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The Leapfrog Group Highlights Strengths, Pinpoints Improvements Needed across Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery Settings in Inaugural Report
October 22, 2019 The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released a report summarizing trends on the safety and quality of care for same-day surgical services nationwide: Same-Day Surgery in the U.S.: Findings of Two Inaugural Leapfrog Surveys. The report is a first and notable expansion in the organization’s data gathering and reporting enterprise,…Read More…
‘Sustainability Fair of the Chathams’ returns this Saturday
THE CHATHAMS – The public is being asked to demonstrate its support for sustainability in the Chathams when the 2019 edition of the annual “Sustainability Fair of the Chathams” is held, rain or shine, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday, Sept. 14, hosted for the fifth year by the Chatham Borough Farmers’ Market at…Read More…
Quality Institute Statement on Rating the Raters Opinion Piece in the New England Journal of Medicine
Rating the Raters is an opinion piece just published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which rates four hospital quality rating systems. The authors awarded The Leapfrog Group a C minus. At the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, a regional leader for Leapfrog, we are proud that in our state every hospital voluntarily…Read More…
NEW JERSEY MAY REFUSE TITLE X FUNDING OVER ABORTION ‘GAG RULE’
NEW JERSEY MAY REFUSE TITLE X FUNDING OVER ABORTION ‘GAG RULE’ BRENDA FLANAGAN | NJTV NEWS | AUGUST 7, 2019 ‘Gag rule’ imposed by Trump administration would bar any group that accepts Title X money from even discussing abortion with clients Healthcare providers worry about the roughly 100,000 patients in New Jersey who rely on family-planning centers…Read More…
Only half of us talk to anyone about dying, a new poll finds. We must change the culture around death.
Posted Apr 16, 2019 A New Jersey Health Matters poll with Rutgers Eagleton released Tuesday found that only about half of the state’s residents have talked to anyone about their end-of-life care preferences. New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute urges New Jerseyans to have that conversation before they, or a loved one, becomes too ill….Read More…
New Report from The Leapfrog Group Examines Hospital Policies on Never Events
New Report from The Leapfrog Group Examines Hospital Policies on Never Events June 27, 2019 WASHINGTON D.C. – The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released its 2019 Never Events Report, and found that one in four participating hospitals do not meet…Read More…
‘REGIONAL HEALTH HUBS’ AIM TO IMPROVE SERVICES FOR MEDICAID PATIENTS
LILO H. STAINTON | JUNE 19, 2019 NJ healthcare coalitions have had success focusing on complex health and social needs of high-demand Medicaid patients. Now they have a new roadmap for an even more integrated approach Credit: Twenty20 In the Camden area, healthcare and social service organizations have worked together to connect low-income women of childbearing age…Read More…
ROAD MAP OUTLINES VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF MEDICAID ACOs NEW REGIONAL HEALTH HUB MODEL WILL ALLOW COALITIONS TO GROW AND INNOVATE
For Immediate Release Contact: Carol Ann Campbell cacampbell@njhcqi.org (973-567-1901) ROAD MAP OUTLINES VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF MEDICAID ACOs NEW REGIONAL HEALTH HUB MODEL WILL ALLOW COALITIONS TO GROW AND INNOVATE June 18, 2019 — PRINCETON — The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute today released a Road Map to build on the potential of community-based…Read More…
HEALTHCARE IMPROVES IN NJ, BUT SPENDING REMAINS A CONCERN
HEALTHCARE IMPROVES IN NJ, BUT SPENDING REMAINS A CONCERN LILO H. STAINTON | JUNE 12, 2019 Garden State turns in strong showing for low mortality rates for suicide and alcohol, but growing opioid epidemic continues to pull down state’s rankings New Jersey’s healthcare system now ranks 20th nationwide, an improvement over the past year. But it continues…Read More…
OP-ED: NJ SHOULD EXTEND MEDICAID POSTPARTUM COVERAGE
OP-ED: NJ SHOULD EXTEND MEDICAID POSTPARTUM COVERAGE LINDA SCHWIMMER | JUNE 11, 2019 Every year, thousands of women in New Jersey lose Medicaid coverage 60 days after having given birth; New Jersey can — and should — change that Linda Schwimmer Two months after a new mother gives birth is not the time for her to lose…Read More…