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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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.
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.
Baltimore Begins to Plan a Better Health System for Sandtown-Winchester
March 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The City of Baltimore Department of Health developed a plan for a comprehensive, financially sustainable, community-based health care delivery system that would eliminate barriers to access and focus on prevention in an underserved neighborhood.
Helping Restore the "Big Charity" in New Orleans
January 25, 2012 | Program Result Report
One casualty of Hurricane Katrina was the hospital known as "Big Charity" - which had provided care to thousands of uninsured New Orleans' residents. LSU Health Care Services Division is using "evidence-based design" to plan a new top-tier hospital.
Advancing Recovery
May 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Partnerships between providers and policy-makers to boost evidence-based treatment of substance use yielded important treatment successes. This study examines the outcomes of the RWJF national initiative Advancing Recovery.
Advancing Recovery: State/Provider Partnerships for Quality Addiction Care
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To support partnerships between treatment provider organizations that deliver care and states.
Chronic Care
February 1, 2010 | Report
A 2010 update of the RWJF’s 2002 chartbook, Chronic Care: Making the Case for Ongoing Care examines the impact of chronic conditions on individuals and their caregivers, as well as the inadequacies of the U.S. health care system to meet their needs.
RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America to Release Recommendations Report
March 12, 2009 | Story
Overall health will not improve until factors outside of the medical care system also are addressed.
Launching the Mid South Health Initiative for the People of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi
October 17, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Foundation for the Mid South engaged stakeholders in a planning process to launch the Mid South Health Initiative, designed to identify strategies that would improve the health of people in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.