Robert Wood Johnson Foundation news from FierceMobileHealthcare
News$100K app challenge aims to help patients find hospital quality data
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) just launched an app challenge to make it easier for consumers to find data on the quality of your hospital and its physicians. Called the "Aligning Forces Read more...
West Wireless offering $10,000 for integrating sensor data into social media
The West Wireless Health Institute, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the California HealthCare Foundation, the Markle Foundation and the University of Wisconsin have announced a total of four new Read more...
Schools receive RWJF grants to develop mobile apps for chronic disease
Three California universities have received research grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to study methods of capturing "patient observations of daily living" on mobile and wireless devices Read more...
Mobile technologies take center stage at health 2.0 event
The first-ever "Health 2.0 Meets Information Therapy" conference, held in Boston last week, might as well have been called a mobile healthcare conference, because much of the event was about Read more...
| Press ReleasesAmericans Urged to Take Action to Get Better Health CareDr. Oz joins RWJF, U.S. health agencies in highlighting growing movement to improve quality of care WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Acting on the uneven quality of health care in the United States, Read more >> Health Leaders Join Forces to Call Attention to Gaps in Health Care QualityTV’s Dr. Oz to work with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and U.S. health agencies to create awareness about what consumers can do to improve their health care PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Read more >> Western Governors University to Celebrate Graduation of Students from the Nation's First Online, Competency-Based Prelicensure NSpecial Pinning Ceremony to Take Place at Partner Hospital Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles SALT LAKE CITY, July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On July 23, Western Governors Read more >> Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Launches Website to Help Patients Compare Local Hospitals and PhysiciansComprehensive Directory Makes it Easier to Find Information on the Quality and Cost of Local Health Care PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today launched the Read more >> Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Awards New Funding to AACN to Engage Hospital Leaders in Nurse-Led Quality and Safety MoWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is pleased to announce that the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded $386,000 in new funding to engage Read more >> |
