In the News
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…
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…
Our Reproductive Health Care Work: A Preview of What’s Ahead
At the Quality Institute, we’ve had a productive summer, particularly around our work on equitable access to reproductive health care. Today I want to preview what’s ahead for us on this critical topic. Reproductive health care is an essential aspect of a functioning health care system. Access to contraception, abortion, and overall quality maternal…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…
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…
Renewed push to raise NJ’s Medicaid reimbursement rates
LILO H. STAINTON, HEALTH CARE WRITER | FEBRUARY 7, 2024 | HEALTH CARE New report outlines how to improve the state’s primary care system After two decades of caring for Medicaid patients, Dr. Aijuan Wang, a pediatrician in Edison, has learned to get creative. She’s found extra funds to cover the cost of vaccines for kids without…Read More…
Maternity Action Plan (MAP) Work Advances in 2024
The Quality Institute’s longstanding work to improve maternal and infant health (MIH) outcomes in our state accelerates in 2024 with new virtual and in-person work sessions and a collaborative focus on improving access to doula care. We’ll continue to advance our Maternity Action Plan (MAP), which provides a path forward to address New Jersey’s…Read More…
Pressure on state to streamline ‘inefficient’ licensing rules for health services
LILO H. STAINTON, HEALTH CARE WRITER | OCTOBER 31, 2023 | HEALTH CARE Providers urge revamp of process they say stigmatizes mental health, addiction diagnoses Integrity House is one of the largest nonprofit addiction treatment organizations in New Jersey. But to offer cancer screenings and other basic primary care at the same site as it provides mental…Read More…