The racist stigma of midwifery, and how the profession’s return could help solve New Jersey’s maternal health care crisis
By Tennyson Donyéa March 8, 2023 Listen 1:52 File photo: A midwife at Sisters in Birth, a Jackson, Miss., clinic that serves pregnant women, uses a hand-held doppler probe on a patient from Yazoo City to measure the heartbeat of her fetus in 2021. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP) The policing of Black bodies in America dates back…Read More…
“Economic Doubts & Downturn?” A New Jersey Business Magazine Featuring Linda Schwimmer
We invite you to read George Saliba’s economic forecast on health care, featuring our President & CEO, Linda Schwimmer, in the latest issue of New Jersey Business Magazine. The article can alternatively be viewed directly on New Jersey Business Magazine’s website via Home Page / Virtual Issue / Page 20.Read More…
Tackling the Social Determinants of Health
New Jersey Business Magazine Collaboration across the state aims to alleviate the negative impacts that environmental and social factors have on residents’ healthcare. BY JIM PYTELL, MANAGING EDITOR ON NOV 1, 2022 According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 84% of health outcomes are attributable to a combination of factors that fall under the…Read More…
NJ’s first lady continues push on maternal, infant health initiatives
By: Matthew FazelpoorSeptember 19, 2022 12:01 am Over the last few weeks, Tammy Murphy has continued her efforts to highlight the issue of maternal and infant health, an initiative at the center of her work as the state’s first lady. Earlier this month, Murphy took part in the launch of the TeamBirth NJ initiative, which is an…Read More…
TEAMBIRTH LAUNCHES AT NJ HOSPITALS TO ENHANCE LABOR AND DELIVERY
Dino Flammia Published: September 18, 2022 A national model for a more pleasant and communicative labor and delivery process is up and running at three New Jersey hospitals and a birthing center. Experts hope the approach, which is expected to expand its reach over the coming years throughout the state, results in more positive patient…Read More…
3 New Jersey hospitals’ plan to improve patient experience during labor and delivery
Erica Carbajal Two hospitals that are part of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and Virtua Voorhees Hospital in Voorhees Township, N.J., have adopted a national model focused on shared decision making to improve patient outcomes and experience during the birthing process. RWJBarnabas Health’s Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch; Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston; and Virtua…Read More…
TeamBirth Created to Enhance Labor & Delivery Experience
ON SEP 12, 2022 Three New Jersey hospitals have launched TeamBirth NJ, an evidence-based, national model for better provider and patient communication, which is also called “shared decision-making.” TeamBirth NJ will enhance birthing experiences and improve outcomes for people giving birth and their babies, the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (Quality Institute) announced today….Read More…
NJ launches new initiative to improve maternal and infant outcomes
MELISSA ROSE COOPER, CORRESPONDENT | SEPTEMBER 12, 2022 | HEALTH CARE The national model is being used to improve maternal and infant outcomes for women of color New Jersey is celebrating the launch of a new initiative aimed at improving maternal and infant outcomes. TeamBirth is a national model that gives the patient an opportunity to address…Read More…
Panelists to tackle how to tame health care costs
By: Martin DaksApril 11, 2022 12:01 am ReNew Jersey Business Summit Schwimmer As a small employer, Linda Schwimmer, president and CEO of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, understands the importance of providing comprehensive health insurance to employees. But the nonprofit organization — which has more than 120 members from every segment of the health care…Read More…
Coronavirus 2022: Can NJ synthesize lessons learned during pandemic?
LILO H. STAINTON, HEALTH CARE WRITER | JANUARY 3, 2022 | CORONAVIRUS IN NJ, HEALTH CARE The past year revealed a health care system beset with racial inequities and a heroic, exhausted workforce. With omicron rampant, a new strategy is needed Credit: (Jernej Fuhrman via Flickr/CC BY 2.0) Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of…Read More…