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Please don’t weaken N.J.’s health insurance mandate | Opinion
By Linda Schwimmer New Jersey requires those who can afford health insurance to purchase coverage. For those who need help paying for coverage, there is free and subsidized health insurance. And if you still can’t afford coverage because of financial hardship, you are not penalized. Indeed, our state legislators and Gov. Phil Murphy have crafted…Read More…
Op-Ed: Reproductive Justice Is a Key to Quality Care
by Linda Sloan Locke, CNM, MPH, LSW, FACNM December 27, 2020 Access to the full range of reproductive health services, and especially to contraception, remains an issue for many Americans. For instance, in New Jersey, where I work, data show that 25% of all pregnancies in our state are “unintended” and nearly 435,000 women live in “contraceptive…Read More…
‘Champion of Health Award’ Goes To Asbury Park Woman
The inaugural award comes at a time when towns are facing unprecedented challenges with the global pandemic. By Tom Davis, Patch Staff Dec 17, 2020 10:13 pm ET|Updated Dec 18, 2020 6:41 am ET Allison Cerco (Courtesy of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute) ASBURY PARK – The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC)…Read More…
Scotch Plains Mayor Al Smith Hands Out Mayor’s Wellness Medals
By TAPINTOSPF STAFF December 14, 2020 at 9:50 AM Scotch Plains Mayor Al Smith hands out Mayor’s Wellness Medals at the Scotch Plains Farmers Market on Saturday.Credits: Township of Scotch Plains Scotch Plains Mayor Al Smith hands out Mayor’s Wellness Medals at the Scotch Plains Farmers Market on Saturday.Credits: Township of Scotch Plains Scotch Plains…Read More…
Mayors Wellness Campaign ‘Champion of Health Award’ Goes To Asbury Park Woman Quality Institute Program Recognizes People Who Work to Strengthen the Health of Their Communities
Contact: Carol Ann Campbell cacampbell@njhcqi.org (973-567-1901) PRINCETON – December 16, 2020 — The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC) has awarded the 2020 Champion of Health award to Allison Cerco from the City of Asbury Park. Mayor John Moor nominated Cerco, who has been a MWC Committee member since 2017 and serves…Read More…
NJ hospitals slipped in safety rankings during COVID. Here’s how yours did.
Michael L. Diamond Asbury Park Press When it comes to hospital safety standards, Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch continued to set the standard at the Jersey Shore, a hospital watchdog group said in a report released Monday. Meanwhile, Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel was most improved, three hospitals fell a notch, and Southern Ocean Medical Center in Stafford has work to…Read More…
Freehold Township Awarded ‘Healthy Town’ Distinction
The designation is given to communities whose mayors consider healthy lifestyles a top priority and foster inclusive wellness programming. By Nicole Rosenthal, Patch Staff Dec 14, 2020 4:45 pm ET The designation is given to communities whose mayors consider healthy lifestyles a top priority and foster inclusive wellness programming. (Shutterstock) FREEHOLD, NJ – The statewide Mayors’ Wellness Campaign…Read More…
LEAPFROG ANNOUNCES FALL 2020 HOSPITAL SAFETY GRADES Most New Jersey Hospitals Receive A or B Grades; Some Are Lagging.
Contact: Carol Ann Campbell cacampbell@njhcqi.org (973-567-1901) PRINCETON — December 14, 2020 — The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing the nation’s employers, purchasers, and consumers of health care, today announced the Fall Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. Grades for New Jersey hospitals changed slightly from previous years with four fewer hospitals receiving A grades and two more…Read More…
Op-Ed: Pandemic must drive nursing-home transformation
FRED A. KOBYLARZ | NOVEMBER 13, 2020 | CORONAVIRUS IN NJ, OPINION COVID-19 presents an opportunity to transform nursing-home care. Residents and staff have been overlooked for too long Fred A. Kobylarz When the floodwaters receded after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, they revealed disastrous conditions and losses of life at nursing homes across the Gulf region. In the…Read More…