Children and Integrative Medicine
On this webinar, Dr. Kathi J. Kemper, chair of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, discussed the intersection of children and integrative medicine treatments.
Update on Enroll America
This webinar discussed how foundations can relate to, and benefit from, Enroll America’s efforts.
Update on Know Your Care
Participants joined this webinar to hear about Know Your Care’s progress and their plans through the rest of 2011 and beyond.
Measuring the Impact of Grants and Initiatives: Examples in Oral Health
On this call, Clare Nolan, vice president of Harder+Company Community Research, shared methods for measuring the impact of grants and initiatives that aim to increase access to care and build health system capacity.
The Impact of Health Reform on Behavioral Health Redesign
This call brought clarity to a foundation’s role in advancing behavioral health policy.
Achieving Mission Through Impact Investing
On this audioconference, participants heard Lisa Richter of GPS Capital Partners, as well as Philip Belcher and Margaret Laws, who have used impact investing strategies as tools to help achieve their foundations’ missions.
Grantmaking in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
On this webinar, we discussed the purpose and activities of the CAM Funders Network and review recent surveys related to in integrative medicine.
Constructing Grantmaking Strategies in Challenging Times
On this audioconference, participants talked to their colleagues about ideas and efforts to construct short- and long-term grantmaking strategies in challenging times. The discussion was led by Kim VanPelt of St. Luke’s Health Initiatives, a Phoenix-based public foundation focused on Arizona health policy and strength-based community development.
Exploring the Relationship Between Community Organizing and Health Advocacy
Who: Jim Keddy, The California Endowment Scott Reed, PICO National Network What: Community organizing and advocacy are often described as intrinsically related yet fundamentally distinct strategies to bring about societal change. While health funders are increasingly active in advocating for public policies that advance community health, investments in community organizing have been less widely pursued….
Using Data to Improve Community Health
This webinar explored the Network of Care for Healthy Communities, an innovative, interactive, Web-based tool that uses local data to help residents, advocates, researchers, and policymakers understand how their community is doing on key health indicators, and connects them to an inventory of local resources, evidence-based practices from across the country, and pending state and federal legislation.
Preventing Bullying: It Is Time to Take a Stand
On this webinar, participants learned more about bullying, including the effects and ramifications it has on the lives of the people it touches.
Investing in Health Care Quality and Patient Safety
This webinar described the new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ “Partnership for Patients” Campaign and the Michigan Keystone Intensive Care Unit Project (recently evaluated in both the Archives of Internal Medicine and the British Medical Journal).
A Health Spending Cap: Implications for Medicaid, CHIP, & ACA Implementation
On this call, Robert Greenstein, President of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, discussed the various budget plans before Congress, and their possible impact on Medicaid and other social programs.
The Art & Science of Health Grantmaking 2011
The Art & Science of Health Grantmaking was held from June 6–7, 2011 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Mental Health Financing in the United States
This webinar reviewed the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured’s recent publication Mental Health Financing in the United States: A Primer.
Backseat Budgeter
This webinar featured a demonstration of Backseat Budgeter® and a discussion of how and why it can be a useful tool for health funders.