Mass. group wins research grant

A group of medical researchers from Massachusetts is among nine such teams to win a $300,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to conduct two-year projects.

The Massachusetts team won its grant to study how the quality of nursing care effects the overall quality of care at acute care hospitals here and in Maine. The Massachusetts Hospital Research and Education Association, Inc; the Massachusetts Hospital Association, the Institute for Nursing Healthcare Leadership, the Institute for Health Policy at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Massachusetts Organization of Nurse Executives are all participants in the study.

The Johnson foundation is a Washington, D.C.-based organization that funds research on healthcare related topics.
(By Keith Reed, Globe staff)