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March 4th, 2013
Anne Weiss is a senior program officer who directs the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Quality/Equality Health Care team. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) recently released a new report and convened leading policy makers and other influencers for an important discussion on one of the biggest problems facing our health care system: avoidable hospital readmissions....
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February 7th, 2013
My GrantWatch column in the newly released February 2013 issue of Health Affairs focuses on what foundations around the country have been funding in these areas. Of course, the column includes only a sampling of foundation-funded activities. The column is free access to all. Health philanthropy has been exploring patient engagement in its grant making...
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Posted in GrantWatch, Health Philanthropy, Health Reform, Medical Errrors, Nurses, Patient Engagement, Primary Care, Quality, Safety Net | No Comments »
January 18th, 2013
My GrantWatch column in the recently released January 2013 issue of Health Affairs focuses on the workforce and foundations’ efforts to strengthen it. The column provides a snapshot of what foundations around the United States are funding. A variety of funders are interested in health professions workforce topics. In my small sampling, it appears that...
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Posted in GrantWatch, Health Care Delivery, Health Care for the Elderly, Health Philanthropy, Health Professions, Home Health Care, Minority Health, Nurses, Palliative Care, Physicians, Primary Care | No Comments »
December 12th, 2012
It has been a long time since I have done a round-up of posts on other philanthropy blogs that have caught my eye, so today is the day! Other topics covered below include social determinants of health (specifically, housing), “tasksharing” in global health, and charities’ use of data. I love having the opportunity to peruse the...
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Posted in AIDS, Chronic Care, Environmental Health, Global Health, GrantWatch, Health Insurance Coverage, Health Philanthropy, Health Reform, Maternal Health, Nurses, Oral Health, Patient Engagement, Social Determinants of Health, Uncategorized | No Comments »
November 9th, 2012
Veterans Day is Sunday, November 11, and for some of us, Monday, November 12, is a public holiday. In observation of this day honoring the many veterans in the United States—who have served in the military here in the United States and/or in another country and have protected the United States from harm—I thought I would mention...
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Posted in Disabilities, GrantWatch, Health Insurance Coverage, Health Philanthropy, Long-Term Care, Nurses, Veterans' Health Care | No Comments »
October 10th, 2012
The author served on the Institute of Medicine panel that wrote a recent report on the health professions workforce that will be needed to care for older people with mental illness and substance use conditions. He is executive director of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, in Austin, Texas. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report,...
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Posted in Aging, GrantWatch, Health Care Delivery, Health Care for the Elderly, Health Disparities, Health Philanthropy, Health Professions, Mental Health, Minority Health, Nurses, Physicians, Substance Use Prevention | No Comments »
September 17th, 2012
I thought I would start off the week with some people news. I am a bit behind on my reading, but I wanted to let you know about four foundation leaders who were recently named to these lists. Modern Healthcare 2012 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare list Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of the...
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Posted in Global Health, GrantWatch, Health Philanthropy, Health Reform, Nurses, Public Opinion, Quality | No Comments »
September 4th, 2012
On August 28 I attended the launch of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Patient Care Program. This national funder, based in Palo Alto, wants to do transformative work in this area and is prepared to commit $500 million over ten years to do it, if all goes well. Yes, you read that right: that...
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Posted in GrantWatch, Health Care Costs, Health Care Delivery, Health Professions, Hospitals, Nurses, Patient Engagement, Physicians, Quality | No Comments »
June 15th, 2012
The president of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation describes a recently announced initiative, cofunded with the Robert Wood Johnson, John A. Hartford, and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundations, to get the health professions to learn together, then practice, as a real team. A growing body of evidence shows that health care delivered by well-functioning teams...
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March 21st, 2012
Periodically, I do a people post here, similar to the class notes in an alumni magazine! Find out whatever became of that person who was your program officer or who sat next to you at a conference. Gwyn Barley has been named director of programs for the Colorado Trust. In this position, she will be...
