Quality/Equality
AHIP Foundation Inc.
Washington, DC
Support for two waves of health plan surveys to assess the collection and use of racial/ethnic/language data
$319,509
(3 years)
ID 62295
Aligning Forces for Quality: The Regional Market Project
To accelerate improvements in care at the community level by cultivating and aligning market forces with quality improvement efforts.
Program Sites
Alliance for Health
Grand Rapids, MI
$600,000
(3 years)
ID 60259
Community Health Alliance of Humboldt - Del Norte
Eureka, CA
$599,684
(3 years)
ID 60253
Health Improvement Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
$599,630
(3 years)
ID 60246
Kansas City Quality Improvement Consortium
Kansas City, MO
$599,362
(3 years)
ID 60252
Maine Quality Forum
Augusta, ME
$599,938
(3 years)
ID 60250
MetroHealth System
Cleveland, OH
$599,039
(3 years)
ID 60248
Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation
Portland, OR
$600,000
(3 years)
ID 60245
P2 Collaborative of Western New York Inc.
Williamsville, NY
$600,000
(3 years)
ID 60244
WellSpan Health
York, PA
$596,663
(3 years)
ID 60243
Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality, Inc.
Madison, WI
$594,445
(3 years)
ID 60403
Other Program Activities
Center for Health Improvement
Sacramento, CA
Technical assistance and direction for Aligning Forces for Quality
$1,740,478
(1 year)
ID 58494
Technical assistance for Aligning Forces for Quality
$21,188
(1 month)
ID 58583
Judith H. Hibbard, Dr.P.H.
Eugene, OR
Technical assistance for sites under Aligning Forces for Quality
$104,025
(18 months)
ID 62471
National Committee for Quality Assurance
Washington, DC
Technical assistance activities for Aligning Forces for Quality
$97,706
(1 year)
ID 62090
Pennsylvania State University College of Health and Human Development
University Park, PA
Evaluation of Aligning Forces for Quality
$3,433,641
(4 years)
ID 59997
Susan L. Prows
Portland, OR
Providing technical assistance to sites under Aligning Forces for Quality
$160,574
(18 months)
ID 61771
Allies Against Asthma: A Program to Combine Clinical and Public Health Approaches to Chronic Illness
To support community-based coalitions aimed at improving efforts to control pediatric asthma.
Other Program Activities
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Evaluating Allies Against Asthma
$179,912
(9 months)
ID 62955
American Board of Medical Specialties Research and Education Foundation
Evanston, IL
Preparing the physician workforce to improve performance in practice: Phase II
$2,500,000
(2 years)
ID 59177
Building Community Supports for Diabetes Care
To support partnerships among local health care providers and community organizations to address diabetes prevention and self-management issues in communities where cultural and ethnic diversity influence related health behaviors.
Other Program Activities
Research Triangle Institute
Research Triangle Park, NC
Supplemental support for RWJF's Diabetes Initiative clinical data collection and self-management
$138,945
(11 months)
ID 61820
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's Advancing Diabetes Self-Management and Building Community Supports for Diabetes Care programs
$500,299
(16 months)
ID 57182
University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Study to determine how mental health stigma affects the treatment of depression in Latinos
$83,272
(1 year)
ID 62454
National network of researchers using the California Health Interview and Pew/RWJF Latino Surveys to eliminate health and health care disparities
$2,000,000
(3 years)
ID 62609
University of California, Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute
Los Angeles, CA
Impact of life transitions on disparities in family mental health: the 2008 summer institute of the Family Research Consortium IV
$54,788
(2 years)
ID 62085
Center for Studying Health System Change
Washington, DC
Redirecting surveys and research to support RWJF's new coverage and quality improvement initiatives
$11,999,982
(3 years)
ID 57046
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, IL
National study of smaller medical groups and the care of chronic disease
$1,572,496
(2 years)
ID 58680
Communications Support for the Quality/Equality Program Area
To manage strategic communications for the Foundation's Quality/Equality team to produce high-quality, consistent, timely products and messages that help increase impact.
Communications Project
Multiple Contractors
Strategic communications for RWJF's Quality/Equality program area
$10,000,000
(25 months)
ID 62277
Constella Group, LLC
Durham, NC
Administrative support for the Medication Management Project
$100,204
(3 years)
ID 61149
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, NH
Expanding national and local analyses of differences in health care quality using the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
$4,250,000
(3 years)
ID 59491
Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care
To undertake a hospital quality improvement collaborative to improve cardiac care for African Americans and Latinos.
