2013

• Ensuring Equality for LGBT Communities
  May 20, 2013
  By Ryan Barker, Vice President of Health Policy, and Thomas McAuliffe, Health Policy Analyst, Missouri Foundation for Health
  
  Views from the Field: 5-20-13 (MFFH)
  

• Linking Medical Services and Community-Based Care: A Step toward Aging with Dignity, Choice, and Independence
  May 20, 2013
  By Bruce Chernof, M.D., President and CEO, The SCAN Foundation
  
  Views from the Field: 5-20-13 (SCAN Foundation)
  

• Latinos and Health Care: An Opportunity for Philanthropy
  April 22, 2013
  By Kerry A. Diaz, President and Trustee, Quantum Foundation
  
  Views from the Field: 4-22-13 (Quantum Foundation)
  

• The Road Less Traveled: Integrative Medicine and U.S. Health
  April 22, 2013
  by Gail C. Christopher, D.N., Vice President for Program Strategy. W.K. Kellogg Foundation
  
  Views from the Field: 4-22-13 (Kellogg)
  

• Creating a Culture for Innovation and Risk Taking in Transformative Times
  March 25, 2013
  By Tym Rourke, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation; Lisa R. Shugarman, The SCAN Foundation; and Liane Wong, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
  
  Views from the Field: 3-25-13 (TKI Fellows)
  

• Nonprofit Competition in the Health Insurance Exchange: Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans
  February 18, 2013
  By Jill Zorn, Senior Program Officer, Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut
  
  Views from the Field: 2-18-13 (UHCF)
  

• Seismic Shifts Beyond Foundation Wall Compel Changes Within
  January 21, 2013
  By Denise San Antonio Zeman, President and CEO, Saint Luke's Foundation of Cleveland
  
  Views from the Field: 1-21-13 (St. Luke's Foundation of Cleveland)
  

2012

• Partnering with the Private Sector to Achieve Total Health
  December 17, 2012
  By Raymond J. Baxter, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Community Benefit, Research and Health Policy, Kaiser Permanente, and President, Kaiser Permanente International
  
  Views from the Field: 12-17-12 (Kaiser Permnante)
  

• Solving the Connecticut Data Deficit through Collaboration
  December 17, 2012
  By Alyse Sabina, Program Officer, Aetna Foundation, and Jenn Whinnem, Communications Officer, Connecticut Health Foundation
  
  Views from the Field: 12-17-12 (Aetna and CT Health)
  

• Coming Soon? The Ongoing Effort to Promote Better Depression Services in Primary Care
  November 19, 2012
  By Christopher A. Langston, Ph.D., Program Director, The John A. Hartford Foundation
  
  Views from the Field: 11-19-12 (The John A. Hartford Foundation)
  

• Conceptualizing Best Practices for Maternal and Child Health
  October 22, 2012
  By Kate Howe, Program Manager, Child Health, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
  
  Views from the Field: 10-22-12 (AMCHP)
  

• Improving Systems of Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs
  October 22, 2012
  By David Alexander, President and CEO, and Edward L. Schor, Senior Vice President, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health
  
  Views from the Field: 10-22-12 (Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health)
  

• Rethinking Juvenile Justice: Promoting the Health and Well-Being of Crossover Youth
  September 17, 2012
  By: Chet Hewitt, President and CEO, and Matt Cervantes, Senior Program Officer, Sierra Health Foundation
  
  Views from the Field 9-17-12 (Sierra Health)
  

• Health Foundation for Western and Central New York's Maternal and Child Health Initiative
  August 20, 2012
  By Kara Williams, Program Manager, Health Foundation for Western and Central New York
  
  Views from the Field: 8-20-12 (HFWCNY)
  

• Another Call to Go Upstream: Housing Is Health
  July 16, 2012
  By George Abraham, M.D., M.P.H., Chairman of the Board, and Janice B. Yost, Ed.D., President and CEO, The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts
  
  Views from the Field: 7-16-12 (Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts)
  

• Integrating Health Services for People with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
  July 16, 2012
  By Jacqueline Martinez Garcel, Senior Program Director, and Kelly Hunt, Chief Learning Program Officer, New York State Health Foundation
  
  Views from the Field: 7-16-12 (NYSHealth)
  

• Dental Hub and Spoke Project Links Kansans in Underserved Areas to Dental Care
  June 18, 2012
  By Brenda R. Sharpe, President and CEO, REACH Healthcare Foundation
  
