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May 21, 2013 | New Public Health Post
May is Stroke Awareness Month, but only 38% of Americans know common stroke symptoms. New this year to help increase awareness is a free smartphone app from the American Stroke Association.
May 20, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
One of the themes of TEDMED 2013 was the creative and thoughtful use of big data and small data to improve health and health care.
May 15, 2013 | Story/Video
The What's Next Health series features leading thinkers and visionaries. Executive director of FutureMed, Daniel Kraft, MD, discusses approaches to "escape velocity" in health care.
May 15, 2013 | Story/Video
The What's Next Health series features leading thinkers and visionaries. danah boyd—social scientist and high priestess of Internet friendship—challenge our assumptions and discusses what this means for health.
May 15, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
We're pleased to introduce What’s Next Health: Conversations with Pioneers, a new series here at RWJF that explores the future of health and health care, asks the big questions, and looks to the cutting-edge for solutions.
May 15, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Widespread adoption of technological innovations has the potential to elevate and enhance nurses’ role in patient care. "We suggest that nurses should embrace rather than fear these innovations," the authors write.
May 12, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
New York University (NYU) College of Nursing is expanding its simulation program, which will enhance its interprofessional education efforts.
April 4, 2013 | Story
Searing experience led RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar to use ‘glass orb’ technology to create a tool to detect premature infant pain.
April 1, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
OpenNotes is an effort to convince patients, families, and clinicians to share openly any and, most often, all material that pertains to a patient’s care. The goal is to improve communication and help patients engage more actively in their care.
March 25, 2013 | Program Result Report
Developing and promoting a rapid-learning health system, in which health information in large databases is analyzed to improve health care - the work of Lynn Etheredge and the Health Insurance Reform Project at George Washington University.