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Atlantic Philanthropies Awards $3.25 Million to Expand Children's Access to Health Coverage

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02/01/2013

The grant to the National League of Cities will help increase children's access to health insurance.

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Children, Youth and Families

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Salk Institute Receives $42 Million From Helmsley Charitable Trust to Create Research Center for Genomic Medicine

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01/24/2013

The Helmsley Center for Genomic Medicine will enable scientists in a range of fields to explore how certain cellular pathways serve as lynchpins for chronic diseases, which could lead to new therapy targets.

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Morgan Stanley, Kresge Foundation, LISC Launch $100 Million Investment Fund For Health Care, Affordable Housing

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01/14/2013

Called the Healthy Futures Fund, the project is in part a response to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the 20 million new health care consumers that the legislation is likely to create.

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Community Development

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Morgan Stanley

Mission Possible: Supporting Returning Veterans (No Matter What Your Mission)

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01/10/2013

We’re pleased to have New York State Health Foundation President and CEO James R. Knickman discuss how NYSHealth helps serve the needs of returning veterans and their families and how funders (regardless of their focus area) can support the 85,000...

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Children, Youth and Families

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New York Health Foundation

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Philanthropy and the ACA: Helping People Engage in Their Own Health and Health Care

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08/08/2012

We’re pleased to have James Tallon, President of the United Hospital Fund and a presenter at our recent program on the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act, share his thoughts on how philanthropy can help people understand the ACA and...

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Public Policy

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Appointments & Transitions

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United Hospital Fund

Commonwealth Fund Names David Blumenthal, M.D., as Its Next President

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08/01/2012

David Blumenthal, M.D., one of the nation's preeminent health information technology experts, thought leaders on primary care and professionalism and foremost health policy scholars, has been named the next President of The Commonwealth Fund by the...

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Moving Interprofessional Education into the Mainstream of Health Professions Education

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06/22/2012

George E. Thibault, M.D., President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, talks about the importance of interprofessional education—when students from different health care professions learn together during their training in order to build teamwork and...

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Education

Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

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The Future is Now: The Need for Health Information Exchange

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04/30/2012

Health information technology has emerged as a key building block of the nation's health reform agenda, and since 2006, New York State has invested more than $450 million to develop a robust health information infrastructure.

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Appointments & Transitions

Brigadier General (Ret.) William T. Bester Joins Jonas Veterans Healthcare Program

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04/02/2012

The Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence is pleased to announce that Brigadier General (Ret.) William T. Bester has joined the Jonas Veterans Healthcare Program as Senior Advisor. Bester is the former Chief of the Army Nurse Corps.

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