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May 28, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Human Capital section of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) website is frequently updated with stories, profiles and features about the work of the scholars, fellows and grantees the Foundation supports. Check out a few of the new stories ...
May 19, 2012 | Story
With her RWJF grant, a Community Health Leader funds an online program that brings brain injury survivors together despite distances and disabilities.
March 1, 2004 | Program Result
Alan B. Cohen, Sc.D., at the Boston University School of Management, examined the relative effectiveness of various cost-containment strategies in controlling the adoption and use of costly medical technology.
March 1, 2003 | Program Result
From mid-1999 to mid-2002, BoardSource (formerly the National Center for Non-Profit Boards), Washington, developed new tools and resources to strengthen the effectiveness of the governing boards of voluntary health and health-related organizations.
March 1, 2002 | Program Result
North Dakota L.I.N.C. enrolled a total of 101 students in the program, who were spread across 47,000 square miles.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result
From 1995 to 1998, researchers at Stanford University looked at how managed care penetration in given geographic areas affected the diffusion and use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a technology that allows physicians to obtain very clear pictures of patients' internal organs and internal structures without invasive procedures.
April 1, 2000 | Program Result
A project team at Children's Hospital Corporation in Boston determined how to organize, deliver, and finance services for technology-dependent children who have made the transition from hospital to the public schools. These are children who are on long-term oxygen therapy, ventilatory assistance, intravenous feedings, and other types of highly technical care. Then they replicated the project.
August 1, 2000 | Program Result
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine explored the barriers and incentives to appropriate diffusion of genetic services into mainstream medicine and providers' willingness to participate in clinical studies.
March 1, 2007 | Program Result
The Center for Aging Services Technologies developed a 10-minute video designed to illustrate the role that developing technology can play in improving quality of health care for aging Americans while reducing costs.
April 12, 2007 | Story
The three competitions will focus on intimate partner violence, disruptive innovations in health and health care, and how computer/video games and related technologies can improve health and health care.