S.C., event has national implications.
Nurse Heroes
December 6, 2012 | Story
Nurses step up to serve in Hurricane Sandy, and the public, the press and even the president take note.
In the Media: Image of Nurse Rescuing Newborn Goes Viral After Hurricane Sandy
December 6, 2012 | Story
Image of nurse rescuing newborn goes viral after Hurricane Sandy.
Three Massachusetts Health Organizations Help the State Prepare for Emergencies
October 30, 2012 | Story
Children's Hospital Corporation (Massachusetts) worked with public health partners to improve data sharing and communication between state and local health departments by analyzing and redesigning a web-based bioterrorism preparedness system.
A Director of Public Health Informatics Helps New York State Train Local Health Departments on Common Ground Methods
October 30, 2012 | Story
Geraldine Johnson, MS, used Common Ground business-process analysis tools to provide quality improvement training to local, regional, and state health department staff in New York.