GrantWatch Blog Most-Read List for 2014: Post on the Importance of Zip Code in Determining One’s Health Leads the Way

Happy New Year! We have compiled a list of the ten most-read posts on GrantWatch Blog during 2014, in case you missed any of them.

1. “Zip Code Overrides DNA Code When It Comes to a Healthy Community” (January 30, 2014). This post by Anne Warhover, former president and CEO of the Colorado Health Foundation, was by far the most-read post. She mentions the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America, of which she was a commissioner, and relevant activities in Colorado. We also feel sure that Warhover’s post set a record for the number of re-tweets. Read more about Warhover here.
2. “A World of Darkness: What If Thomas Edison Had to Write Grant Proposals to Invent the Light Bulb?” (February 18, 2014). This post by Jeffrey Brenner, executive director of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers and a family physician, came in at no. 2. Brenner is also a MacArthur Fellow. This post was published in partnership with Grantmakers In Health.
3. “Elevating the Role of the Medical Assistant” (March 3, 2014). This post by Karen Wolk Feinstein, president and CEO of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, in Pittsburgh, was the third most-read post in 2014. Feinstein is also president and CEO of its affiliated organization, the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative.
4. “Foundations Supporting Stewardship of Health Care Resources through Medical Education and Training” (January 22, 2014). Daniel Wolfson and Leslie Tucker of the ABIM Foundation wrote this post about a convening of medical educators, students, residents, and other stakeholders. The ABIM Foundation and the Josiah Macy Jr Foundation held this meeting.
5. “The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Creating Partnerships to Build a Culture of Health” (September 11, 2014). David Colby, who just retired from the RWJF, wrote this popular post about the foundation’s new focus in its work. As Colby notes, “Health actually is a part of everything!”
6. “Online ACA Marketplaces: the Value of Consumer Experience Assessments” (June 17, 2014). Marian Mulkey of the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) and Claudia Page, a consultant to the foundation, wrote this post about people signing up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Page is a former CHCF staffer.
7. “The Hitachi Foundation Sheds Light on the New Role Frontline Workers Play in Health Care” (April 24, 2014). Tom Strong of the Hitachi Foundation wrote this post. Like no. 3, it mentions the role of medical assistants, which seems to be a popular subject!
8. “Toxic Stress in Children and the Importance of Listening between the Lines to What Kids Say” (April 29, 2014). I wrote this post about Nadine Burke Harris’s speech at the Grantmakers In Health 2014 annual meeting in Atlanta.
9. “If You Partner, They Might Just Come: One Foundation’s Effort to Disseminate Data on Quality of Care” (March 13, 2014). Andy Krackov, also of the CHCF, wrote this post about CalQualityCare.org, which it manages.
10.  “The Rippel Foundation and the RWJF Push Frontiers for Financing and Sustaining Improvements in Health” (February 13, 2014). Laura Landy, who leads the Fannie E. Rippel Foundation, wrote this post about a “project to explore the conditions needed to build a next-generation health system.”