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RWJF Clinical Scholar Alumnus Talks About "Business Side" of Patient Treatment

March 5, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post

Imagine this: you’ve had an accident and totaled your relatively inexpensive, extremely reliable car. The insurance company offers to replace it with a luxury car, at no extra cost. You know the luxury car may not last as long or work as well, but i ...

Nurse Burnout and Patient Satisfaction

February 1, 2004 | Journal Article

As nurse workloads increase, nurse burnout and job dissatisfaction become greater factors in the voluntary turnover that leads to understaffing of hospitals. Healthcare consumers rank this understaffing as a major threat to patient safety. As a cont ...

Disparities in Provider Elicitation of Parents' Developmental Concerns for US Children

November 1, 2011 | Journal Article

Latino and African-American children face disproportionate risk factors for developmental disorders this article presents new evidence that health care providers are less likely to engage African-American and Latino parents about concerns for their children's development.

Attention to Inpatients' Religious and Spiritual Concerns

November 1, 2011 | Journal Article

Hospitals may be leaving their patients' religious and spiritual needs unfulfilled despite believing they ought to be more involved, evidence suggests that a low percentage of physicians actually have religious or spiritual discussions with patients.

Giving Consumers and Purchasers More Input on Performance Measures

May 23, 2011 | Program Result Report

The Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project is a coalition of more than 50 leading employer, consumer and labor organizations that seeks to give consumers and health care purchasers a greater voice in deliberations over performance measures.

The Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative