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TEAMBIRTH LAUNCHES AT NJ HOSPITALS TO ENHANCE LABOR AND DELIVERY
Dino Flammia Published: September 18, 2022 A national model for a more pleasant and communicative labor and delivery process is up and running at three New Jersey hospitals and a birthing center. Experts hope the approach, which is expected to expand its reach over the coming years throughout the state, results in more positive patient…Read More…
3 New Jersey hospitals’ plan to improve patient experience during labor and delivery
Erica Carbajal Two hospitals that are part of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and Virtua Voorhees Hospital in Voorhees Township, N.J., have adopted a national model focused on shared decision making to improve patient outcomes and experience during the birthing process. RWJBarnabas Health’s Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch; Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston; and Virtua…Read More…
TeamBirth Created to Enhance Labor & Delivery Experience
ON SEP 12, 2022 Three New Jersey hospitals have launched TeamBirth NJ, an evidence-based, national model for better provider and patient communication, which is also called “shared decision-making.” TeamBirth NJ will enhance birthing experiences and improve outcomes for people giving birth and their babies, the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (Quality Institute) announced today….Read More…
NJ launches new initiative to improve maternal and infant outcomes
MELISSA ROSE COOPER, CORRESPONDENT | SEPTEMBER 12, 2022 | HEALTH CARE The national model is being used to improve maternal and infant outcomes for women of color New Jersey is celebrating the launch of a new initiative aimed at improving maternal and infant outcomes. TeamBirth is a national model that gives the patient an opportunity to address…Read More…
Panelists to tackle how to tame health care costs
By: Martin DaksApril 11, 2022 12:01 am ReNew Jersey Business Summit Schwimmer As a small employer, Linda Schwimmer, president and CEO of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, understands the importance of providing comprehensive health insurance to employees. But the nonprofit organization — which has more than 120 members from every segment of the health care…Read More…
Coronavirus 2022: Can NJ synthesize lessons learned during pandemic?
LILO H. STAINTON, HEALTH CARE WRITER | JANUARY 3, 2022 | CORONAVIRUS IN NJ, HEALTH CARE The past year revealed a health care system beset with racial inequities and a heroic, exhausted workforce. With omicron rampant, a new strategy is needed Credit: (Jernej Fuhrman via Flickr/CC BY 2.0) Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of…Read More…
Is your hospital one of the 30 best in NJ? Fall 2021 grades are out
How safe is the hospital that’s in your area? A new study that assigns letter grades to every hospital in New Jersey finds a majority of them get an “A” or “B” when it comes to safety, but there are some that get a “C” or a “D”. Thirty hospitals received an A — four…Read More…
Every hospital in N.J. was just graded for safety. See how yours fared.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2021, 7:30 a.m. | Published: Nov. 10, 2021, 7:30 a.m. By Susan K. Livio | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com New Jersey ranks 9th best in the country — up from 14th in the spring — for having the safest hospitals based on how well they prevented infections, accidents and errors and communicated with their patients,…Read More…
ROI Influencers: Health Care 2021
ROI-NJ October 2o, 2o21 Linda Schwimmer CEO N.J. Health Care Quality Institute Schwimmer’s measured approach and strategies have helped the HCQI maintain an edge in the policy space. Rather than wait for laws to be enacted, the HCQI works to prove strategies, programs and methods work. That includes one of the hyperlocal strategies of engaging…Read More…
NJ looks to grow telehealth, a boon to patients in pandemic
LILO H. STAINTON, HEALTH CARE WRITER | AUGUST 11, 2021 | HEALTH CARE Lawmakers said insurers should pay doctors the same for remote visits as for in-person visits Credit: (AP Photo/LM Otero)File photo: A doctor prepares to conduct an online visit with a patient from his work station at home. For Pamela Dyer, a 48-year-old Farmingdale resident,…Read More…