Looking Back, and Ahead, After Twenty Years Of Health Care Transparency
It’s been twenty years since the Institute of Medicine released To Err Is Human and shined a light on the need to improve quality and safety in health care. Both the National Quality Forum (NQF) and the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute started twenty years ago. Both organizations take a unique multi-stakeholder approach to…Read More…
No ‘F’ grades for N.J. hospitals in latest Leapfrog safety scores, but ‘A’ marks are down, too
By Anjalee Khemlani New Jersey | May 15, 2019 at 12:11 pm New Jersey fell from its top spot last fall as having the most “A”-rated hospitals in The Leapfrog Group’s report on hospital safety. This spring, the biannual report — released Wednesday — shows the state is down to sixth in the nation for the number of…Read More…
Scotch Plains named a Healthy Town to Watch
Posted on May 14, 2019 by Dan DiBella Posted in Our Publications, Scotch Plains Monthly (above) Mayor Al Smith and MWC Program Director Margaret Heisey participate in one of the 5K events in Scotch Plains that qualify for a Mayor’s Medal. Scotch Plains Designated a Healthy Town to Watch The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI), located…Read More…
LEAPFROG ANNOUNCES SPRING 2019 HOSPITAL SAFETY GRADES
For Immediate Release Contact: Carol Ann Campbell at cacampbell@njhcqi.org (973-567-1901) LEAPFROG ANNOUNCES SPRING 2019 HOSPITAL SAFETY GRADES Most New Jersey Hospitals Receive A or B Grades, But Safety Concerns Remain at Some Hospitals Princeton — May 15, 2019 – The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing the nation’s largest and most influential employers and purchasers of health care,…Read More…
Murphy takes action to reduce the shocking number of N.J. mothers who die during or soon after childbirth
Jaye Wilson, founder and CEO of the support group, Melinated Moms, speaks about her challenging pregnancies, as First Lady Tammy Murphy, Gov. Phil Murphy and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka listen at University Hospital in Newark. Murphy signed a package of bills Wednesday aimed at reducing the mortality rate of new mothers. By Susan K. Livio |…Read More…
ATLANTIC COUNTY PROGRAM MAKES SURE PATIENTS DO NOT DIE ALONE
ATLANTIC COUNTY PROGRAM MAKES SURE PATIENTS DO NOT DIE ALONE LILO H. STAINTON | MAY 8, 2019 Trained volunteers stand vigil with patients, providing them ‘with the dignity and respect they deserve’ Credit: CCO Public Domain A nurse in Oregon once promised a dying man who requested her company that she would return to his hospital bedside…Read More…
Gov. Phil Murphy signs four laws to make childbirth safer for mothers, babies
Lindy Washburn, North Jersey Record Published 2:22 p.m. ET May 8, 2019 | Updated 5:59 p.m. ET May 8, 2019 Four laws intended to make birth safer for mothers and babies in New Jersey were signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Phil Murphy in Newark. Black women in New Jersey are five times more likely to die from childbirth complications than…Read More…
Take Five Interview With Tiffani Johnson, MD., MSc.
Tiffani Johnson, MD, MSc, is a leading researcher of racial bias in health care. Dr. Johnson is a researcher at PolicyLab, a pediatrician and assistant professor at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). She will be our keynote speaker at the Quality Institute’s Spring All Council Conference on May 21. The topic is Racial Bias…Read More…
MOST NEW JERSEYANS HAVE CONSIDERED BUT NOT PLANNED FOR END-OF-LIFE WISHES
EMBARGOED UNTIL 12:01 AM, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019 Media Contacts: Carol Ann Campbell, cacampbell@njhcqi.org 973-567-1901 Ashley Koning, akoning@rutgers.edu, 848-932-8940 MOST NEW JERSEYANS HAVE CONSIDERED BUT NOT PLANNED FOR END-OF-LIFE WISHES One in 10 have talked to a doctor despite provider reimbursement New Brunswick, N.J. (April 16, 2019) – In advance of National Health Care Decisions Day on April 16, a…Read More…