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May 1, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) this year celebrates its 40th anniversary as a national philanthropy. Over the course of the year, RWJF is recognizing its “Force Multipliers”—the programs and policies supported by the Foundation that have ...
May 24, 2012 | Program Result Report
The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center works with health professional organizations and institutions to increase their members' motivation and capability to assist smokers in quitting.
April 25, 2012 | Story
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February 27, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
For 40 years, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has been investing in people, or “human capital,” with the potential to be bold, innovative change agents, capable of improving the health and health care of all Americans. Watch a video featur ...
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.
July 27, 2011 | Story
Just being in a medically oriented academic environment with people from a wide variety of backgrounds was valuable, Cordero says. "For me, it was like Wow - there are some Native Americans who are doctors."
April 12, 2006 | Journal Article
Blinded peer review of research, in which the author's identity and institutional affiliation are concealed from the reviewer, is commonly used to reduce the influence of other criteria such as geographic location or institutional prestige, but litt ...
June 12, 2006 | Journal Article
Transfers of responsibility for patient care between physicians are events that are particularly susceptible to communication failure, a critical issue for patient safety. This study, the first national assessment of transfer management in residency ...
August 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Most physicians and hospitals are paid the same regardless of the quality of the health care they provide, but increasing numbers of health programs link payment to physician and hospital performance as an incentive to improve the quality of care. T ...
December 1, 2003 | Journal Article
Poor training in pediatric palliative care contributes to care that is often fragmented and may neglect the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of the child and family.