Quality Institute by the Numbers
Each year, we share all that we have accomplished together and our goals for the future in our Annual Report. I would like to highlight a few numbers that help tell the story of our collaborative work in 2021: We welcomed 21 new member organizations and now have 121 member organizations working across 10…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Patricia Simino Boyce
Patricia Simino Boyce, PhD, RN, is the University Dean for Health and Human Services at the City University of New York (CUNY). She will deliver the keynote address at the Quality Institute’s Spring All Council Conference, Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future, on May 18. In your role at CUNY, how do…Read More…
Leapfrog Announces Spring 2022 Hospital Safety Grades
PRINCETON – May 10, 2022 – The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing hundreds of employers and purchasers of health care — and driven in New Jersey by the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute — today announced the Spring 2022 Hospital Safety Grades. The independent grading system assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” or “F”…Read More…
Medical mistakes shouldn’t be a crime | Opinion
Updated: Apr. 25, 2022, 2:05 p.m. | Published: Apr. 25, 2022, 2:04 p.m. FILE – RaDonda Vaught arrives for a court hearing in Nashville, Tenn. Vaught was charged with reckless homicide for accidentally administering the paralyzing drug vecuronium to 75-year-old Charlene Murphey instead of the sedative in 2017. Vaught admitted the error as soon as she…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Commissioner of NJ Dept. of Children & Families
Commissioner Christine Norbut Beyer, MSW, is Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Children and Families. The Department of Children and Families is prevention-focused, promoting strong and healthy families, and providing evidence-based support and services to keep all New Jerseyans safe, healthy, and connected. How is your department designing the Universal Voluntary Nurse Home…Read More…
Medical Mistakes Shouldn’t Be A Crime | Featured in NJ.com – Opinion
This piece was originally featured in NJ.com Opinions. By Star-Ledger Guest Columnist Adelisa Perez-Hudgins, MSN, RN, the Director of Quality for the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute. Before I joined the Quality Institute, I worked as a telemetry nurse on a heart failure unit and later at an intermediate care unit. I closely monitored multiple…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Michelle A. Gentek-Mayer
Michelle A. Gentek-Mayer is the Surrogate of Camden County Surrogate Court. She works closely with the Quality Institute’s Conversation of Your Life (COYL) and was the first surrogate in the state to integrate COYL programming into community outreach and education. You’ve been involved with our Conversation of Your Life (COYL) program since its launch in 2015….Read More…
Strengthening the Health Care Workforce — For Today and Tomorrow
Five years ago, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) predicted that by 2030 New Jersey would face the third largest nursing shortage in the nation. That was well before 18 percent of all American health care workers quit their jobs during the pandemic. The crisis of health care worker shortages extends beyond nurses…Read More…