Search johnahartford.org Sort by: Relevance Most Recent Oldest Searched for | Total Results: 2142 Southeast Center of Excellence Renewal University of Alabama at Birmingham December 14, 2012 - The John A. Hartford Foundation renewed six grants to increase the number of physician faculty dedicated to geriatrics. These grants allow academic health centers to provide support for fellows and junior faculty developing their careers in academic geriatrics as well as efforts to attract other medical school faculty to geriatric… Improving Hospital Care for the Elderly through Hospitalist Interventions December 17, 2012 - The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) represents the nation's rapidly expanding number of hospitalists, approximately 10,000 physicians whose primary focus is the medical care of hospitalized patients. This grant, which supports geriatrics-focused work, includes an educational symposium at SHM's annual meeting, an e-newsletter highlighting advances in geriatric inpatient care, broad… Center of Excellence Indiana University December 17, 2012 - The John A. Hartford Foundation made three grants to create additional centers of excellence in geriatric medicine to increase the number of physician faculty dedicated to geriatrics. These grants allow academic health centers to provide support for fellows and junior faculty developing their careers in academic geriatrics as well as… Medical Student Summer Research Training in Aging Program December 17, 2012 - With Foundation support, the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), Inc. will continue to seek to increase the number of future geriatrics faculty by attracting medical students early in their career development. The project will draw excellent medical students towards such careers by supporting a structured summer experience with outstanding… Translating Research into Practice: The Johns Hopkins Home Hospital December 17, 2012 - With this award, Johns Hopkins will continue to spread the home hospital model, a home-based alternative to acute hospital care for selected conditions of older persons, to health systems around the nation and to create the infrastructure for its continued diffusion and adoption. Center of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry University of Pittsburgh December 17, 2012 - An important part of providing quality health care to older adults is the ability to meet their mental health needs. Increasing the nation's capacity to deliver effective care to older adults with mental disorders depends in large measure upon increasing the number and quality of physician faculty specializing in geriatric… Guided Care: Demonstration Project and Diffusion Planning Johns Hopkins University December 17, 2012 - Advancements in chronic disease care are needed for older patients to improve health, promote independence, and reduce hospitalizations. Guided Care is a nurse-coordinated model that brings specially trained RN level nurses into primary care practices to provide and coordinate high quality, evidence-based geriatric care. The John A. Hartford Foundation has… Advanced Aging and Health Policy Understanding Renewal George Washington University 2005 December 17, 2012 - The National Health Policy Forum is an established and reputable provider of non-partisan health policy education to Washington policy makers. With issues such as the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 and plans to examine both Social Security and Medicaid on the national agenda, the Forum will help bridge the… Center of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry University of California, San Diego December 17, 2012 - An important part of providing quality health care to older adults is the ability to meet their mental health needs. Increasing the nation's capacity to deliver effective care to older adults with mental disorders depends in large measure upon increasing the number and quality of physician faculty specializing in geriatric… Health Affairs Journal: Thematic Issues on Aging & Health December 17, 2012 - This grant continues the Foundation's efforts to inform policy makers about aging and health topics. Foundation funding will support the development of three thematic issues, which are: a special collection of papers from researchers at RAND and Stanford University on health care of older adults, an issue on the Medicare…
