Seeking primary care physicians to lead and inspire future colleagues
In an effort to help increase the number of primary care physicians in the state, The Rhode Island Foundation recently announced a new initiative in partnership with the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University and Lifespan.
Building on the Foundation's strategic initiative to improve access to affordable, high-quality primary health care for Rhode Islanders, the Foundation awarded an $87,631 grant for a new program to promote primary care choices by medical students.
"We are working with community partners to reduce the number of Rhode Islanders without a primary care 'medical home'. This new partnership between Brown and Lifespan approaches a critical issue with an innovative yet practical solution. More medical students need to be inspired to pursue primary care as their specialty. If we can connect them with primary care physicians in some of the most exciting practices in our state, that will be part of the answer," said Owen Heleen, vice president for grant programs at the Foundation.
Visit a special web page for the news release, a story about the people making these choices, and a video. |
Advancing Medicine features Foundation funding for 'innovations in diabetes and cancer care'
The Winter 2011 issue of Advancing Medicine, "a publication for friends and supporters of Rhode Island Hospital," features Foundation support of "two new programs that are revolutionizing patient care at Rhode Island Hospital" - the Yes! I Can Be Healthy diabetes group education program and the Head and Neck Patient Navigator at Rhode Island Hospital's Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The article quotes Owen Heleen, the Foundation's vice president for grants programs, extensively, opening with "When we can bring together a generous donor and a creative institution with people who want to find a better way to serve their patients, we do our best work."
Read "Rhode Island Foundation funds innovations in diabetes and cancer care." |
