The Peterson Center on Healthcare announced a two-year $1.1 million grant for a new Brown University-based initiative designed to increase high-quality, cost-effective care for high-need Medicare patients requiring post-discharge care. The study will identify high-performing hospitals and their exemplary features, with the goal of fostering replication and adoption more broadly.

The award, created in 1965, is in memory of a former president of the Society whose contributions to the quality of life through research in aging were exemplary.

A team of Q&I researchers led by Dr. Stefan Gravenstein (pictured) has been awarded a three-year, $2.7 million contract from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to improve antibiotic stewardship in nursing centers, according to a University press release.

The Q&I Center represents a unique partnership between academia (Brown) and the long-term care and post-acute care profession (AHCA/NCAL).