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Take Five Interview with Daniel Finch
Daniel Finch, MD, PMH-C is Chief Medical Officer at CarePlus NJ, a member of the Quality Institute’s Provider Council. The non-profit organization provides recovery-focused integrated primary care, mental health care, and substance abuse rehabilitation services. The pandemic created great momentum for the use of telehealth. How has CarePlus used telehealth to provide mental health…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Charles Wayland
Charles Wayland is the new CEO of the UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of New Jersey, a member of the Quality Institute’s Plan Council. Can you tell us your priorities when you took this position — and have they changed? When I started, our top priority was really about taking care of our members in New Jersey. In…Read More…
This Flu Season Is An Important Test for New Jersey
Influenza vaccine is now being shipped to New Jersey, and perhaps never before has a strong, widespread flu vaccination effort been more critical to the health and safety of our residents. There is no vaccine against COVID-19. But we do have an effective flu vaccine. The upcoming winter could be among the deadliest in…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Bonita Stanton
Bonita Stanton, M.D., is the Founding Dean and Professor of Pediatrics at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, which is a member of the Quality Institute’s Education Council. What steps is the medical school taking to combat racial bias in health care, and to address racism as a health care issue? It is a great…Read More…
Refocusing the Mayors Wellness Campaign in the Time of COVID
Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh kicked off 2020 with a new Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC) to prioritize the health of the city’s residents. There were community walks from City Hall to the Great Falls, an employee wellness program, and community aerobic classes. Then, life as we knew it changed. Mayor Sayegh shared in a recent Op-Ed…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Deborah Visconi
Deborah Visconi is President & CEO of Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, one of the newest members of our Provider Council. How has COVID-19, and the mandate to socially distance, affected the patients you serve? Bergen New Bridge, with 1070 beds, is the largest hospital in the state of New Jersey with niche service…Read More…
Advancing Public Health Initiatives Amid a Global Pandemic
As we enter our sixth month of a drastically different New Jersey during the COVID-19 crisis, our members, government officials, and the Quality Institute all face similar questions: What happens to the important public health work moving forward before the pandemic? How do we maintain strong partnerships in the fight for safe, equitable, and affordable…Read More…
Small Employer Health Insurance Needs Fixing
As a small employer, I understand the importance of providing good health insurance to my employees. This is an important benefit that the Quality Institute wants to offer and is also essential to the health of our employees and their families. Until our country provides universal coverage or another method to pay for health care,…Read More…