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June 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Understanding the impact of video games in improving health outcomes was the focus of this systematic review. They study examined a total of 195 health outcomes. Video games involving physical or psychological therapy were most frequently successful at achieving their purpose.
June 15, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The program generated a forum for faculty and students that spectacularly transformed the learning experience. Students learned new language and ways to think differently about problems and solutions. Students learned by doing and developed an unexp ...
April 20, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
This approach was especially successful among African-Americans, who make up a large, and increasing, percentage of those in need of donated organs, but a relatively small portion of registered donors. Seventy-six percent of African-Americans who wa ...
October 27, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
By Roy L. Simpson, RN, C, FAAN, DPNAP, Vice President, Nursing, Cerner Corporation Technology erases the traditional boundaries of space and time, which allows nurses to access innovations in care, proven best practices and insights from academic re ...
June 23, 2011
The brisk pace of technological innovation is changing daily working life for health care providers and their patients. RWJF experts discuss what's new, what works and how to move forward.
April 21, 2011 | Story
A group of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars finds that rates of radical prostatectomies increase when hospitals invest in surgical robots.
March 29, 2011 | Story
Covering ground online, instead of on foot, may be the key to more effective community surveys.
March 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The authors recently found documentation discrepancies in 60 percent of resident daily-progress notes with respect to patient weight, medications, or vascular lines. To what extent information systems can decrease such discrepancies is unknown. The ...
March 30, 2004 | Program Result
The University of Massachusetts at Boston's Gerontology Institute conducted a research and demonstration project to encourage the use of low-cost adaptive equipment among older adult home care clients.
July 1, 2004 | Program Result
The National Institute for Health Care Management Research and Educational Foundation and the National Committee for Quality Health Care convened a conference to explore ways to accelerate the adoption of evidence-based innovations into medical practice.