American Academy of Nursing Inc.

Milwaukee, WI

$49,500—Improving hospital work environments through the use of communications technology (for 1 year).
ID 51135

University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing

San Francisco, CA

$150,000—Measuring the impact of communications technologies on nurses (for 2 years).
ID 51136

University of Chicago, The Pritzker School of Medicine

Chicago, IL

$105,908—Improving the performance of health care teams using simulation team training (for 1 year).
ID 50541

Communications Project

Multiple Contractors

$65,000—Conference to prioritize and accelerate the development of nursing-sensitive measures (for 6 months).
ID 51115

Cornell University, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College

New York, NY

$83,940—Developing a typology of methods to identify and test innovation using the Foundation’s Transforming Care at the Bedside program (for 13 months).
ID 49963

Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care Inc.

Easton, MD

$49,800—Surveying hospital leaders and trustees on nursing retention and work environment issues (for 6 months).
ID 52485

Health Research and Educational Trust

Chicago, IL

$46,200—Studying retention and turnover of chief nursing officers (for 1 year).
ID 52201

Health Workforce Solutions LLC

Alameda, CA

$37,948—Preparing a toolkit for foundations on best practice initiatives to address the nursing shortage (for 6 months).
ID 51112

Institute for Family-Centered Care Inc.

Bethesda, MD

$50,572—Support for a conference on hospital redesign (for 9 months).
ID 52286

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Oakbrook Terrace, IL

$161,493—Developing standardized technical specifications for nursing-sensitive performance measures (for 1 year).
ID 51781

Joint Commission Resources Inc.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL

$10,000—Conference addressing patient safety, nurse staffing and leadership solutions (for 4 months).
ID 51499

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc.

Oakland, CA

$50,000—Conference to develop a road map for integrating nursing performance measures into electronic medical records (for 7 months).
ID 49926

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School

Chapel Hill, NC

$67,319—Studying error management and organizational learning to improve nursing care (for 1 year).
ID 51182

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, PA

$14,998—Support for nursing faculty at a medical response teams conference (for 6 months).
ID 52483

Sutton Group, LLC

Washington, DC

$49,000—Case studies of medical response teams (for 6 months).
ID 51851

Transforming Care at the Bedside

Pilot initiative working with hospitals in prototyping nursing unit-level strategies to improve the work environment and improve quality of care.

• University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health

  Los Angeles, CA

  $550,000—Evaluation of Transforming Care at the Bedside (2 years).
  ID 49962

• Communications Project

  Multiple Contractors

  $400,000—Support for the National Advisory Committee and communications activities for Transforming Care at the Bedside (2 years).
  ID 50672

• Institute for Healthcare Improvement

  Cambridge, MA

  $1,400,000—Implementation of Transforming Care at the Bedside (2 years).
  ID 50813

  $156,655—Developing financial tools to assist improvement efforts for Transforming Care at the Bedside (16 months).
  ID 51193

• Rita Turley, R.N., M.S.N.

  Billings, MT

  $60,010—Consulting for the Foundation’s Nursing strategy (for 7 months).
  ID 50412

  $100,000—Consulting for the Foundation’s Nursing strategy (for 1 year).
  ID 51808

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