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Posted in GrantWatch, Health Philanthropy, Hospitals, Mental Health, Nurses, State Health Policy, Substance Use Prevention | No Comments »
December 22nd, 2011
Foundations are funding efforts to inform policy makers and others about the status of primary care, to expand access to primary care, and more. The latest issue of Health Affairs contains a sampling of what philanthropy is doing. In case you missed it, read “Foundation Efforts to Meet Demand for Primary Care,” the GrantWatch column...
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Posted in Access, Community Health Centers, GrantWatch, Health Philanthropy, Health Professions, Mental Health, Nurses, Physicians, Primary Care, Rural Health Care | No Comments »
June 23rd, 2011
I have put together a listing here of some foundation-related blog posts that you may want to check out. Now that summer has arrived, perhaps things are slowing down in your workplace, and you now have time for some professional reading! Links to a wide variety of posts follow. Incidentally, if you work for a...
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Posted in AIDS, End-of-Life Care, Global Health, GrantWatch, Health Care Delivery, Health Care for the Elderly, Health Reform, Medicare, Mental Health, Nurses, Palliative Care, Philanthropy, States, Substance Use Prevention, Technology | No Comments »
March 7th, 2011
Below, we list the three most-read posts of the month. Take a look in case you missed one of these when the original tweet or e-alert was sent out. 1. “Update on What Foundations Have Been Doing in Oral Health Care” (Jan. 27, 2011). Read about the efforts of a number of foundations all over...
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Posted in Children, GrantWatch, Health Disparities, Health Professions, Nurses, Obesity, Oral Health, Primary Care, Public Health, Social Media | No Comments »
February 10th, 2011
At the end of each year, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) staffers look at research published during the past twelve months and choose several peer-reviewed articles that the staff deems to have “had major impact on research or influenced the field,” according to the foundation’s web site. All articles on the list are written by...
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December 30th, 2010
I have pulled together a list of links to philanthropy-related blog posts that have come across my desk in recent weeks. I hope that you will see a few that pique your interest. During this short week between the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, I am keeping my “roundup” post—covering several important topics—short! Happy New...
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Posted in GrantWatch, Health Insurance Coverage, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Health Reform, Hospitals, International Health Policy, Medicaid, Nurses, Obesity | No Comments »
December 21st, 2010
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and chief executive officer of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), sent out a Letter to the Field on Dec. 14. The letter’s audience was RWJF grantees and partners (and for “the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted solely to the public’s health,” that encompasses a big group). Here is some of what she...
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Posted in GrantWatch, Health Insurance Coverage, Health IT, Health Philanthropy, Health Reform, Nurses, Obesity, Oral Health, Public Health, Quality, Social Media, Violence Prevention | No Comments »
October 21st, 2010
Here are links to other recent blog posts from and about health philanthropy that caught my eye. The topics range from health professions to health reform to hospitals. (The blogs mentioned are all listed in our Blogroll on the right side of the GrantWatch Blog page.) “A Boost to Better Care,” by Chris Langston, on...
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July 1st, 2010
The most-read GrantWatch Blog post during this time period reported that the philanthropic community had a terrific showing in the June 2010 issue of Health Affairs. Numerous articles published in that issue, which had the theme of “Moving Forward on Health Reform,” were related in some way to foundations: Foundation staffers were authors of some articles, and foundations funded...
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June 23rd, 2010
Here are some more items that have come across my desk in recent months that you may want to check out. Health Care for the Elderly Request for Proposals (RFP): The Step Up to Stop Falls: Falls Prevention Collaborative aims “to help older adults to continue living safely in the community for as long as...
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June 3rd, 2010
Here are some more examples of foundations’ efforts. This is just a sampling, not a comprehensive listing, of what foundations have been doing. Rhode Island Foundation and Rhode Island Lieutenant Governor Announce Creation of Statewide Coalition for Primary Care Announced at a May 27, 2010, event, the new coalition, “which will coordinate efforts to improve access to...
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