Commonwealth Fund Publishes Report on Making Health Care Better for the High-Need Patient
Release Date:
12/07/2016
High-need, high-cost "personas" distill key factors that affect patients' goals, motivations, & barriers to health.
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Commonwealth Fund Contemplates Mobile Health Apps for Patients with Chronic Illnesses
Release Date:
12/07/2016
For the roughly half of all Americans with chronic health problems, there are more than 165,000 mobile health apps designed to help them deal with a wide range of illnesses and conditions.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Is Largest Funder of Tobacco-Control Efforts in the Developing World
Release Date:
12/05/2016
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York has long been a champion of anti-smoking efforts in the United States. He signed into law an act banning smoking in bars and restaurants and increased the tax on cigarettes.
A NYS Health-Funded Report in 'Consumer Reports' Offers National and Local Ratings of Health Cost Estimator Tools
Release Date:
12/02/2016
This NYSHealth-funded report in Consumer Reports offers ratings of health cost estimator tools, both nationally and New York State-specific, that help consumers make better-informed decisions about their health care.
MAC AIDS Fund Contributes $1 Million to New HIV Treatment Effort in Washington, DC
Release Date:
12/01/2016
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser is set to announce a new effort to fight HIV and AIDS.
Salk Institute Awarded $25 Million Grant From Helmsley Charitable Trust
Release Date:
11/22/2016
The grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust extends the historic $42 million Helmsley gift made to the Salk Institute in 2013.
Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Americans Cost Barrier Decreasing, But More Improvement Needed
Release Date:
11/17/2016
A new survey of adults in the U.S. and 10 other high-income countries finds that fewer Americans are reporting that cost is a barrier to getting care.
Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports New Gene-Editing Technology That Partially Restores Vision in Blind Animals
Release Date:
11/17/2016
Salk Institute researchers have discovered a holy grail of gene editing-the ability to, for the first time, insert DNA at a target location into the non-dividing cells that make up the majority of adult organs and tissues.
Supported by Simons Foundation, Scientists Discover Clues To Altered Brain Wiring In Autism
Release Date:
11/15/2016
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered that mutations in PTEN affect the assembly of connections between two brain areas important for the processing of social cues.
Jonas Center Announces Partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs
Release Date:
11/15/2016
The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced a first-of-its-kind partnership to establish a national network of nurse researchers, clinical experts and educators working to improve...
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