  Views from the Field: 6-18-12
  

• Food and Health for All: Health Equity for Agricultural Farmworkers
  June 18, 2012
  By Martha Soledad Vela Acosta, Wayne State University and The Kresge Foundation, and Tina Eshaghpour, Philanthropic Advisor
  
  Views from the Field: 6-18-12
  

• The Partnership to Eliminate Disparities in Infant Mortality
  March 19, 2012
  By Anna Rough, Public Health Communications Specialist, CityMatCH
  
  Views from the Field: 3-19-12
  

• Making the Connection with HIT
  February 20, 2012
  By Kelly Dunkin, Vice President of Philanthropy, Colorado Health Foundation
  
  Views from the Field: 2-20-12
  

• The One that Got Away: Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy on Moving up and Moving on
  February 20, 2012
  By Veenu Aulakh, Community Clinics Initiative, Tides; Jasmine Hall Ratliff, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Elizabeth Krause, Connecticut Health Foundation; and Brenda Solorzano, Blue Shield of California Foundation
  
  Views from the Field: 2-20-12
  

• Healthy Places NC: Better Results through Place-Based Philanthropy
  January 23, 2012
  By Karen McNeil-Miller, President, and Allen J. Smart, Director-Health Care Division, The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
  
  Views from the Field: 1-23-12
  

2011

• Integrative Medicine: Rethinking Health Care Delivery
  December 19, 2011
  By Penny George, President, George Family Foundation
  
  Views from the Field: 12-19-11
  

• Creating Healthier Communities to Reverse Childhood Obesity
  November 21, 2011
  By Monica Hobbs Vinluan, Project Director, Healthier Communities Initiatives, YMCA of the USA, and John Govea, Senior Project Officer, Childhood Obesity Team, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  
  Views from the Field: 11-21-11
  

• Going Beyond Grants to End Health Disparities
  November 21, 2011
  By Karen Voci, Executive Director, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation, and Shani Dowd, Director, Culture InSight
  
  Views from the Field: 11-21-11
  

• Changing Expectations for Care at the End of Life
  October 17, 2011
  By Nancy D. Zionts, Chief Program Officer, Jewish Healthcare Foundation, and Chair, Western Pennsylvania Coalition for Quality at End of Life
  
  Views from the Field: 10-17-11
  

• Grant Agreements and Lobbying
  October 17, 2011
  By Abby Levine, Legal Director, Advocacy Programs, Alliance for Justice
  
  Views from the Field: 10-17-11 (Levine)
  

• Disparities in Food Access and in Opportunities for Physical Activity
  September 19, 2011
  By Allison F. Bauer, JD, MSW, Senior Program Officer, The Boston Foundation
  
  Views from the Field: 9-19-11
  

• Race to the Top: Is Children's Health in the Running?
  September 19, 2011
  By Judith C. Meyers, Ph.D., President and CEO, Children's Fund of Connecticut
  
  Views from the Field: 9-19-11
  

• An Unprecendented Health Challenge Working with Border Communities
  August 12, 2011
  By Jon Law, Program Officer, Paso del Norte Health Foundation

• Effective Behavioral Health Funding in an Era of Health Care Reform
  July 15, 2011
  By Lynda E. Frost, Director of Planning and Programs, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
  
  July 18, 2011 — 254KB
  
  

• Health Care Reform: Promises and Pitfalls for Maternal and Child Health
  July 15, 2011
  By Kathryn Santoro, MA, Director of Maternal and Child Health Policy and Development, National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation
  
  July 18, 2011 — 297KB
  
  

• Health Insurance Exchange Planning: Philanthropy Leading the Way
  June 20, 2011
  By Jill Zorn, Senior Program Officer, Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut
  
  June 20, 2011 — 271KB
  
  

• Integrating Primary Care and Public Health: Opportunities for Oral Health
  June 20, 2011
  By Ralph Fuccillo, President, DentaQuest Foundation
  
  June 20, 2011 — 236KB
  
  

• Cultivating the Next Generation of Philanthropic Leadership
  May 23, 2011
  By Kim Van Pelt, St. Luke's Health Initiatives; Rachel Wick, Consumer Health Foundation; and Melinda Abrams, The Commonwealth Fund
  
  May 23, 2011 — 236KB
  
  

• Creating Common Ground: Working Together for Food Systems Change
  May 23, 2011
  By Virginia Clarke, Coordinator, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders
  
