The United States spends more money per person on health care than any other advanced nation, yet our health outcomes lag behind. High-functioning health and health care systems—ones that are easy to navigate and work seamlessly together and with other critical systems, such as community and social services—are essential to achieving health equity and building a Culture of Health.
Providing the right care at the right price, and improving overall health outcomes.
Advancing new models of health care delivery, spreading best practices, and reducing disparities.
Increasing enrollment in quality, affordable health coverage across the United States.
Aligning the systems communities rely upon to achieve better health.
At the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, we believe that health and health care systems should center on the goals and needs of the people and communities they serve. We are working to ensure that these systems are more closely aligned to meet those needs, by supporting programs which are helping to:
By working across sectors, we have the opportunity to create the kind of health system everyone in our nation deserves: one that couples care with compassion, rewards value over volume, and places health at the center of every aspect of life.