Relation Between Optimism and Lipids in Midlife
February 25, 2013 | Journal Article
Optimism was positively correlated with HDL cholesterol and triglycerides, but was not associated with LDL cholesterol and total cholesterol.
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A Prospective Study of Positive Early Life Psychosocial Factors and Favorable Cardiovascular Risk in Adulthood
January 22, 2013 | Journal Article
Protecting and enhancing early life psychosocial assets lay the foundation for adult cardiovascular health.
Association Between Optimism and Serum Antioxidants in the Midlife in the United States Study
January 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Optimism—as well as fruit and vegetable consumption and multivitamin use—found to be positively related to physical health.
A Foundation's Innovative Grant Program Supports Unconventional Health-Care Solutions
October 28, 2012 | Journal Article
The Pioneer Portfolio is the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s innovation arm, committed to harnessing a pipeline of ideas to serve the social good.
Advancing the Role of Rapid Learning in Mainstream Health Care
March 25, 2013 | Program Result Report
Developing and promoting a rapid-learning health system, in which health information in large databases is analyzed to improve health care - the work of Lynn Etheredge and the Health Insurance Reform Project at George Washington University.
A Patient's View of OpenNotes
October 2, 2012 | Journal Article
The authors discuss the positive outcomes from a year-long experimental study, OpenNotes, where patients could access their doctor’s notes.
Pushing the Envelope of Electronic Patient Portals to Engage Patients
October 2, 2012 | Journal Article
This editorial discusses OpenNotes, an experiment where patients were allowed to access their primary care providers’ electronic notes via patient portals.
Project ECHO: A Model for Complex, Chronic Care in the Pacific Northwest Region of the United States
September 28, 2012 | Journal Article
This article discusses Project ECHO’s expansion in the U.S. Pacific Northwest in 2009. Weekly videoconferences focused on hepatitis C, chronic pain, integrated addictions and psychiatry, and HIV/AIDS.
Making Sense of Mobile Health Data
August 9, 2012 | Journal Article
Mobile phones, and smartphones in particular, have the potential to support chronic disease prevention and management in daily life. For example, mobile health (mHealth) applications can help people manage their diabetes, assist in smoking cessation ...
Project HealthDesign-- Phase II
October 19, 2011 | Report
Using new technologies such as smartphones and sensors, teams are designing applications that can be used by real people to improve their health, better engage in their health care and enhance patient-provider communication.