Many Physicians Failing Social Media 101
March 28, 2012 | Story
State medical boards report an increase in reports of doctors behaving badly online. A grantee works to identify problems and develop Internet guidelines for medical professionals.
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In the Media: Group Helps Nurses Navigate New Social Media Terrain
February 26, 2012 | Story
Educate nurses about the importance of patient privacy in an era during which social media use is exploding.
Patients Ready to Share Information
December 19, 2011 | Story
Related websites RWJF Clinical Scholars RWJF Scholars, Fellows and Leadership programs A survey of patients who use an electronic system to manage their personal health information found that most would like to share access to this system with other ...
Communications Corner
October 31, 2011 | Story
Leaders' Link e-Newsletter: September/October 2011.
What's Next Health: Jake Porway
May 15, 2013 | Story/Video
The What's Next Health series features leading thinkers and visionaries. Jake Porway, a data scientist and machine-learning enthusiast, talks about big data.
New Studies by RWJF Clinical Scholars Examine Child Abuse in United States and Five Other Countries
December 6, 2010 | Story
Twin studies find that parents commonly resort to physical punishment to discipline children and that bias in evaluation for child abuse persists at U.S. children's hospitals.
Are Social Media Threatening Medical Professionalism?
December 6, 2010 | Story
Tweeting, posting personal updates on your wall and blogging about hot-button issues is the new social norm. But medical professionals may need to follow careful guidelines for online conduct to protect patients and their own careers.
In the Media: Hospital Ban Stirs Debate About Social Networking Media
February 25, 2010 | Story
Hospital ban stirs debate about social networking media.
Incubating Innovation in U.S. Health Care Policy
January 11, 2012 | Story
Lynn Etheredge's Ideas Facilitate Policy to Improve Quality and Reduce Costs.
Collecting Data on Patient Race, Ethnicity and Primary Language to Help Hospitals Improve Quality of Care
June 4, 2008 | Toolkit/Story
Expecting Success, the nation's first multihospital collaborative focused on reducing disparities, helped 10 hospitals measure the quality of cardiac treatment they provide to patients based on their race, ethnicity and primary language.