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June 5, 2008 | Toolkit/Video
Ten hospitals with racially and ethnically diverse patient populations participated in Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care, a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation aimed at improving quality of cardiac care while reducing racial, ethnic and language disparities. All 10 hospitals improved the quality of care being provided to their heart failure and heart attack patients.
June 4, 2008 | Story
The program places strong emphasis on integrating evaluation into the hiring and ongoing job performance reviews of all interpreters.
June 4, 2008 | Toolkit/Story
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Hospital instituted rapid response teams to "rescue" patients before a crisis occurs.
June 4, 2008 | Toolkit
This toolkit provides advice to hospitals on improving quality and accessibility of language services.
July 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
In this 2003 to 2005 project, researchers from the Urban Institute examined the dynamics of health insurance coverage and public health insurance eligibility from 1996 to 2000 and assessed the impact of public policy and economic changes on coverage.
July 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
Pharmacogenomics is the study of how inherited variations in genes dictate a person's reaction to a drug. Louis F. Rossiter, PhD, and other researchers examined how pharmacogenomics fits within the current health care market.
August 22, 2008 | Program Result Report
An article in Health Affairs proposed a combination of liberal and conservative strategies for extending health care coverage to uninsured Americans, combining tax credits with an expansion of public insurance programs.
August 28, 2008 | Program Result Report
Researchers explored ways to define and measure the value of governmental public health systems through a literature review and interviews with 46 public health practitioners, policy-makers and academics.
January 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
Community Health Councils, Inc. Los Angeles, developed community health councils composed of consumers, providers, and representatives from community-based organizations.
March 20, 2007 | News Release
The gap in black and white life expectancy has declined.