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Insidious new products threaten efforts to cut tobacco use, an RWJF-supported report says. The report describes how tobacco manufacturers take advantage of the lack of government regulation to design and market products that recruit new youth users, create and sustain addiction to nicotine, and discourage current users from quitting. To stop the industry's harmful practices and protect public health, leading public health organizations are urging Congress to pass pending legislation granting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate tobacco products and their marketing.
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Offering tax credits to the uninsured is often cited as one way to provide more Americans with health coverage. The concept is popular with many lawmakers, yet the country's only such tax credit program—Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC)—faces significant challenges including limited participation of eligible workers and high administrative costs.
A new Urban Institute policy brief analyzes how this tax credit program can be restructured to reach more workers who qualify for HCTC and how future tax credits could be designed to serve millions of uninsured Americans more effectively.
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How can hospitals, community health centers, medical group practices and health plans educate staff about the importance of patient data and how to effectively use this data to improve the quality of care? An updated toolkit, informed in part by data collection work performed under RWJF's national program Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care, is designed to help hospitals, clinics, health plans and others navigate the most frequently encountered questions about collecting patient data—such as race, ethnicity, and primary language.
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Project HealthDesign, a national program supported by RWJF's Pioneer Portfolio and the California HealthCare Foundation, has released an initial report on the functional requirements for common platform components for PHRs. The requirements support functions common to many personal health applications: medication list management, calendaring, observations captured in the course of daily living and identity management.
The program encourages people to review the requirements and send feedback directly to the program team through the Project HealthDesign Web site.
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RWJF is partnering with the Family Violence Prevention Fund—one of the nation's experts on domestic violence—to launch a four-year initiative designed to decrease relationship violence and increase positive, protective relationship skills among 10- to 14-year-olds.
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RWJF and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation each launched grant projects supporting state reforms efforts to cover uninsured children and families. RWJF's Consumer Voices for Coverage and Packard's Finish Line Project will provide 18 advocacy organizations in 14 states with significant technical and financial resources.
RWJF announced 16 new grants to help drive fundamental improvements in the quality and impact of public health. After receiving over 300 proposals from a wide range of applicants working in communities around the country, 16 grantees were selected to receive awards of $200,000 and $400,000 to execute their projects over a period of two years.
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The Institute of Medicine is now accepting nominations for the 23rd annual Gustav O. Lienhard Award. The award, a medal and $25,000, recognizes individuals for outstanding achievement in improving health care services in the United States. Support for the award is provided by an endowment established by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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