  May 23, 2011 — 270KB
  
  

• Promoting Family-Centered Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs
  January 14, 2011
  By Betsy Anderson, IMPACT Project Director, Family Voices
  
  January 17, 2011 — 248KB
  
  

2010

• Access to Care for the Categorically Ineligible
  December 20, 2010
  By Ellen Schleicher Pliska, Maternal and Child Health Senior Analyst, and Pellavi Sharma, Access to Care Director, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
  
  December 20, 2010 — 299KB
  
  

• Educating Californians about the Affordable Care Act
  December 20, 2010
  By Marley Klaus, Director, Communications and Media, and Robert Phillips, Director, Health and Human Services, The California Endowment
  
  December 20, 2010 — 320KB
  
  

• Giving Voice: The Power of Grassroots Advocacy in Shaping Public Policy
  November 12, 2010
  By Billie Hall, President and CEO, Sunflower Foundation
  
  November 15, 2010 — 228KB
  
  

• Ingredients for a Healthy School Lunch Movement
  November 12, 2010
  By Hillary Fulton, Program Officer, Colorado Health Foundation
  
  November 15, 2010 — 251KB
  
  

• Paving the Way for Change: Implementing CLASS
  October 15, 2010
  By Bruce Chernof, M.D., President and CEO, The SCAN Foundation
  
  October 18, 2010 — 296KB
  
  

• The Role of Philanthropy in Implementing Federal Health Reform
  October 15, 2010
  By M. Ryan Barker, Director of Health Policy, Missouri Foundation for Health
  
  October 18, 2010 — 228KB
  
  

• Lights, Camera, Take Action: Spotlighting Public Health for the Next Generation
  October 15, 2010
  By Thomas Aschenbrener, President, Northwest Health Foundation
  
  October 18, 2010 — 252KB
  
  

• Healthy and Safe Housing: A Foundation for Healthy Futures
  September 16, 2010
  By: David Fukuzawa, Program Director for Health, The Kresge Foundation, and Rebecca Morley, Executive Director, National Center for Healthy Housing
  
  September 20, 2010 — 254KB
  
  

• Prison Diversion Programs: Compelling Social Investments for Foundations
  September 16, 2010
  By: Joni S. Schwager, Executive Director, Staunton Farm Foundation
  
  September 20, 2010 — 228KB
  
  

• Board Service: From in Perpetuity to Term Limits
  August 23, 2010
  By: Tom Feeney, Board Member, The Health Foundation of Greater Indianapolis, Inc.
  
  August 23, 2010 — 251KB
  
  

• Building the Community Health Worker Field through Partnership and Innovation
  August 23, 2010
  By: Marsha Shotley, President, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation
  
  August 23, 2010 — 299KB
  
  

• Giving Voice to Oral Health in Kansas: Benefits of Long-Term Commitment
  August 23, 2010
  By: Kim Moore, J.D., President, United Methodist Health Ministry Fund
  
  August 23, 2010 — 228KB
  
  

• It Takes Many Villages to Create a Public Health Improvement Plan
  June 18, 2010
  By Chris J. Wiant, President and CEO, Caring for Colorado Foundation
  
  June 21, 2010 — 253KB
  
  

• Foundation Collaboration: Partnering to Improve Young Children's Oral Health
  June 18, 2010
  By Amber Slichta, Director of Programs, Community Health Foundation of Western and Central New York, and Allison Cusick, Program Manager, Washington Dental Service Foundation
  
  June 21, 2010 — 275KB
  
  

• Paid Sick Days: A Health Policy for Everyone
  June 18, 2010
  By Anna Wadia, Program Officer, Ford Foundation; Beadsie Woo, Senior Associate, The Annie E. Casey Foundation; and Shanna Shulman, Director of Policy and Research, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
  
  June 21, 2010 — 276KB
  
  

• The State of State Budgets
  February 16, 2010
  By: Martha P. King, Health Program Group Director, National Conference of State Legislatures
  
  February 15, 2010 — 337KB
  
  

• Integrative Medicine Offers Opportunity for Shared Learning and Collaboration
  January 15, 2010
  By: Abby O'Neill, Vice President, Fannie E. Rippel Foundation, and Gerald Solomon, Executive Director, Samueli Foundation
  
  January 18, 2010 — 253KB
  
  

