July 31, 2008
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Story
When nurse leaders in Texas sought to address a shortage of nursing professors, they presented a stark reality to their Legislature. A 2007 study published by the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies revealed that nurses in academia earned $52 ...
May 1, 1999
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Program Result
From 1992 to 1993, the State of Montana sought to prepare, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of its health policy development and program management. It was interested in evaluating its health objectives and merging key health care data systems within the state.
May 1, 1999
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Program Result
During 1992 and 1993, a 25-member Interagency Work Group (IWG), under the leadership of the under secretary of Connecticut's Office of Policy and Management, sought to improve the state's health statistics in order to focus more clearly on the area of maternal and child health.
May 1, 1999
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Program Result
From 1992 to 1997, the California Health Information for Policy Project (CHIPP) sought to enrich the state's health information, particularly in the area of primary care.
May 1, 1999
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Program Result
From 1992 to 1997, North Carolina sought to develop a proactive, cooperative health information system to enhance the state's capacity to meet its health care policy needs.
February 1, 1999
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Program Result
The University of Maryland Baltimore County's Center for Health Program Development and Management contributed to the design, project management and evaluation of Maryland's High-Risk Patient Management Initiative.
March 1, 1999
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Program Result
From 1995 to 1997, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) conducted research, produced publications and conferences, and provided technical assistance to state governments on the issue of immigrant access to health care.
January 1, 1998
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Program Result
Battelle Memorial Institute carried out 10 in-depth ethnographic studies that supplemented a study of vendor compliance with laws restricting minors' access to tobacco conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Office on Smoking and Health.
March 1, 1998
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Program Result
The Hospital Educational Research Trust, Chicago, co-sponsored two Leadership Action Forums designed to foster effective collaboration between the public and private sectors that would result in improved community health.
April 1, 1998
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Program Result
The George Washington University Center for Health Services Research and Policy examined immunization practices of managed care plans in a Los Angeles County community with high levels of under-immunized infants, toddlers and preschoolers.