Conference on Rebuilding Primary Care Was Just the Start
I hope you were able join our virtual Winter Conference yesterday. The topic was Primary Care as a Common Good – The Prescription for a Healthier and More Equitable Health Care System. Our speakers, including keynote Dr. Shawna Hudson, spoke about the value of high-quality primary care, how that is defined, and how…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Shawna Hudson, Professor & Research Division Chief, Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, RU RWJ Med School
Shawna Hudson is Professor and Research Division Chief in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She will deliver the keynote speech at the Quality Institute’s Winter Conference. As an internationally known medical sociologist specializing in primary care research, can you give our readers a…Read More…
Meet Our New Staffers Supporting the Critical Work Ahead
The past 21 months, perhaps more than any time in memory, have taught us the importance of relationships and collaboration. At the Quality Institute, we value our relationships with our members and others committed to our mission to advance health care safety, quality, and affordability for everyone. Much work remains ahead, especially in our efforts…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Mariekarl Vilceus-Talty, MA, BSN, NE-BC, LNC,
Mariekarl Vilceus-Talty, MA, BSN, NE-BC, LNC, President and CEO of the Partnership for Maternal & Child Health of Northern New Jersey. The Partnership is a member of the Quality Institute, and the designated maternal health consortium for Northern New Jersey. You have decades of direct labor and delivery patient care and managing hundreds of…Read More…
Happy National Botox Day, From Your Trusted Physician
Just recently, while waiting in my ob-gyn’s exam room, I noticed heartfelt, pink posters which said, “Are you concerned about your thinning lips? Fine lines around your eyes?” Honesty, I was there for health care, but when it was mentioned, should I be concerned? At home, the marketing continued. I received not just one,…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…
Leapfrog Announces Spring 2021 Hospital Safety Grades
For Immediate Release, Contact: Carol Ann Campbell, cacampbell@njhcqi.org (973-567-1901) Embargoed until 12:01 a.m. EST on November 10, 2021 PRINCETON – November 10, 2021 – The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing hundreds of the nation’s most influential employers and purchasers of health care, driven in New Jersey by the New Jersey Health Care Quality…Read More…