RWJF Leaders' Link-January/February
Programs’ Progress
Health & Society Scholars Program
Director Named Dean of UCSF
School of Nursing
Health & Society Scholars co-
National Program Director David
Vlahov, Ph.D., R.N., will serve as the
new dean of the University of
California–San Francisco UCSF
School of Nursing, becoming the first
male dean of the century-old school,
UCSF announced on December 7,
2010. Vlahov co-directs Health &
Society Scholars with Jo Ivey
Boufford, M.D., president of the New
York Academy of Medicine, which
administers the program. Vlahov also
serves as the senior vice president
of research and director of the
Center for Urban Epidemiologic
Studies at the New York Academy of
Medicine.
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» Awardees in Health Policy Research David Blumenthal, M.D.,
Health & Society Scholars Program
Director Named Dean of UCSF
School of Nursing (continued)
Clinical Scholars Program Records
Health Policy Podcasts
New Connections Disseminates Call
for Proposals
Inside Intelligence
RWJF and HHS launched “Health
Care Transformation Has Begun” in
December 2010. The Web-based
community forum is gathering
comments on accelerating improved
quality and cost. The forum solicits
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Volume 3, Number 1 — January/February 2011
Foundation Focus
Information technology—including electronic health records, social
media, and the Internet—is changing the culture of our health
care workforce and the way patient care is provided. Patients now
have unprecedented access to health information; health care
providers and patients use Facebook and Twitter; and new Web
technologies allow for streamlined and shared record-keeping.
Health information technology (HIT) is a natural next step in the
evolution of our health care system. The federal government has
invested significant resources to improve HIT, and in January
2011 began providing financial incentives to providers who use
certified electronic health record (EHR) technology.
But like many technologies and interventions in health care, HIT is
no panacea. We must proceed with caution and professionalism to
ensure that we achieve the best possible health outcomes.
Several items in this issue of the RWJF Leaders’ Link show that
Human Capital grantees are leading the way by asking critical
questions about these subjects.
In a recent column for Time.com, Clinical Scholar Zachary Meisel,
M.D., examines the benefits and drawbacks of HIT. Investigator
M.P.P., the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and David
Rothman, Ph.D., president of the Institute on Medicine as a
Profession (IMAP), have collected essays and case studies—many
of which are authored by other Investigator Awardees—into a
book analyzing the legal, social and professional opportunities and
challenges of HIT.
Closer to home, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has
increased its utilization of social media and other Web
technologies to engage with our stakeholders, and to connect our
grantees across program areas and disciplines. We recognize both
the potential benefits—several of which are outlined in this issue’s
“Communications Corner” column—and the ways the footprint we
leave behind reflects on our professionalism. In a recent article
published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, Clinical
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ideas and questions from leaders
across the country about how RWJF
and HHS might enhance other local
health care improvement strategies,
short of new funding. Visit the forum
and share your thoughts!
Communications
Corner
Putting Social Media to
Work for You (Part 1)
Is the thought of engaging with
social media overwhelming? Does it
seem like just another demand on
your limited time? Well, it’s easier to
use social media than you think! And
their potential benefits for your work
are endless. Social media allow you
to easily exchange expertise and
ideas not only with your peers, but
also with influential groups and
leaders that you ordinarily wouldn’t
have access to. And your potential
online “reach” is extensive, to say
the least: Facebook now has over
600 million users, and 25 billion
Twitter messages were sent in 2010.
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Scholar Ryan Greysen, M.D., found that social media have
brought new hazards to medical professionalism when providers,
including medical students and residents, post inappropriate
content online.
Our challenge at the Foundation, and yours, is to lead by
example. Greysen suggests we do this through consensus-
oriented dialogue—involving students, patients, educators, clinicians
and administrators—to develop guidelines and standards for online
responsibility. Together, we can define and model professionalism
in new media channels.
Best Regards,
Linda Wright Moore
Senior Communications Officer
Research Roundup
Clinical Scholars
Jeff Kullgren, M.D., M.P.H., (’09) and colleagues found that high-
deductible health plans cause patients to forego care—no matter
their income level. Among higher-income families, 42 percent
reported that they had delayed or foregone care in the previous
six months due to cost. The study, “Health Care Use and
Decision-Making among Lower-Income Families in High-Deductible
Health Plans” was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine
on November 22, 2010 and received significant media coverage in
the New York Times, NPR, Philadelphia Inquirer, UPI, Reuters,
and Los Angeles Times, among others. Kullgren was also
interviewed for a feature in the “Patient Money” column of the
New York Times, (January 7, 2011). He answered questions
about how patients can talk with their doctors to make health care
more affordable.
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Clinical Scholars
Health & Society Scholars
Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research
New Connections
Physician Faculty Scholars
Scholars in Health Policy Research
Achievements & Accolades
Physician Faculty Scholars
On January 24, 2011, Nirav R. Shah, M.D., M.P.H., (’10) and
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Leaders’ Link by March 10, 2011, to
humancapital@iqsolutions.com.
About these Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation (RWJF) Human Capital
programs:
Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development
Program
Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research
Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next
Generation of Community Health Leaders
New Connections: Increasing Diversity of RWJF
Programming
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for
Health Policy at the University of New Mexico
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for
Health Policy at Meharry Medical College
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical
Scholars®
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community
Health Leaders
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive
Nurse Fellows
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health &
Society Scholars®
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy
Fellows
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Clinical Scholar alumnus (’01) was sworn in as the New York
State Department of Health Commissioner. He was confirmed by
the state Senate earlier that day. The Journal News and Times
Union covered Shah’s Senate interview and appointment. Shah’s
nomination to the post by New York Governor-Elect Andrew
Cuomo received earlier media coverage in the New York Daily
News and Buffalo News, among other outlets. Cuomo’s transition
office described Shah as an “expert in use of systems-based
methods to improve patient outcomes, a leading researcher in use
of large-scale clinical laboratories and electronic health records to
improve the effectiveness and efficiency of care.” The Department
of Health administers the state’s public health insurance programs,
regulates hospitals and other health care facilities, conducts
research in a premier biomedical laboratory and supports public
health prevention initiatives. Shah will also be working with a
Special Medicaid Redesign Commission that Cuomo appointed to
streamline the state’s $50 billion-plus Medicaid program.
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Clinical Scholars
Executive Nurse Fellows
Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program
Health & Society Scholars
Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research
New Connections
Physician Faculty Scholars
Scholars in Health Policy Research
Annual Meetings and Seminars
Executive Nurse Fellows Spring Leadership Meeting, San
Diego, March 31–April 2, 2011.
Health & Society Scholars Annual Meeting, Bethesda, Md.,
May 3–6, 2011.
Scholars in Health Policy Research Annual Meeting, Itasca,
Ill., June 1–3, 2011.
New Connections Fifth Annual Symposium, Princeton, N.J.,
June 8–10, 2011.
Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program Annual
Meeting, New Orleans, October 4–6, 2011.
Physician Faculty Scholars Annual Meeting, San Diego,
November 29–December 2, 2011.
Nurse Faculty Scholars Annual Meeting, New Orleans,
November 30–December 1, 2011.
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