Robert Wood Johnson Foundation News

The New Mexico Coalition for Health Care Quality has received a $1.2 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to continue working on ways to improve the quality of health care in the Albuquerque area.

With the White House already reeling from three major controversies, some Republican lawmakers are zeroing in on what they perceive is another possible scandal tied to President Barack Obama's landmark health reform law just as it nears implementation.

Today, PatientsLikeMe announces an open call for medical researchers to be among the first pilot users of its Open Research Exchange platform .

It's Bike to Work Day! Here in DC 14,000 people signed up to participate, and volunteers staffed 72 pit stops to offer refreshments and prizes to cyclists.

's twelve statutory teaching hospitals and the largest osteopathic teaching hospital in the nation, was named one of the safest hospitals for patients by The Leapfrog Group.

Across the country, elementary school principals and teachers will tell you, "as recess goes, so goes the school day." Under the right circumstances, the excitement and energy that children experience on the playground spills over into the classroom, enhancing learning and strengthening students' relationships with their teachers and with each ... (more)

Is President Obama's top health official violating federal regulations by asking health industry executives to kick in money to support the implementation of Obamacare? Last week, The Washington Post reported that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius had "gone, hat in hand, to health industry officials, asking them to make large ... (more)

"Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, has solicited sizable donations from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and H&R Block , the tax preparation service, as part of a multimillion-dollar campaign to ensure the success of President Obama's health care law, administration officials said Sunday, even as a leading Senate ... (more)

Main Category: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health ; Nutrition / Diet Article Date: 10 May 2013 - 1:00 PDT Subway may promote itself as the "healthy" fast food restaurant, but it might not be a much healthier alternative than McDonald's for adolescents, according to new UCLA research.

The Claremont Colleges will celebrate commencements next weekend, marking the end of another busy academic year.

The percentage of Americans who receive health insurance through employers fell significantly over the past decade, from 69.7 percent in 2000 to 59.5 percent in 2011, according to a new report by the nonprofit Robert Wood Johnson Foundation .

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today announced the recipients of four new grants from its Future of Nursing National Research Agenda.

The Arizona Business Coalition on Health has been awarded a nearly $50,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and United Health Foundation to improve health among Pima County residents through increased physical activity.

"One of the great challenges in medicine is getting patients involved in their own care," said Dr.

Hospitals in Illinois charged vastly different amounts of money for the same procedure -- with some charging seven or eight times more -- according to data released by Medicare Wednesday.

New data released today show significant variation across the country and within communities in what hospitals charge for common inpatient services.

Subway may promote itself as the "healthy" fast food restaurant, but it might not be a much healthier alternative than McDonald's for adolescents, according to new UCLA research.

The mantra that quality is more important than quantity is true when considering how social relationships influence depression , say U-M researchers in a new study.

When it comes to health, where you live, work and play makes a difference. In a national health ranking of all counties by state, York County is deemed the fourth healthiest county in Maine.

The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene Family Medicine department is among 30 clinics nationwide selected as an Exemplar Primary Care Practice by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation at Group Health Research Institute.