RWJF President and CEO Named to Prestigious Forbes and Modern Healthcare Lists
August 27, 2012 | Story
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, named among 'the world's 100 most powerful women' and '100 Most Influential People in Healthcare.
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Improving the Science of Continuous Quality Improvement Program and Evaluation
June 25, 2012 | Program Result Report
Improving the Science of Continuous Quality Improvement Program and Evaluation funded nine teams of researchers to address a core question within health care environments: "How will we know that change is an improvement?"
Selected Ad Hoc Grants
July 4, 2012 | Program Result Report
Program Results Topic Summary: RWJF's Strategy and Direction to Improve Health Care Quality 1972 to 2006
The First National Snapshot of Health Care Quality in the United States
March 12, 2012 | Program Result Report
From 1997 to 2002, researchers with the RAND Corporation assessed the quality of care delivered to a large sample of patients living in 12 U.S. communities. This work provided the first national snapshot of health care quality in the United States.
Breaking Through the Denial about Health Care Quality in the United States
March 12, 2012 | Program Result Report
That Americans get only half of recommended care is not an easy message to deliver - or for people to receive. RAND researchers undertook an intensive communications campaign in hopes that their "bad news" would spur changes in health care policy.
We Want to Know Your Thoughts about the TEDMED Great Challenges
April 10, 2012 | Story
The TEDMED conference brings together leaders from a wide array of medical and non-medical disciplines to explore the future of health and medicine.
What's the best treatment for the health care system?
October 21, 2011 | Story
A Profile of R. Adams Dudley, MD, MBA, 2001-2011.
What Makes for Successful Health Care System Redesign? Team at Boston University's School of Public Health Identifies Five Critical Factors
August 27, 2009 | Program Result Report
A conceptual model of organizational transformation can help health care organizations achieve high levels of quality for patients while remaining profitable.
Building Health Systems for People with Chronic Illnesses
June 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
From 1992 through 2002, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) funded Building Health Systems for People With Chronic Illnesses.
2003 Conference Introduces Complexity Science and Its Potential to Improve Health Care
April 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
In March 2003, the Plexus Institute hosted a two-day summit and a pre-conference workshop on the applications of "complexity science" to the field of health care.