Share Your Real-World Case Studies of Improving Quality
I urge anyone committed to improving health care quality to read this case study from Texas Children’s Hospital’s Pavilion for Women, which outlines how the organization reduced the use of episiotomies by more than 60 percent in five years. Today, these surgical incisions — which increase complications and maternal deaths — are used in just 3.4…Read More…
Take Five with Timothy P. Lydon, J.S.C.
The Honorable Timothy P. Lydon, J.S.C., works in the Mercer County Courthouse as the drug court judge. He presides over a program that works to address substance abuse as a medical issue, rather than as a crime. Learn more about his work, which is featured in this video by the Financial Times. How long…Read More…
Driving Payment Reform — A Roadmap for 2019
At the Quality Institute, we begin 2019 with a baseline for where we are on payment reform in New Jersey — and a greater understanding of the challenges ahead. As the lead New Jersey partner of Catalyst for Payment Reform’s (CPR) Scorecard 2.0, we worked with CPR as they assessed payment reform activity in New…Read More…
It’s Time to Revamp Prior Authorizations
Earlier this year, we invited primary care physicians, including pediatricians, to join us for dinner and discussion. We wanted to know why New Jersey physicians have low participation rates in both Medicaid and Medicare. We expected to hear a great deal about low reimbursement rates. Instead, we heard about the daily frustrations of physicians. They…Read More…
Take Five with Mayor Gayle Brill Mittler, Mayor of Highland Park
Mayor Gayle Brill Mittler, Mayor of Highland Park, explains how she’s creating a culture of health in her community. The Quality Institute’s Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC) designated Highland Park a “Healthy Town” last year for activities such as free yoga sessions with the mayor; a walking school bus; and downtown outdoor “living rooms.” How…Read More…
14 children have died. We need some answers | Editorial
Star-ledger Editorial, published by NJ.com. In a committee room in Trenton today, a group of lawmakers, hospital administrators, infection experts, and the commissioner of the Department of Health will try to untangle the mystery that took the lives of 14 medically-fragile children and infected dozens more in two long-term facilities over the last few months….Read More…
At Last, A Coordinated Effort to Increase Coverage
Driving to visit relatives in the northern part of New Jersey recently, I passed a billboard on Route 280 that said: Get Covered NJ. I never saw a sign like that before. I smiled. The towering roadside message tells me that our new administration in Trenton is serious about increasing enrollment through the Affordable Care…Read More…
How End-of-Life Care in New Jersey Could Be Greatly Improved
Published in NJ Spotlight State council reports on the many ways in which life could be made more comfortable for New Jerseyans in their final days A long-awaited report on what New Jersey should be considering when it comes to end-of-life care had no shortage of recommendations — 26 of them, in fact. They include…Read More…