Workers' Compensation Health Initiative

The Workers' Compensation Health Initiative, a national program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation was begun in October of 1995. Six million dollars was made available to support demonstration and evaluation projects testing innovations in the delivery and financing of the medical care portion of workers' compensation (WC). The goal of these innovations was to improve the quality of care provided to injured workers while containing costs. Click here to see Press Releases, Media Coverage and the Publications of this Initiative. Through this initiative, 21 grants were awarded with the assistance of the  National Advisory Committee made up of workers' compensation and health policy experts. PLEASE NOTE: The funding for the Workers' Compensation Health Initiative (WCHI) ended on October 1, 2002 and the National Policy Office has closed. This website provides an archive of the work of the Initiative and its projects. For more information about specific projects, email or call the contact listed on the project results page of each study.

To learn more about the major accomplishments of the Workers' Compensation Health Initiative and specific projects, click on the following topic areas or go to Project Results :

• Creating a National Focus on Quality of WC Medical Care
• Defining Quality Health Care and Establishing Standards for Measurement
• Disseminating and Evaluating Treatment Guidelines
• Developing Tools to Measure Satisfaction and Outcomes of Care
• Developing Tools and Methods to Improve Communication
• Encouraging and Evaluating the Implementation of Integrated/Coordinated Benefit Programs
• Supporting Efforts to Collect and Disseminate Needed Information

Staff of the Workers' Compensation Health Initiative were part of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Center for Health Policy and Research (CHPR).  To visit the CHPR site, click here.