The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute released “Emerging From COVID-19: An Action Plan for a Healthier State,” in April 2021. The Action Plan includes twenty four consensus-driven recommendations, informed by the experiences of nearly one hundred health care leaders during the pandemic, to strengthen our health care system. Here you will find summaries of the four key topic areas addressed by the report including updates on elements that have been achieved since it’s release. Also included below are resources such as published op-ed’s and webinars highlighting the recommendations.

Read the Action Plan

Summary 1 - Create and Support a More Resilient and Diverse Health Care Workforce

Summary 2 - Increase Support for Alternative Delivery of Care and Payment Models

Summary 3 - Promote Public Policies that Address Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and Can Lead to Greater Health Equity

Summary 4 - Revitalize and Reorganize Our Public Health Infrastructure

Resources

COVID-19 Action Plan

COVID-19 Action Plan Scorecard

Implementing the Action Plan: A Guidance Document to Recruit, Train, and Retain a Resilient and Diverse Health Care Workforce for New Jersey

QI Conference – Primary Care as a Common Good Recording

Op-Ed: New Jersey Must Increase it’s Medicaid Investment in Primary Care

QI Conference – Investing in High Quality Primary Care Recording

QI Conference – Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Recording

Op-Ed: COVID-19 Taught Providers that Public Health Benefits from Collaboration

Op-Ed: Measuring the Effectiveness and Value of Virtual Care

Quality Institute Conference Primary Care as a Common Good Recording 12/15/21

 

Support for this work was provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.