Search johnahartford.org Sort by: Relevance Most Recent Oldest Searched for | Total Results: 5576 Revising the RUC Recipe March 11, 2010 - As I wrote a few days ago, the Medicare fee setting process of the RUC "bakes in" too much of what is common practice in medicine and makes it too hard to change. This is a major issue in primary care, where current low payments for evaluation and management services… Illustrating the Importance of Geriatric Care March 16, 2010 - We are always interested in reminding the public that geriatricians are in alarmingly short supply just as the need for them is growing. That’s why I was so happy to find this excellent article in the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel featuring geriatrician Ed Duthie, chief of the Division of Geriatrics and… Older Adults Served Last in Emergencies March 18, 2010 - In January, shortly after the earthquake in Haiti, a distressing article hit the newswire. I was horrified to read that 84 surviving residents of the Port-au-Prince municipal nursing home lacked food, water, medicine, and basic care despite the fact that they were only a mile from the airport where aid… Doing Our Part, I: Glass Half Full March 23, 2010 - Last week, in the run-up to the passage of the health reform legislation, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, took a brief time-out from Washington politics to speak at the joint meeting of the American Society on Aging/National Council on Aging in Chicago. In part her remarks were… Doing Our Part, II: Glass Half Empty March 25, 2010 - In my Tuesday post, I basked in the glory of Hartford grantees who were influential in shaping reform of the health care delivery system. It is only by making real changes in what health care professionals ultimately *DO* to treat disease and promote health that we can simultaneously improve older… If You Love Something, Set It Free March 30, 2010 - In the grantmaking world there is a cynical fear that as soon as the money is gone, the work will be forgotten, everyone will move on to the next grant, and there will be no lasting value. Because, with a few exceptions, the joint American Society on Aging/National Council on… More Broadcasting Efforts April 01, 2010 - We are not the only ones in the aging arena making use of new media. Many of our grantees are using podcasting technology to get their message out. Want to listen in? Here is a (non-exhaustive) list of free audio and video podcasts and webcasts those of us working in… Prestigious Honor Goes to Hartford Grantee April 06, 2010 - Time and again I find myself amazed and delighted at the sheer magnitude of recognition Hartford grantees continue to garner from both the public and their peers for demonstrating leadership in the field of aging. Most recently, Partners in Care Foundation, under the direction of CEO W. June Simmons, received… Someone Needs to DO Something! April 08, 2010 - Older Americans are not getting very good quality health care, as findings from many studies and experts show. However, most older adults and their caregivers don’t realize that they are getting substandard care. Given that most people are unfamiliar with the various guidelines for the treatment of chronic conditions and… Taking It To the Streets: Hartford Staff Retreat Delivers Insight April 13, 2010 - Every year, we at the Hartford Foundation have a staff retreat. In years past we have focused on fairly conventional business team development activities such as Myers-Briggs personality tests and interpersonal communications training, but our retreat last week was real. “Real” in the sense in that we engaged in a…