2009

• Health Reform: Time for a Paradigm Shift
  December 11, 2009
  By: Brenda L. Henry, Ph.D., M.P.H, Program Officer, and Pamela G. Russo, M.D., M.P.H., Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  
  December 14, 2009 — 235KB
  
  

• HIV/AIDS and Women of Color: Changing the Conversation
  December 11, 2009
  By: Jacquelyn Brown, Program Officer; Diane Lewis, Trustee; and Margaret O'Bryon, President and CEO, Consumer Health Foundation
  
  December 14, 2009 — 300KB
  
  

• Shifting Paradigms in Promoting Oral Health for Young Children
  October 26, 2009
  By Burton Edelstein, DDS, MPH, Professor of Dentistry and Health Policy and Management, Columbia University, and Founding Chair, Children's Dental Health Project; and Jessie Buerlein, MSW, Project Director, Improving Perinatal and Infant Oral Health, Children's Dental Health Project
  
  October 26, 2009 — 277KB
  
  

• Honoring Community Voices to Enhance Health Grantmaking
  October 9, 2009
  By Wendy J. Wolf, MD, MPH, President and CEO, Maine Health Access Foundation
  
  October 12, 2009 — 253KB
  
  

• We Must Promote Health Equity in Spite of Current Economic Challenges
  September 10, 2009
  By Rene Cabral Daniels, Vice President Grant Programs, Williamsburg Community Health Foundation, and Karen Reed, Director, Division of Health Equity, Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy, Virginia Department of Health
  
  September 14, 2009 — 350KB
  
  

• Doing a Lot with a Little: The Gulf Coast Fund
  August 17, 2009
  By Marni Rosen, Executive Director, The Jenifer Altman Foundation
  "Doing a Lot with a Little" is an occasional series of the GIH Bulletin showcasing small foundations that have creatively leveraged resources to achieve meaningful change.
  
  August 17, 2009 — 41KB
  
  

• Making Money in the Nonprofit Sector: Social Enterprises to Support Missions
  July 9, 2009
  By Janice Bogner, Senior Program Officer, The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, and Suzanne Steffens, Senior Consultant, Community Wealth Ventures, Inc.
  
  July 13, 2009 — 228KB
  
  

• Initiatives in Education, Economic Development Present Challenges, Yield Big Rewards
  June 22, 2009
  By Joseph Rosier, Jr., C.P.A., C.F.A., President and CEO, The Rapides Foundation
  
  June 22, 2009 — 383KB
  
  

• Expanding the Circle of Allies
  June 12, 2009
  By Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A, President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  
  June 15, 2009 — 276KB
  
  

• Collaboration Among Local Public Health Departments Preparing for Accreditation
  May 26, 2009
  By: Carolyn Williams, Kansas Health Foundation, and Bruce Miyahara, Miyahara and Associates
  
  May 25, 2009 — 232KB
  
  

• A National Foundation Undertakes a Regional Strategy in the South
  April 27, 2009
  By Terri Langston, Senior Program Officer, and Ria Pugeda, Program Officer, Public Welfare Foundation
  
  April 27, 2009 — 245KB
  
  

• Collaborating Where Health Happens
  March 9, 2009
  By Jane Isaacs Lowe, Team Director and Senior Program Officer, Vulnerable Populations Portfolio, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  
  March 9, 2009 — 286KB
  
  

• The Value of Interdisciplinary Research Networks
  February 23, 2009
  By: Robert Rose, MD, President, Robert M. Rose Consulting, and Denis Prager, President, Strategic Consulting Services
  
  February 23, 2009 — 937KB
  
  

• Ensuring the Health of America's Children: Progress and Opportunities
  February 9, 2009
  By: Liane Wong, Dr.P.H., Program Officer, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
  
  February 9, 2009 — 281KB
  
  

2008

• Community Advisory Committees: Collaboration and Shared Learning
  December 8, 2008
  By: Scott Benbow, Attorney and Philanthropy Specialist, and Dolores Roybal, Executive Director, Con Alma Health Foundation
  
  December 8, 2008 — 243KB
  
  

• Cultivating Health Literacy at the State and National Levels
  October 6, 2008
  By: Thomas Adams, Program Officer and Team Leader, Missouri Health Literacy Enhancement Program, Missouri Foundation for Health
  
  October 6, 2008 — 233KB
  
  

• Improving the Health of Vulnerable Children with Medical-Legal Partnerships
  July 14, 2008
  By: Albert K. Yee, M.D., M.P.H.; Program Director; W.K. Kellogg Foundation
  
