Find state-by-state injury death rates and rankings and a report card for how well states scored on 10 key indicators of steps states can take to prevent injuries.
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May 27, 2010 | Program Result
Sentara Healthcare, an integrated health care organization with eight acute care hospitals in Virginia, initiated a program in 2001 to prevent inpatient falls and fall-related injuries.
May 27, 2010 | Program Result
Iowa Health System - an integrated system operating in Iowa and western Illinois - implemented fall prevention in pilot units at three of its hospitals.
May 27, 2010 | Program Result
Staff reviewed the previous 22 injury falls in acute care settings at the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital in Tampa, Fla.
May 27, 2010 | Program Result
The Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center in Roseville, Calif., participated in RWJF's Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) national program.
May 27, 2010 | Program Result
Long Island Jewish Medical Center used its project in Prevention of Hospital Falls to build a reliable hospital-wide system for decreasing harm from falls.
May 27, 2010 | Program Result
United Hospital in St. Paul - a part of the Allina network of hospitals and other health services - developed and tested multiple steps to reduce harmful falls.
February 4, 2010 | Program Result
In January 2005, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Board of Trustees authorized $2,000,000 for relief from the devastating Tsunami that hit Thailand, Sri Lanka, Bande Ache, Indonesia, and other countries in December 2004.
February 20, 2004 | Program Result
From 1996 to 2001, staff at the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine disseminated guidelines on the treatment of low-back, hand and wrist injuries.
May 1, 2002 | Program Result
The American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, Ill., developed and oversaw the Firearm Injury Prevention Training Project to provide pediatricians with the skills and the resources necessary to reduce firearm injuries and deaths among children.
September 1, 2002 | Program Result
Researchers from Duke University Medical Center evaluated the Florida and Virginia administrative no-fault medical malpractice compensation programs for birth-related neurological injuries.