Few Early-Career Registered Nurses Participating in Hospital Quality Improvement Activities
February 11, 2013 | Story
New RWJF-funded study looks at hospitals in 15 states.
Quality of Care
Americans receive only about half of the recommended care they should receive. Adopting quality improvement strategies, reducing racial and ethnic disparities in care, and changing how care is delivered at the local level can improve the care all Americans receive.
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A Career Comes Full Circle
September 6, 2012 | Story
Nancy Zionts, chief program officer for the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF), documents the steady rise of nurse Maureen Saxon-Gioia, whose career got a boost from RWJF and JHF.
RWJF Scholars Team Up to Improve Access to Specialty Care
January 3, 2011 | Story
Clinical Scholars launch Project Access-New Haven, a nonprofit group that enhances access to specialty care for low-income, uninsured patients.
More Nursing on RWJF.org, May 2013
May 8, 2013 | Story
National Nurses Week, Action Coalitions speak out, and more.
Making Health Care Work
May 2, 2013 | Story
Kelly Devers, PhD, a Scholar in RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research program (1994-96), works at the Urban Institute, evaluating changes in the health care system that will save money and improve care, including the use of medical homes.
Improving Patient Care by Improving Nurses' Work Environment
November 28, 2011 | Story
RN Work Project Study reveals that physical environment, workgroup cohesion play significant roles in nurses' ratings of quality of patient care.
Recent Research About Nursing, November 2012
November 8, 2012 | Story
New studies find that nurses are reliable assessors of their hospitals’ quality of care, and that nurse managers' own adherence to safety practices has broad effect.
Opening a Door on a Life Dedicated to Improving Care
July 12, 2012 | Story
RWJF Investigator and journalist Michael Millenson's landmark book on quality, and his subsequent crusade, helped radicalize a new generation.
WEBCAST: Project ECHO and Veterans Affairs Launch Initiative to Expand Specialty Care to Veterans
July 5, 2012 | Story
Watch live Wednesday, July 11, 2012, at 10 a.m. ET.
We're Glad You Could Join Us at Health Data Initiative III: The Health Datapalooza!
June 5, 2012 | Story
RWJF became one of the founding organizations of the Health Data Consortium, which was formed to encourage the creation of a health data ecosystem that promotes and accelerates the innovative use of health data.