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Milestone for mental health care in New Jersey
Long-delayed regulations would allow medical and behavioral health services in same office Lilo H. Stainton, Health Care Writer | April 14, 2025 | Health Care After at least a decade of discussion and years drafting regulations, New Jersey is poised to revise its license requirements for outpatient treatment to allow for truly integrated outpatient care. “This is…Read More…
SAVE THE DATE: MAP Postpartum Care
You won’t want to miss this rare chance to reimagine postpartum care through a dynamic and thought-provoking event! Postpartum care is a critical yet often overlooked part of maternal health. On June 11, 2025, the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute will host a MAP (Maternity Action Plan) event featuring expert voices discussing the full scope…Read More…
One pandemic benefit: Stronger mental health support for caregivers
Bobby Brier, Mental Health Writer | March 18, 2025 | Health Care, Coronavirus in NJ Health care workers still face stigma around mental health struggles In March 2020, as the pandemic spread across New Jersey, doctors, nurses and staff in hospitals and nursing homes scrambled to care for a growing number of patients infected with COVID-19, while…Read More…
After COVID-19, is NJ better prepared for a new pandemic?
Lilo H. Stainton, Health Care Writer | March 10, 2025 | Coronavirus in NJ, Health Care Measures build after state’s COVID-19 response help, but experts warn of federal disruptions Five years after the arrival of COVID-19 forced New Jersey to shift from pandemic planning to pandemic response, the state is in some ways better prepared for the next public health…Read More…
One pandemic benefit: Stronger mental health support for caregivers
Bobby Brier, Mental Health Writer | March 18, 2025 | Health Care, Coronavirus in NJ Health care workers still face stigma around mental health struggles In March 2020, as the pandemic spread across New Jersey, doctors, nurses and staff in hospitals and nursing homes scrambled to care for a growing number of patients infected with COVID-19, while also…Read More…
NJ kids’ teeth are rotting more than the national average. Here’s why
Scott Fallon NorthJersey.com The email sent to Dr. Michal Herman in early December was like many others she has received in her 25-year dental career. It was a from a teacher at a Newark school. She had a 6-year-old who was homeless — and his teeth were rotting. When he arrived at KinderSmile Foundation’s office…Read More…
Where are the dentists for kids in need?
Lilo H. Stainton, Health Care Writer | January 8, 2025 | Health Care Medicaid pays for care, but advocates found few dentists able to take younger patients Credit: (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)In this Friday, Jan. 22, 2016 photo, Dr. Juan Fernando Yepes, a dentist at the Riley Hospital for Children Department of Pediatric Dentistry, checks the teeth of…Read More…
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…