Other Program Activities
George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Washington, DC
Improving the continuum of cardiac care for minority patients
$2,471,737
(1 year)
ID 60185
Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change
To test hypothetical solutions for reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health care settings and actual disparity reduction outcomes in ongoing programs.
Other Program Activities
University of Chicago, The Pritzker School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Technical assistance and direction for Finding Answers
$938,775
(1 year)
ID 55275
University of Florida Foundation Inc.
Gainesville, FL
Studying culturally sensitive patient-centered health care assessments and the effects of a promotional training model
$236,183
(1 year)
ID 59281
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Nursing engagement in performance measurement and public reporting
$331,400
(2 years)
ID 59410
George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Washington, DC
Study of hospital practices in the collection of race and ethnicity data
$129,848
(11 months)
ID 59159
Grantmakers in Health
Washington, DC
Meeting on the integration of mental health and oral health into primary care
$20,000
(6 months)
ID 59643
Hablamos Juntos: Improving Patient-Provider Communication for Latinos
To improve access to quality health care for Latinos with limited English proficiency through the use of cost-effective interpretation and translation services.
Other Program Activities
University of California, San Francisco, Center for Medical Education and Research
Fresno, CA
Technical assistance and direction for Hablamos Juntos
$655,693
(1 year)
ID 61332
GYMR LLC
Washington, DC
Communications plan for Hablamos Juntos
$127,000
(2 years)
ID 59637
Health e-Technologies: Building the Science of eHealth
To support systematic research in the evaluation of interactive e-health applications for health behavior change and chronic disease management.
Other Program Activities
Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc.
Boston, MA
Technical assistance and direction for Health e-Technologies
$438,245
(1 year)
ID 56625
Health Tracking
Initiative to track and report on changes in the U.S. health care system and how they affect Americans' health.
Program Sites
Center for Studying Health System Change
Washington, DC
Community Tracking Study Household Survey: fifth round
$900,000
(2 years)
ID 63558
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, MI
Reanalyzing datasets using path analysis and structured equation modeling to reduce racial and ethnic health care disparity
$73,001
(1 year)
ID 59006
Leading Change: Disparities Solutions Initiative
To translate and synthesize, for health plans, providers and policy-makers, quality improvement methodologies that reduce disparities.
Program Sites
General Hospital Corporation–Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Moving hospitals to action: setting the stage and creating tools to address disparities
$499,644
(1 year)
ID 56116
Manning Selvage & Lee, Inc.
Washington, DC
Strategic communications for the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care project
$750,000
(3 years)
ID 57048
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Ann Arbor, MI
Conference for African-American public health students focusing on disparities
$49,330
(27 months)
ID 60100
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS
Improving heart care using the patient activation measure and customized patient support
$749,443
(3 years)
ID 57276
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Meeting on nursing curricula to improve screening and detection of depression among low-income, African-American men
$28,000
(6 months)
ID 60234
Frances M. Murphy, M.D., M.P.H.
Silver Spring, MD
Consulting for RWJF's Quality/Equality program area and Regional Quality Strategy activities
$42,160
(6 months)
ID 63605
National Partnership for Women and Families Inc.
Washington, DC
Building consumer demand for health care transparency and accountability in outpatient care
$3,196,911
(3 years)
ID 58858
Building consumer demand for health care transparency and accountability in outpatient care
$49,528
(1 month)
ID 61146
National Quality Forum
Washington, DC
Establishing national goals and an accountability framework for public reporting of health care performance data
$357,050
(15 months)
ID 59667
New Health Partnerships: Improving Care by Engaging Patients
To support pilot testing of innovations to overcome barriers to patients managing their chronic conditions, including an online collaborative, a virtual learning community for providers, and a virtual learning community for patients and families.
Other Program Activities
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Cambridge, MA
Technical assistance and direction for New Health Partnerships
$1,161,899
(15 months)
ID 52856
New York Regional Association of Grantmakers
New York, NY
Consulting services for palliative care at the end of life
$9,912
(1 year)
ID 59218
Pacific Business Group on Health
San Francisco, CA
Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project: advocating for transparency and accountability in the health care system
$2,300,000
(3 years)
ID 58867
Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative d/b/a Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative
Pittsburgh, PA
Establishing a formal structure for the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement
$250,000
(2 years)
ID 59300
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
Improving patient-physician communication through health information technology with tablet personal computers
$74,851
(1 year)
ID 58279
Prescription for Health: Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Primary Care Research Networks
To develop, field test and disseminate innovative and feasible interventions for primary-care-based health behavior change counseling, in collaboration with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Other Program Activities
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center at Fitzsimons
Aurora, CO
Technical assistance and direction for Prescription for Health
$525,437
(1 year)
ID 57659
Prometheus Payment, Inc.
