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Commonwealth Fund Supported Study on Task-Shifting from Physicians to Nurses in Europe, U.S., Other Countries

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10/27/2015

... shortages, long wait times for patients, and high costs, health systems around the world are increasingly reassigning ... nurses with advanced training. For a study published in Health Policy, researcher...

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Bloomberg-Funded Study: Industry Initiatives to Prevent Drinking & Driving Lack Scientific Evidence of Effectiveness

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02/22/2016

... been studied, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests. Reporting Feb. 18 in the American Journal of Public Health , the researchers analyzed the content of 266 ...

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Aetna’s 1.5M Competition Encourages Cities and Towns to Get Healthier

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04/06/2016

... Cities and Towns to Get Healthier A major public- health organization and a local government group are teaming ... goal: a rise in healthy communities. The American Public Health Association (APHA) and the...

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Lois Quam Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors

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07/11/2016

... of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, focusing on global health partnerships, and launched President Barack Obama’s Global Health Initiative at the Department of State, serving as ...

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Report Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Finds Smoking Still Kills Many Every Year

Release Date:

04/06/2017

... identified through several sources, including the Global Health Data Exchange ( http://ghdx.healthdata.org/ ), World Health Organization, and International Smoking Statistics ...

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Senate’s Obamacare Fixes Would Build on Heavy Lifting by States

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09/07/2017

... While Congress was busy bickering over repealing the health law, officials in red and blue states worked ... from the “disaster” President Donald Trump and his top health officials describe. Every enrollee in...

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NYSHealth 2018 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals Available

Release Date:

09/11/2017

... Fund Request for Proposals Available The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) 2018 Special Projects Fund ... consistent with the Foundation's mission to improve the health of all New Yorkers but...

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NYC’s Fiscally Troubled Public-Hospital System Gets New CEO

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09/25/2017

... Katz, currently director of the Los Angeles County Health Agency, will lead the system, known as NYC Health + Hospitals, a de Blasio administration official told ...

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Marc Krupanski and Paul Ranogajec Joins Open Society Foundations

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01/01/2013

... Switzerland), on issues related to security sector reform as well as for the Center for Constitutional Rights ... (New York, USA), where he worked on civilian oversight and reform of criminal justice systems,...

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Former Brazilian Secretary of Justice Pedro Abramovay to Join Open Society Foundations

Release Date:

08/22/2013

... leadership in the world from blazing a path on drug policy reform to gun control,” said George Soros, Founder and ... half-million guns from circulation. He also worked on reform of Brazil’s penitentiary...

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07 Mar 2013

Responding to Opportunity and Crisis in Immigration Policy

Thursday, March 7, 2013 -

2:45pm to 5:30pm

... from the fear of deportation. This year, immigration reform for the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in ... Explore The current status of federal immigration reform debates Opportunities DACA is...