  January 28, 2008 — 291KB
  
  

• Evaluating Programs: Can We Measure the Value of Health Grantmaking?
  July 14, 2008
  By: Rene Cabral-Daniels, J.D., M.P.H.; Vice President, Grant Programs; Williamsburg Community Health Foundation
  
  July 14, 2008 — 256KB
  
  

• Transforming Health Care: Services for Older Adults Can Drive High Quality Chronic Care for All
  June 2, 2008
  By: Corinne Rieder, Ed.D., Executive Director; and Christopher Langston, Ph.D., Program Director, The John A. Hartford Foundation
  
  June 2, 2008 — 268KB
  
  

• Faith in Action: Taking Caregiving to Scale
  May 19, 2008
  By: Paul Jellinek, Principal, Isaacs-Jellinek
  
  May 19, 2008 — 241KB
  
  

2007

• Climate Change Is a Health Problem
  December 10, 2007
  By: Paige Brown, Program Manager, Climate and Energy Funders Group and Kathy Sessions, Coordinator, Health and Environmental Funders Network
  
  December 10, 2007 — 268KB
  
  

• Strong Ethics Policy Creates a Culture of Transparency
  May 7, 2007
  By: Steve Roling, President and CEO of the Health Care foundation of Greater Kansas City
  
  April 2, 2007 — 208KB
  
  

• A Foundation Helps Launch a FQHC
  March 13, 2007
  By: Karen Wolk Feinstein, PH.D, President and CEO of  the Jewish Healthcare Foundation
  
  March 5, 2007 — 194KB
  
  

2006

• Closing the Health Status Gap in the Nation's Healthiest State: Paddling Upstream in the Land of 10,000 Lakes
  April 21, 2006
  By: Joan Cleary, Vice President, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation
  
  January 22, 2007 — 271KB
  
  

2005

• Addressing Health Disparities by Engaging Institutions
  November 17, 2005
  by Marguerite Johnson, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
  
  11-07-05 — 185KB
  
  

• Nurse-Managed Health Centers
  October 24, 2005
  

  by Susan Sherman, Independence Foundation

  
  
  7-4-05 — 103KB
  
  

• Availability and Use of Local Health Data
  September 19, 2005
  by Jeff Luck, M.B.A., Ph.D., UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and Associate Professor, UCLA School of Public Health; and Carol Chang,  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  
  9-19-05 — 123KB
  
  

• Improving the Quality of Health Care for All Americans
  May 20, 2005
  by Risa Lavizzo-Mourey and Minna Jung, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  
  5-16-05 — 175KB
  
  

2004

• Designing the Public Health System for a Healthier U.S.
  November 19, 2004
  by Bobbie Berkowitz, Turning Point National Program, and Susan Hassmiller, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  
  Philanthropic organizations and others involved in supporting public health have begun to focus on ways to improve an ailing system so that it protects the people it serves. This View from the Field spotlights the national Turning Point initiative. Launched in 1997 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the initiative represents a community-based and collaborative approach to health status improvement.
  
  11-22-04 — 184KB
  
  

• Creating a Healthier Future for Children: Precaution Is Prevention
  September 17, 2004
  by Marni Rosen, Jenifer Altman Foundation
  
  9-20-04 — 174KB
  
  

• Advancing the Use of Health Data
  July 2, 2004
  by Shiloh Turner and Ann McCracken, The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati
  
  7-5-04 — 138KB
  
  

• Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Immigrants and Refugees
  February 10, 2004
  by Susan Downs-Karkos, The Colorado Trust
  
  2-9-04 — 146KB
  
  

• Grantmakers Partner to Improve Children's Development
  January 28, 2004
  by Funders of Healthy Steps for Young Children
  
  1-12-04 — 135KB
  
  

2003

• Using Strategic Philanthropy to Advance State Health Care Reform: Maine's New Dirigo Health Plan
  August 29, 2003
  This Views from the Field article by Wendy J. Wolf describes the development of Maine's innovative Dirigo Health Plan, an ambitious, comprehensive health care reform initiative.  Dirigo Health will offer a health insurance product to individuals, the self-employed, and small businesses; expand eligibility in Maine's Medicaid program; and improve quality and contain costs. 
  
