Take Five
Take Five Interview with Kimberly Birdsall, MPH
Kimberly Birdsall, MPH, is Executive Director of the Health Coalition of Passaic County (HPCP), one of four Regional Health Hubs in New Jersey. The organization is a Quality Institute ACO Council member. Tell us what your organization accomplishes as a Regional Health Hub (RHH)? We’re dedicated to improving health outcomes and reducing regional health disparities by…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Atiya Weiss, Executive Director of the Burke Foundation
Atiya Weiss, Executive Director of The Burke Foundation, is integral to shaping the foundation’s focus on maternal and child health. The Foundation recently released its new strategy, “Building Strong Partnerships for Community and Care in the First 1,000 Days.” Can you tell us about your strategy to improve child health in New Jersey? The…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Amber Weiseth, DNP, MSN, RNC-OB
Amber Weiseth, DNP, MSN, RNC-OB, is Director of the Delivery Decisions Initiative (DDI) at Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The Quality Institute, NJ Department of Health, and Ariadne Labs are jointly implementing New Jersey TeamBirth, a shared…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Patricia Simino Boyce
Patricia Simino Boyce, PhD, RN, is the University Dean for Health and Human Services at the City University of New York (CUNY). She will deliver the keynote address at the Quality Institute’s Spring All Council Conference, Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future, on May 18. In your role at CUNY, how do…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Commissioner of NJ Dept. of Children & Families
Commissioner Christine Norbut Beyer, MSW, is Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Children and Families. The Department of Children and Families is prevention-focused, promoting strong and healthy families, and providing evidence-based support and services to keep all New Jerseyans safe, healthy, and connected. How is your department designing the Universal Voluntary Nurse Home…Read More…
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…
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…
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…
Take Five Interview with Dana Gelb Safran, ScM and ScD
Dana Gelb Safran, ScM and ScD, is President and CEO of the National Quality Forum (NQF). NQF serves as the steward of the nation’s portfolio of quality measures, and, in this role, is responsible for convening and leading consensus processes to evaluate health care quality measures to determine their scientific and clinical merits for endorsement…Read More…