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1. Call for Papers: Share Your Lessons Learned from Community-Based Health IT Initiatives

   January 08, 2014 - Unprecedented efforts to drive health care improvement and reduce costs using health IT are underway at the national, state, and community level. Given the complexity of these efforts and the rapid pace of development and change, those involved are often in a position of breaking new ground. eGEMs is…

2. Hartford Grantee Dr. Richard Besdine on Alzheimer's Disease in Huff Post

   January 13, 2014 - Drawing on his own research and that of Beeson Scholars Drs. Malaz Boustani and Scott Small, in a recent Huffington Post article, Hartford Grantee Dr. Richard Besdine differentiates what signs are worrisome or not as potential early detectors of Alzheimer's disease.

3. Unutzer, Kayne in Seattle Times Op-Ed on Mental Health Integration

   January 15, 2014 - In a January 11, 2014 Seattle Times guest editorial, Hartford grantee Dr. Jurgen Unutzer and colleague Wayne Kayne from the Univesity of Washington discuss the opportunities for improving mental health care in America through the Affordable Care Act. They cite the unprecedented opportunities for states to follow Washington's lead…

4. Support Available for Gerontological Social Work Doctoral Students

   January 14, 2014 - The Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGESW), along with backing from the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), will provide support for a cohort of twelve social work doctoral students who have completed their first year of doctoral studies. The goal of this program is to support dissertation…

5. NYU Post-Master's Certificate in Advanced Practice Nursing: Geriatrics/Interprofessional Primary

   February 04, 2014 - NYU College of Nursing, in collaboration with the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, is now offering a Post-MS Certificate in Advanced Practice Nursing: Geriatrics, with a special focus on inter-professional primary care for older adults with multiple chronic conditions. The program, designed for the Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP) looking…

6. Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy: Applications Now Being Accepted

   February 05, 2014 - Developed through a partnership between the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), and the John A. Hartford Foundation, and currently funded by the Hearst Foundations and Hill-Rom, Inc., the Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy (GNLA) is an exciting, intense, and career-changing 18-month experience for nurses who are…

7. Hartford Grantee Community Catalyst Receives LGBTQ Icon Award

   February 19, 2014 - Hartford Grantee, Community Catalyst, has been selected to receive the 2014 Community Icon Award from MassEquality at a ceremony to be held in Boston on February 27, 2014. The Icon Awards celebrate the exceptional leadership of individuals and organizations who have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to bettering the lives…

8. Request For Abstracts – Advancing Compassionate Care Through Interprofessional Education For Collabo

   February 20, 2014 - The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare and the Arnold P. Gold Foundation have announced a Request for Abstracts (RFA) in association with the “Advancing Compassionate Care” conference. A select group of applicants will be invited to attend the conference and to present posters on exemplary initiatives that foster and…

9. National Hartford Centers Special Funding for Health and Aging Policy Fellow Award to an RN

   February 21, 2014 - The National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence program is providing special funding to support a Health and Aging Policy Fellow Award for an RN interested in embarking on a non-residential Health and Aging Policy Fellowship track. Applications are due by April 15, 2014.

10. 2014 Sojourns Scholar Leadership Program in Palliative Care

    February 21, 2014 - Cambia Health Foundation is proud to announce the launch of the Sojourns Scholar Leadership Program, a new initiative designed to identify, cultivate and advance the next generation of palliative care leaders. The program seeks to support outstanding emerging faculty and clinicians by investing in their professional development. Sojourns Scholars…