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Take Five Interview with Michelle A. Gentek-Mayer
Michelle A. Gentek-Mayer is the Surrogate of Camden County Surrogate Court. She works closely with the Quality Institute’s Conversation of Your Life (COYL) and was the first surrogate in the state to integrate COYL programming into community outreach and education. You’ve been involved with our Conversation of Your Life (COYL) program since its launch in 2015….Read More…
Strengthening the Health Care Workforce — For Today and Tomorrow
Five years ago, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) predicted that by 2030 New Jersey would face the third largest nursing shortage in the nation. That was well before 18 percent of all American health care workers quit their jobs during the pandemic. The crisis of health care worker shortages extends beyond nurses…Read More…
Leapfrog Survey Offers Ambulatory Surgery Centers Path to Benchmark and Highlight Their Excellence
Last week I traveled to Washington, D.C., with Adelisa Perez-Hudgins, our Director of Quality, to attend the kickoff meeting of Leapfrog’s Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Advisory Committee, which I chair. This was our first in-person gathering, and it provided us with an opportunity to get to know each other, share our perspectives, and to reaffirm…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Taylor Justice, Unite Us
Taylor Justice is Co-Founder and President of Unite Us, a technology company that connects health and social services. The organization recently acquired NowPow, a Chicago-based referral platform grounded in science and community. Unite Us is a member of the Quality Institute’s Professional & Technology Council. Since the acquisition of Now Pow, Unite Us is…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Our Board Member, Heather Howard, JD
Heather Howard, JD, a member of the Quality Institute’s Board of Directors, is a Professor at Princeton University. She is also co-director of the Center for Health and Wellbeing’s Global Health Program and director of State Health and Value Strategies, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded program assisting states with transforming their health care systems to…Read More…
Gratitude and Investment as Public Health Emergency Ends
New Jersey has lifted the state’s public health emergency, and we can all breathe a sigh of relief. We’re re-opening our state just as the earliest signs of spring are beginning to emerge. It’s a time to share our gratitude to those who pushed themselves above and beyond to protect us — and those who…Read More…
Quality Institute Announces Mayors Wellness Campaign New Jersey “Healthy Town” Winners for 2021
For media requests: Carol Ann Campbell 973-567-1901 or cacampbell@njhcqi.org. PRINCETON, New Jersey — The Mayors Wellness Campaign has announced eight 2021 “Healthy Town” winners that are addressing food insecurity, supporting COVID-19 testing and vaccinations, and organizing programs to promote physical and mental health throughout their communities. The Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC) is a program…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Christopher Koller
Christopher Koller is president of the Milbank Memorial Fund, a 117-year operating foundation that improves population health by connecting leaders with the best information and experience. Before joining the Fund, Koller was Rhode Island’s first health insurance commissioner. Koller was the keynote speaker at the Quality Institute’s recent conference on increasing investment in high quality…Read More…