To Improve Health and Health Care 2001 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology

by Isaacs, Stephen L.; Knickman, James R.

• ISBN13: 9780787952761
• ISBN10: 0787952761
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-27
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Since 1972, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health. To further its mission of improving the health and health care of all Americans, it provides funds for demonstration projects, educational and communications activities, training, policy analysis, and research. As part of the Foundation's efforts to inform the public, To Improve Health and Health Care 2001, the fourth volume in The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. Written for policy makers and practitioners as well as interested members of the public, the series offers useful lessons for leaders and educators developing plans for the coming years. The cases discussed in To Improve Health and Health Care 2001 provide a critical analysis of the Foundation's activities and how it tackles health and health care issues. Written by the country's leading science and medical journalists, as well as experts from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this volume includes chapters on * Emerging priorities of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation * The Foundation's communications activities * Children's health initiatives * Approaches to managed care * Acute and long-term care for the elderly * Workers' compensation * Community radio and health * Perinatal care * Dental care * Partnerships with national foundations

Author Biography

STEPHEN L. ISAACS is president of Health Policy Associates, San Francisco, California. JAMES R. KNICKMAN, is vice president for research and evaluation at The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Steven A. Schroeder
Editor's Introduction: Grantmaking Insights from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology	xiii
Stephen L. Isaacs
James R. Knickman
Acknowledgments	xxiii
Inside the Foundation	1	(50)
Expanding the Focus of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Health as an Equal Partner to Health Care	3	(20)
J. Michael McGinnis
Steven A. Schroeder
``Getting the Word Out'': A Foundation Memoir and Personal Journey	23	(28)
Frank Karel
Programs	51	(122)
Children's Health Initiatives	53	(24)
Sharon Begley
Ruby P. Hearn
The Changing Approach to Managed Care	77	(24)
Janet Firshein
Lewis G. Sandy
Integrating Acute and Long-Term Care for the Elderly	101	(18)
Joseph Alper
Rosemary Gibson
The Worker's Compensation Health Initiative: At the Convergence of Work and Health	119	(26)
Allard E. Dembe
Jay S. Himmelstein
Sound Partners for Community Health	145	(28)
Digby Diehl
A Look Back	173	(46)
The Regionalized Perinatal Care Program	175	(20)
Marguerite Y. Holloway
Improving Dental Care	195	(24)
Paul Brodeur
Collaboration with other Philanthropies	219	(22)
Partnership Among National Foundations: Between Rhetoric and Reality	221	(20)
Stephen L. Isaacs
John H. Rodgers
The Editors	241	(2)
The Contributors	243	(8)
Index	251	(12)
Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care 1997	263	(2)
Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care 1998--1999	265	(2)
Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care 2000	267