Washington, DC
Planning grant to test Prometheus, a payment model using evidence-informed case rates (ECRs) to effectively and efficiently meet health care needs
$374,428
(6 months)
ID 63066
Regional Quality Strategy
To support grants and technical assistance to community coalitions to work toward high-quality, patient-centered and equitable care.
Other Program Activities
George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Washington, DC
Planning grant for the Regional Quality Strategy National Program Office
$216,214
(6 months)
ID 63024
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Planning the evaluation of RWJF's Regional Quality Strategy program
$147,849
(5 months)
ID 63273
Drexel University School of Public Health
Philadelphia, PA
Advancing the objectives of the regional quality initiative through data analysis
$225,888
(6 months)
ID 63670
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Washington, DC
Assessment of current technical assistance infrastructure in relation to the evolving quality strategy of the Quality/Equality program area
$74,916
(4 months)
ID 62199
Communications Project
Multiple Contractors
Administrative support office for RWJF's Regional Quality Strategy program
$239,512
(9 months)
ID 63012
Regional Quality Strategy conference
$300,000
(1 year)
ID 63014
Rewarding Results: Aligning Incentives with High-Quality Health Care
To invent, prove and diffuse innovations in systems of provider payments and nonfinancial incentives that will encourage and reward high-quality care.
Other Program Activities
Boston University School of Public Health
Boston, MA
Disseminating findings from the Rewarding Results demonstration initiative
$56,845
(1 year)
ID 60078
Rutgers University, College of Nursing
Newark, NJ
Multifaceted approach to reducing medication errors
$308,254
(2 years)
ID 59188
Speaking Together: National Language Services Network
To support hospitals in improving the quality and availability of health care language services for patients with limited English proficiency.
Other Program Activities
George Washington University Medical Center
Washington, DC
Technical assistance and direction for Speaking Together
$938,020
(1 year)
ID 55863
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, MD
Conceptual development and analysis of an economic evaluation of language services for patients with limited English proficiency
$74,565
(9 months)
ID 55880
Lake Research Partners, Inc.
Washington, DC
Activities in support of Speaking Together
$141,300
(9 months)
ID 61224
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Princeton, NJ
Cost effectiveness of language services in hospital emergency rooms
$249,945
(18 months)
ID 55879
State of the Art, Inc.
Washington, DC
Symposium on disparities in treating depression among men in minority and underserved groups
$25,000
(3 months)
ID 62340
Strategy for the Quality Alliance Steering Committee
To provide support to an alliance of health care organizations that promotes more transparent health care systems across outpatient and inpatient settings.
Program Sites
AHIP Foundation Inc.
Washington, DC
High value health care through better information and quality improvement: aggregation of data to assess performance and drive quality improvement
$4,165,395
(30 months)
ID 61926
American Board of Medical Specialties Research and Education Foundation
Evanston, IL
Developing and implementing a starter set of episode-based cost measures for common types of health care services
$1,178,095
(2 years)
ID 63609
Brookings Institution
Washington, DC
High value health care through better information and quality improvement: A strategy for the Quality Alliance Steering Committee
$8,724,232
(30 months)
ID 60177
Transforming Care at the Bedside
To create, test and spread prototype hospital nursing unit-level strategies to improve the work environment and quality of care.
Other Program Activities
American Organization of Nurse Executives
Chicago, IL
National dissemination of lessons learned from Transforming Care at the Bedside
$600,457
(18 months)
ID 61998
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Establishing a basic business case for Transforming Care at the Bedside
$29,796
(8 months)
ID 63255
Patricia Chiverton
Lakeville, NY
Consulting services to help develop a nursing school curriculum on quality and safety based on Transforming Care at the Bedside
$14,080
(1 year)
ID 62645
Westat, Inc.
Rockville, MD
Addressing the disparities in depression screening, diagnosis and treatment among ethnic and racial minorities with comorbid depression
$301,626
(1 year)
ID 61859
University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering
Madison, WI
Capturing nurses' role in medication management and use of technologies using new measures of quality and cost
$300,000
(2 years)
ID 61148