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September 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
How Can We Close the Oral Health Gap? Dental cavities are the most common childhood disease. Poor oral health in general is linked to other health problems, such as diabetes and heart disease.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Health services research continues to play an important role in providing evidence for policy. Looking forward, however, the workforce needs of the field must be assessed to adequately prepare for the future.
May 16, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
In a post on the social networking site LinkedIn, RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, says investing in wellness is one of the smartest business decisions a firm can make.
August 27, 2012 | Toolkit
This toolkit focuses on nursing, the coming shortages, how they might be avoided, and how health reform is contributing to the changing role of nursing.
April 15, 2011 | Program Result Report
From 2007 to 2010, the Rapid Evaluation and Action for Community Health in New Orleans, Louisiana (REACH NOLA) tackled the city's mental health crisis through its Health and Resilience Project.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In this paper, the authors present the costs of defensive medicine in 35 clinical specialties to determine whether malpractice liability reforms would greatly reduce health care costs.
March 1, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication established the General Robert Wood Johnson Program in Ethical Leadership to identify and help correct the causes of ethical lapses increasingly present in American life.
June 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The article summarizes the research on damages caps and explores the impact of these studies on policy decisions by courts and legislatures.
September 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The United States appears to be in a new medical malpractice “crisis” after years of relative stability. Physicians, attorneys, policy-makers and other interested parties are debating what to do about recent substantial rises in malpractice premiums ...
December 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
Randall Baldwin Clark at the University of Virginia Law School Foundation, Charlottesville, Va., finished and disseminated his book, The Law Most Beautiful and Best: Medical Argument and Magical Rhetoric in Plato's Laws.