Last year, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation commissioned an Institute of Medicine (IOM) initiative on The Future of Nursing. The goal of this initiative is to define a clear agenda and blueprint for action that identifies vital roles for nurses in implementing a more effective and efficient health care…
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Twitter. Facebook. YouTube. Blogs. Last year, the foundation took a deep breath and dove into the tantalizing yet murky waters of social media with the launch of this blog. We followed up with the obvious next steps in the social media playbook: creating a Facebook page (the John A. Hartford…
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David H. Solomon, MD One of the great pleasures of working at a foundation is to be able to meet and support great leaders who make lives better for others. One such leader in geriatric medicine is David H. Solomon, MD. An illustrious educator and scientist, Dr. Solomon has…
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When I was a boy, I saved box tops for a secret decoder ring. Recently I had occasion to think about the health care analog to secret codes and decoders -- the CPT codes (current procedural terminology) used to describe and bill for health care services and the associated Medicare…
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In our efforts to improve the health of older adults, we often feel quite alone, even isolated. While we are fortunate to work with and provide support to many, many committed grantees in the health professions and service delivery, many other stakeholders seem to view the Foundation's work with mixtures…
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The following events took place over a year ago, in the summer and fall of 2008, but I have contemporaneous notes and e-mails to refresh my memory. I would love to get feedback before I forward it to the new story archive of The Campaign for Better Care, the consumer…
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Since health reform seems mired in the mud as a potential vehicle for implementing any of the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine's report, Retooling the Healthcare Workforce for an Aging America, we are back on track for the long-haul effort we had originally assumed would be necessary. As…
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Hats off to Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJ), on her recent call to action for nurses to take a seat at the health care reform table. In numerous polls, the public ranks nurses as among the most trusted professionals. Yet in…
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Health reform may have stalled in Congress, but improving chronic care remains an urgent issue—perhaps more urgent than ever. So we at the Hartford Foundation were delighted with the strong turnout at the symposium we sponsored at the Brookings Institution in partnership with our colleagues at the Scan Foundation last…
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Today is Thursday, January 28, 2010, and I am in Washington, DC, at the Brookings Institution. Along with the SCAN Foundation, we are sponsoring a forum on an issue fundamental to our mission to improve health and health care for older adults: changing how health care is delivered to achieve…
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