ROI Influencers: Health Care 2021
ROI-NJ October 2o, 2o21 Linda Schwimmer CEO N.J. Health Care Quality Institute Schwimmer’s measured approach and strategies have helped the HCQI maintain an edge in the policy space. Rather than wait for laws to be enacted, the HCQI works to prove strategies, programs and methods work. That includes one of the hyperlocal strategies of engaging…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Roberto Muñiz
Roberto Muñiz, President and CEO of Parker Life, the newest member of the Quality Institute’s Leadership Council. Parker Life has been a leader in high-quality, person-centered care for older adults in Central Jersey. Can you share some details about the unique aspects of your skilled nursing homes and adult day services? Mrs. Henrietta Parker founded…Read More…
Time to Support, Not Constrain, Telehealth
Most of us have had at least one telehealth visit since the beginning of the pandemic. And for the majority of us, it was our first telehealth visit. Across the country, and the Northeast in particular, telehealth saw an unprecedented spike due to stay at home orders and limitations on PPE. At the Quality Institute,…Read More…
Foundational Change to Primary Care is Needed Now
Now is the time to come together and commit to making high quality primary care the foundation of our health care system. This will be a change for New Jersey, but it’s a long overdue positive and important change that we can define and design together. Depending on our age, health status, and our…Read More…
COYL Became Essential Part of Public Health Pandemic Response
During the first week of March 2020, our Conversation of Your Life (COYL) county task forces were preparing community events leading up to National Healthcare Decisions Day, organized to inspire community members and health care professionals to learn more about advance care planning. But then word of people dying across the globe from a novel…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Cory Neering
Cory Neering is CEO of Planned Parenthood of Northern, Central and Southern New Jersey. The organization is a member of the Quality Institute’s Leadership Council. You recently became CEO, alongside Triste Brooks, of Planned Parenthood of Northern, Central and Southern New Jersey. How will having two CEOs expand your ability to provide reproductive health…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Margaret C. Fisher
Margaret C. Fisher, MD, specializes in infectious disease and pediatrics. She is co-chair of the Professional Advisory Committee to the New Jersey Department of Health. Dr. Fisher is also Medical Director of Clinical and Academic Excellence at Monmouth Medical Center. As a key advisor to the Department of Health, you are helping to lead the COVID-19 vaccination…Read More…