wood johnson foundation

The foundation has partnered with NCB Capital Impact to create a ten-year, $10 million low-interest credit facility to support the development of Green House nursing homes in low-income areas....

Selected from a pool of more than 130 applicants, twenty-one nurses will work to develop, plan, and implement new initiatives to improve healthcare delivery in their respective communities during their three-year fellowships....

Through the initiative, the foundation will support technical assistance, research, consumer engagement, online networking, and leadership development in an effort to help states expand and improve health insurance coverage....

The foundation will award grants of up to $400,000 to four organizations to evaluate the impact of programs designed to close racial and ethnic gaps in care, with a particular focus on cardiovascular disease, depression, and diabetes....

Grants of $480,000 each will enable five teams to test whether and how real-time data about diet, exercise, sleep patterns, medication usage, and other personal information can be collected, interpreted, and acted on by patients as well as physicians....

A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that 63 percent of U.S. physicians support healthcare reform that includes both a public option and traditional private insurance....

The recommendations from healthcare policy experts convened by the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, focus on how to contain costs and improve the quality of health care in the United States....

The monthly report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that Americans' confidence in their insurance coverage and access to care rose 3.6 points last month, although this confidence is not felt equally by all....

As part of the initiative, a committee of experts led by former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala will work to review innovative models of nursing care and education while putting together a report on the future of nursing....

The foundation has offered to buy out employees whose age and years of service add up to 70 and will add five "years of credit" so that employees who would qualify for the program by 2014 are eligible now....