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Take Five Interview with Leah Binder, President and CEO, The Leapfrog Group
Leah Binder is the President and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. The Leapfrog Group is well known to many of our readers, but can you explain the difference between the Leapfrog Hospital and Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Surveys and the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade? We have two voluntary surveys: one for hospitals and one for…Read More…
A Decade Later: Why Medicaid 2.0 Matters Now More Than Ever
Nearly ten years ago, the Quality Institute convened stakeholders across New Jersey to answer a fundamental question: how should we redesign Medicaid for the future? The result was Medicaid 2.0: Blueprint for the Future, a roadmap with 24 recommendations to modernize how care is delivered, paid for, and accessed across the state. Medicaid covers nearly…Read More…
Engaging Local Leaders at the League
Each year at the New Jersey League of Municipalities Conference, our Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC) booth and panel, Bringing Wellness to Your Community, bring together mayors and municipal leaders who care deeply about strengthening the health of their hometowns. No two MWCs are alike; each community must shape its wellness agenda around its residents’ needs…Read More…
Quality Institute’s Mayors Wellness Campaign Awards $85,000 To Nine New Jersey Towns
Funded By Walmart and the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, Grants support Local Initiatives to Improve Mental Health and Reduce Stigma TRENTON, New Jersey — The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute’s Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC) has awarded $85,000 in grants to nine New Jersey communities to advance local initiatives that support mental health,…Read More…
FALL 2025 LEAPFROG SAFETY GRADES RELEASED, PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO LOCAL HOSPITALS
New Jersey has Nation’s Third Highest Percentage of ‘A’ Hospitals And Highest Rate of Leapfrog Participation TRENTON, New Jersey — November 13, 2025 — The Leapfrog Group, the independent nonprofit advancing patient safety, today released its Fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades. The biannual Safety Grades — ranging from “A” to “F” — assess how well…Read More…
Thirty-Six Hospitals in New Jersey Earn an “A” on the Spring 2025 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Media Contact: Carol Ann Campbell www.HospitalSafetyGrade.org Thirty-Six Hospitals in New Jersey Earn an “A” on the Spring 2025 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade Five More “A” Grades than Last Round; 18 New Jersey Hospitals have Sustained “A” Grades on the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for Five or More…Read More…
Leapfrog Group Hospital Safety Grades Released: Transparency Key to Quality Health Care
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades for Spring 2025 were released this morning. The Quality Institute is the Regional Leader for Leapfrog in New Jersey and, as many of you know, I serve as the national organization’s board chair. Once again, New Jersey was number one in hospital participation for the 2024 Leapfrog Hospital Survey at…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Stefanie Simmons
Stefanie Simmons, MD, Chief Medical Officer at the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation. The Quality Institute is partnering with the Foundation on the initiative, “ALL IN: Caring for New Jersey’s Caregivers.” What is the story behind the creation of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation? Lorna was a department chair of emergency medicine, at the top…Read More…