Established in 1972 with a mission to improve health and health care, The Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Foundation presents the seventh volume in a series of anthologies, To Improve Health and Health Care. This book intends to provide compelling stories for "anthos" and "logia," a gathering of flowers regarding funding and other activities of the foundation. The book shares the progress of this prestigious foundation and demystifies, for "outsiders," its work and collaborations. It is compiled by the distinguished editors Stephen L. Isaacs and James R. Knickman. Recognized scholars, including the current RWJ Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey and 15 contributors with notable careers in the fields of public health, academia, health care, health care-related government agencies, and health care journalism, succeed in elaborating storied contributions of the RWJ Foundation.
Each segment of the book contributes something unique and offers a rich return for readers. The foreword is particularly insightful. We learn from Dr. Lavizzo-Mourey about the foundation's approach to grant-making, including testing strategies that address important health care items, educating health professionals and those in a position to affect health care policy, helping the most vulnerable segments of our society, and seeking