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Research Priorities: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Perspective

Research Priorities: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Perspective. Steve Downs Senior Program Officer. About the Foundation. Mission: to improve the health and health care of all Americans Size: approx. $8 billion in assets approx. $400 million in annual grants www.rwjf.org.

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Research Priorities: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Perspective

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  1. Research Priorities:The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Perspective Steve Downs Senior Program Officer

  2. About the Foundation • Mission: • to improve the health and health care of all Americans • Size: • approx. $8 billion in assets • approx. $400 million in annual grants • www.rwjf.org

  3. Key Questions • to what degree can technology serve as a “force multiplier,” amplifying the work of care providers and caregivers? • how can technology offer more individually tailored options for maintaining a high quality of life? • how can technology help people make informed choices about their care? • can technology help make possible new models of care rather than increase the effectiveness or efficiency of traditional approaches?

  4. Force Multiplier • Amplification vs. Substitution • Creating Better Jobs • Better Jobs, Better Care (www.bjbc.org)

  5. Tailored Options • Everyone’s different: • Increasingly diverse population • Increasing prevalence of multiple chronic conditions • Putting people in charge • Cash and Counseling experience (www.hhp.umd.edu/AGING/CCDemo/index.html)

  6. Informed Choices • Quality information • Compare Your Care (www.compareyourcare.org) • Self-Awareness • Self-monitoring and disease management • Personal health records

  7. New Models • Technology changes assumptions • Do we want better nursing homes or better alternatives to nursing homes? • e.g. “Green Houses” • The need for concomitant social innovations

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