Pioneer
American Medical Informatics Association Inc.
Bethesda, MD
Development of applied clinical informatics as a medical specialty
$299,532
(18 months)
ID 57988
Archimedes, Inc.
Oakland, CA
Building the Archimedes Health Care Simulator (ARCHeS)
$15,600,000
(5 years)
ID 57707
Association of American Medical Colleges
Washington, DC
Symposium on how partnerships between academic health centers and the health industry impact medical decision-making
$50,000
(10 months)
ID 60348
Common Good Institute Inc.
New York, NY
Designing a reliable system of medical justice
$994,560
(2 years)
ID 58662
Communications Support for the Pioneer Program Area
To manage strategic communications for the Foundation's Pioneer program area to produce high-quality, consistent, timely products and messages that increase impact.
Communications Project
Multiple Contractors
Strategic communications for RWJF's Pioneer program area
$2,000,000
(2 years)
ID 59898
Digitalmill, Inc.
Portland, ME
Exploring the role of video and computer games as a medium for health and health care messaging
$48,817
(6 months)
ID 61102
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Development of national rapid learning systems
$696,500
(3 years)
ID 60413
Global Business Network, L.L.C.
San Francisco, CA
Using scenarios as a platform for portfolio review and adaptation
$138,600
(6 months)
ID 59686
Scenario planning for personal health technology strategies for RWJF's Project HealthDesign
$165,810
(1 year)
ID 63464
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Creating datasets and statistical methods enabling health service researchers to explore how health outcomes and behaviors spread in social networks
$653,556
(3 years)
ID 58729
Health Games Research: Advancing Effectiveness of Interactive Games for Health
To build the field and advance knowledge about the intersection of video/computer games and health and health care through a national program that emphasizes applied research and convening.
Other Program Activities
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Technical assistance and direction for Health Games Research
$388,980
(1 year)
ID 62972
Communications Project
Multiple Contractors
Planning for Health Games Research
$17,822
(4 months)
ID 62046
Administrative support office for Health Games Research
$318,626
(13 months)
ID 62979
Digitalmill, Inc.
Portland, ME
Convening about Health Games Research
$989,250
(54 months)
ID 63001
HopeLab Foundation Inc.
Redwood City, CA
Launching "Ruckus Nation," an idea competition for innovative products to increase physical activity in middle school-aged children
$714,772
(1 year)
ID 61645
Mercer Human Resource Consulting LLC
San Francisco, CA
Exploring low-cost health care delivery alternatives for low-wage earners in Atlantic City, N.J.
$194,560
(1 year)
ID 56351
National Academy of Sciences–National Research Council
Washington, DC
Studying information technology problems faced by health care systems using electronic health records
$25,000
(13 months)
ID 59392
National Board of Medical Examiners
Philadelphia, PA
Conference to plan a pilot for an electronic physician portfolio
$28,000
(2 months)
ID 63070
Pacific Vision Foundation
San Francisco, CA
Study and creation of a self-financing eye clinic in San Francisco for all patients regardless of their ability to pay
$386,623
(1 year)
ID 60737
Project HealthDesign: Rethinking the Power and Potential of Personal Health Records
To expand a vision of personal health records and encourage the market to develop products that meet the diverse needs of patients.
Program Sites
T.R.U.E. Research Foundation, Inc.
San Antonio, TX
Personal health application for adult diabetes self-management
$136,308
(9 months)
ID 63415
Other Program Activities
Vanderbilt University, Center for Better Health
Nashville, TN
Design consultancy in support of Project HealthDesign
$200,000
(7 months)
ID 59897
University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing
Madison, WI
Technical assistance and direction for Project HealthDesign
$354,696
(1 year)
ID 61163
Resources for the Future Inc.
Washington, DC
Dissemination of policy ideas on antibiotic resistance to key stakeholders and opinion leaders
$74,742
(4 months)
ID 60225
Continuation of short- and long-term policy responses to the challenge of antibiotic resistance
$1,798,500
(3 years)
ID 61119
University of Rochester Center for Future Health
Rochester, NY
Creating synergies between personal health monitoring and machine health monitoring
$800,976
(1 year)
ID 60563
St. Joseph Hospital Foundation
Bellingham, WA
Developing patient-driven perspectives on patient-centered care
$30,000
(18 months)
ID 59988
University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis
Madison, WI
Exploring how the virtual world of secondlife.com can improve substance abuse treatment outcomes
$49,586
(6 months)
ID 61520
Working Today
Brooklyn, NY
Using consumer-directed health plans to encourage preventive and wellness care
$380,000
(1 year)
ID 60283
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Evolving toward effective and efficient health care decision-making based on health outcomes priorities among adults with multiple health concerns
$224,986
(2 years)
ID 58381