  9-1-03 — 94KB
  
  

• Skimming the Fat: The CATCH Initiative
  August 11, 2003
  by Juanita Galaviz, Paso del Norte Health Foundation
  
  8-11-03 — 126KB
  
  

• Taking Action in Aging Issues: Creating an Agenda, Finding Common Ground
  May 29, 2003
  This Views from the Field article by Joseph Prevratil of the Archstone Foundation explores intersections between health and aging that could benefit from funder collaboration, including environment, disability, family caregiving, civic engagement, elder abuse, exercise and wellness, and workforce development.
  
  6-02-03 — 112KB
  
  

• Giving Voice to the Voiceless: The Case for Advocacy Funding
  April 8, 2003
  by Ruth Holton, The California Wellness Foundation
  
  In this Views from the Field from the GIH Bulletin,  Ruth Holton makes the case that funding public policy work is as important to health improvement as funding for direct services.  Lessons learned from funding advocates include the importance of providing core operating support, the need to engage the grassroots, and how to empower community members.
  
  4-07-03 — 126KB
  
  

2002

• Support Cover the Uninsured Week: Making Uninsured Americans a Priority on the Nation's Agenda
  November 15, 2002
  by Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  
  11-18-02 — 129KB
  
  

• If the Dow Breaks, Will Health Philanthropy Fall? Strategic Grantmaking During Economic Uncertainty
  October 16, 2002
  by Marni Vliet, Kansas Health Foundation
  
  10-21-02 — 128KB
  
  

• Efficient Philanthropy: Modest Beginnings at The Health Funders Partnership of Orange County
  September 23, 2002
  by Susan Zepeda, The HealthCare Foundation for Orange County
  
  9-23-02 — 117KB
  
  

• People, Wildlife, and Ecosystems: Health for One, Health for All
  June 20, 2002
  by Mark Jerome Walters, Harvard Medical School, Center for Health and the Global Environment
  
  6-17-02 — 152KB
  
  

• Putting Knowledge to Work for Mental Health
  May 23, 2002
  Authored by Laurie Garduque of The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, this Views from the Field challenges the philanthropic community to do better when it comes to funding for mental health.  Dr. Garduque describes how grantmakers can -- and should -- play a key role in charting new territory, challenging service systems to do better, and promoting the adoption of evidence-based practices.
  
  10-22-01 — 147KB
  
  

2001

• What Patient Safety is Teaching Us
  September 27, 2001
  by Ken Segal, Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative and Karen Feinstein, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
  
  

  This Views from the Field spotlights the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative, a regional health care quality and patient safety improvement program.  With initial funding from the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and support from a wide variety of community stakeholders, this initiative has evolved into a nationally recognized model for improving health care quality.
  
  9-24-01 — 94KB
  
  

• Congregations as Health Service Partners
  August 21, 2001
  by Kim Moore, United Methodist Health Ministry Fund
  
  8-13-01 — 145KB
  
  

• Funding Biomedical Research: A David in Goliath's Field
  July 2, 2001
  by Tina M. Erickson, The Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation
  
  7-2-01 — 97KB
  
  

• Ad Venture Philanthropy: Creating the Community Campus: A Work in Progress
  May 10, 2001
  by Susan Bunting, Foundation for Seacoast Health
  
  5-7-01 — 77KB
  
  

• Don't Call Us "Conversion Foundations"...Please
  March 7, 2001
  by Gary Yates and Tom David, The California Wellness Foundation
  
  2-28-00 — 70KB
  
  

• Partnering with State Government: Lessons from a Local Funder
  March 7, 2001
  by Annie Van Dusen and Phil Nash, Rose Community Foundation
  
  After passage of federal legislation creating the State Children's Health Insurance Program, the Rose Community Foundation stepped in as the private partner in a public-private partnership to ensure its implementation in Colorado.  Van Dusen and Nash share six key lessons learned about engaging government as a collaborator.
  
  10-25-00 — 82KB
  
  

• Grantmakers Are from Mars; Policymakers Are from Venus: Is There Hope for This Relationship?
  March 7, 2001
  by Mark Smith, California HealthCare Foundation
  
  How can health grantmakers and state policymakers collaborate and when does it make sense to try? What does it take to develop and sustain these relationships? This piece is based on Smith's plenary remarks given at Grantmakers In Health's 2000 Washington Briefing, The Intersection of Health Policy and Philanthropy.
  
  2-12-01 — 74KB
  
  

• Views from the Field
  January 24, 2001
  These occasional features in the Bulletin are written by grantmakers, providing a forum to  share their opinions and insights on the practice of health philanthropy.