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New era for midwifery in New Jersey?
Decades after NJ was among first states with graduate-level midwifery training, options expand for students November 12, 2024 | Lilo H. Stainton, Health Care Writer Shirley White-Walker was a divorced, single mother working full time as a nurse in 1974 when her best friend, recently hired as a faculty member at a new graduate midwifery program in…Read More…
Rep. Watson Coleman Meets with Local Midwives and Doulas
Ewing, NJ (Thursday, October 10, 2024) – Today, as part of National Midwifery Week, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) sat down with midwives, doulas, healthcare professionals, and their patients at the Children’s Home Society of New Jersey in Trenton. At the listening session, they discussed how healthcare is evolving, centering on the diverse needs of mothers, from…Read More…
Can encouraging home births help maternal health crisis?
Lilo H. Stainton, Health Care Writer | October 7, 2024 | Health Care Advocates, lawmakers look to change NJ’s rules to allow for more births outside hospital setting Credit: (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)FILE – A pregnant woman stands for a portrait in Dallas, Thursday, May 18, 2023. State lawmakers are considering a measure to make home birth…Read More…
Data Show Birthing People Participating in TeamBirth at NJ Hospitals Feel Better Informed and More Respected
For Immediate Release Contact: Carol Ann Campbell cacampbell@njhcqi.org (973-567-1901) Data Show Birthing People Participating in TeamBirth at NJ Hospitals Feel Better Informed and More Respected Innovative National Model Launching at Four More New Jersey Hospitals, Bringing Number of TeamBirth Hospitals to 13 PRINCETON — September 16, 2024 — Birthing people who experience the national evidence-based…Read More…
The Leapfrog Group Announces Election of New Board Chair Linda Schwimmer of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, and New Board Members Ellen Kelsay of the Business Group on Health and Carole Hemmelgarn of Patients for Patient Safety U.S.
September 3, 2024 The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today announces the election of Linda Schwimmer, President & CEO of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, as its new Board Chair, and announces the election of two new members to its…Read More…
After the ACA Expanded Health Care Access, 2024 Elections May See Voters Demand Affordability
May 15, 2024 Christina Mattina At the spring conference of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, speakers discussed how health policy, affordability, and transparency may play a role in voters’ decisions. Rutgers-Eagleton Poll Results Provide NJ Perspective While the speakers focused on health policy and affordability at the national level, the Quality Institute simultaneously…Read More…
Op-Ed: Where’s the safest place to have your surgery or procedure?
LINDA SCHWIMMER, ADELISA PEREZ HUDGINS | APRIL 10, 2024 | OPINION Unfortunately, it’s almost impossible to tell because few ambulatory surgery centers participate in a key Leapfrog survey. They should Linda Schwimmer (left) and Adelisa Perez Hudgins If you’re scheduling a same-day surgery or procedure, you may be considering an ambulatory surgery center instead of a hospital or…Read More…
NJ plans major change in health care licensing
LILO H. STAINTON, HEALTH CARE WRITER | APRIL 9, 2024 | HEALTH CARE The plan is for a single, integrated license that would deliver a holistic mix of primary care and behavioral services New Jersey is poised to alter a health care licensing regulation in a way that longtime advocates say will significantly expand people’s access to…Read More…
Murphy, lawmakers plan task force to act on recent COVID-19 report
LILO H. STAINTON, HEALTH CARE WRITER | MARCH 18, 2024 | CORONAVIRUS IN NJ, HEALTH CARE Those involved stress the goal will be action plan rather than talking points Credit: (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Building a better response to COVID-19 An independent team of lawyers and policy experts spent 15 months conducting often emotional interviews: analyzing thousands of pages…Read More…
NEW JERSEY PRIMARY CARE REPORT HAS NATIONAL IMPLICATIONS
BY CHRISTOPHER CHENEY | FEBRUARY 21, 2024 The report, which was published by the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, was authored by more than a dozen experts. KEY TAKEAWAYS New Jersey has a shortage of primary care physicians. According to the American Board of Family Medicine, New Jersey and Connecticut have the lowest concentration of…Read More…