Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars
March 25, 2013 | Program Result Report
The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program provides postdoctoral training for young physicians interested in research and leadership careers in health policy and academic medicine.
Online Professionalism Investigations by State Medical Boards
January 15, 2013 | Journal Article
With the widespread adoption of online networking and social media, doctors are expected to uphold high standards of online professionalism.
Physicians in the Substance Abuse Treatment Workforce
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Funding barriers were associated with organizations’ lack of physician employment.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research
October 21, 2011 | Program Result Report
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research is a national program that aims to build the capacity of the health policy field by offering general research support for innovative ideas that are unlikely to be funded elsewhere.
Health Tracking
March 19, 2012 | Program Result Report
Center for Studying Health System Change researchers tracked changes in the nation's health care system and developed policy analyses describing how those changes affect patients, providers, and others in their communities.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows
February 16, 2012 | Program Result Report
The RWJF Health Policy Fellows Program awards six fellowships per year to mid-career health professionals and behavioral and social scientists with an interest in health to take part in the health policy process at the federal level.
Patient, Resident Physician, and Visit Factors Associated with Documentation of Sexual History in the Outpatient Setting
August 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This study examines the inclusion of sexual history in health care maintenance visits at two urban university outpatient clinics. While an accurate sexual history is an important component to patient health, little is known about whether sexual histories are systematically undertaken in an outpatient setting.
Rapidly Evolving Physician-Payment Policy
December 8, 2010 | Journal Article
Physician payment reform holds the potential to improve quality of care while controlling costs.
The Continued Social Transformation of the Medical Profession
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article, from a supplement to the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, assesses the state of the medical profession. The authors emphasize the tension between a physician's self-interest and care of the patient in an increasingly commercialized health system.
Moving Reform to the Bedside
April 7, 2010 | Commentary
The health care reform debate was dominated by seasoned special interest groups and politicians in nearly every public forum. As Cary Gross, M. D., co-director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Clinical Scholars Program at Yale and Erica ...