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February 24, 2011 | Story
related websites Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Executive Nurse Fellows Program Problem: Nurses are often interrupted when administering medication and can make medical errors as a result. Time with patients can be limited when nurses have to ...
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Related websites Urgent Matters Web site Under the Full Capacity Protocol, when the emergency department (ED) is no longer able to evaluate and treat patients in a timely fashion due to lack of space, patients awaiting admission are transferred to a ...
April 21, 2011 | Journal Article
Investments in nursing care hours reduce hospital readmissions by better preparing patients for discharge.
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This study represented 11 local health departments (LHDs) as groups of networks employees, tasks, and knowledge were points, or nodes within each network LHDs that appear structurally distinct likely share patterns of interactions among their organizational elements.
September 2, 2009 | Journal Article
This article profiles the Gateway Institute for Pre-College Education, a program that helps low-income and minority high school students enter careers in science, medicine and technology.
January 26, 2010 | Program Result Report
From 2006 to 2009, staff members at the Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, worked to raise the profile and influence of community health workers in the health care system and among policy-makers.
October 8, 2009 | Story
Holden has won a 2009 RWJF Community Health Leaders Award for her work to establish an all-volunteer organization that encourages and nurtures disadvantaged students from Harlem and the South Bronx in New York City to enter the medical profession.
April 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
The Dental Assistant Training Program at the Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery has provided disadvantaged, minority residents of northern Manhattan with tuition-free training to become qualified dental assistants.
July 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences changed its curriculum to increase the number of graduates entering primary care residencies and ultimately practicing as generalist physicians.
July 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
New York Medical College, the largest private medical school in the United States, increased the percentage of graduates entering primary care careers from 1992 to 2001.