Sidewalk Spinach: Recommended Reading
Some would-be planters get stopped in their carrot tracks by regulations that prohibit use of public spaces for planting, or even limit what can be grown on private property. (Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals)
Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals - April 19, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Public Health News Roundup: April 19
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Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals - April 19, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Our Country Needs More Nurses in Public Office
"We need more nurses in the Idaho Legislature, and in public office in general. Nurses are prepared, credible, and unique in the contributions we make. No one else in the health professions can speak with the voice that we have," Henbest writes. (Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals)
Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals - April 19, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Sharing Nursing?s Knowledge: What?s in the April 2013 Issue
These are some of the stories in the April issue of Sharing Nursing's Knowledge, an RWJF e-newsletter. (Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals)
Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals - April 19, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Better Futures Minnesota Helps Turn Lives Around
Better Futures Minnesota provides an integrated package of housing, employment, health care, and community support to men with a history of substance abuse, mental illness, chronic unemployment, incarceration, and homelessness. (Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals)
Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals - April 19, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
How Will Consumers Navigate New Health Care Options?
A videotaped April 18, 2013, forum sponsored by RWJF and the Kaiser Family Foundation considers the role of hands-on consumer assistance. (Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals)
Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals - April 18, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Public Health News Roundup: April 18
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Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals - April 18, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Conversation on Community Health Q&A: Robert Simmons
?A Conversation on Community Health? was a series of events in three U.S. cities to explore what it takes to create a healthy community. Robert Simmons, head of public health at Thomas Jefferson University, was on one of the panels. (Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals)
Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals - April 18, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Human Capital News Roundup: Conflict resolution strategies, the federal cigarette tax, patient outcomes at Magnet hospitals, and more.
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of RWJF leaders, scholars, fellows, alumni and grantees. (Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals)
Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals - April 18, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Introducing a New Way to Measure Health Care Quality
With support from Pioneer, NCQA and Archimedes, Inc., will develop and test the Global Cardiovascular Risk (GCVR) score over the coming months. (Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals)
Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals - April 18, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Per Capita Caps in Medicaid
This policy brief examines the issues surrounding per capita caps in Medicaid and explores other policy options for states and the federal government. (Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals)
Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals - April 18, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
A Bipartisan Rx for Patient-Centered Care and System-Wide Cost Containment
Bipartisan Policy Center provides recommendations for containing high and rising health care spending while improving the quality and affordability of care for all Americans. (Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals)
Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals - April 18, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Patricia A. Gabow Elected to Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Board of Trustees
RWJF announced that Patricia A. Gabow, MD, a national leader in hospital reform and public health care delivery, has joined its Board of Trustees. (Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals)
Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals - April 17, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Grassroots Public Health: Q&A with Jill Birnbaum, American Heart Association
Grassroots Change: Connecting for Better Health, conducted a Q&A with Jill Birnbaum of the American Heart Association. Birnbaum shares her perspective on grassroots movements and the threat of preemption in obesity prevention. (Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals)
Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals - April 17, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Public Health News Roundup: April 17
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Source: RWJF - Open Calls For Proposals - April 17, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
