New Study Reveals Progress in Hospital Maternity Care Access in New Jersey, with Opportunities for Continued Improvement
Rutgers Health’s evaluation of Nurture NJ examines efforts to expand access to services provided by midwives, doulas and lactation consultants The availability of maternity care services varies considerably throughout New Jersey hospitals with those having the fewest services are more likely to serve Hispanic patients, while those with the most services serve a larger proportion…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…
Interview: Adelisa Perez-Hudgins of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute
Read the Article Here Since 2022, HFNJ has provided a total of $370,380 over three grants to support a project by the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI) offering mental health education to Perinatal Community Health Workers. We spoke with Adelisa Perez-Hudgins, Director of Quality of NJHCQI, about how the training program is helping…Read More…
Op-Ed: New Jersey must look beyond CDC for vaccine strategy — and act now
‘Given the public health risks, action can be taken through executive order’ Heather Howard, Eddy Bresnitz, Linda J. Schwimmer | September 10, 2025 | Opinion, Coronavirus in NJ, Health Care L to R: Dr. Eddy Bresnitz, Heather Howard and Linda Schwimmer U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr’s policy decisions and actions continue to undermine public health and…Read More…
Milestone for mental health care in New Jersey
Long-delayed regulations would allow medical and behavioral health services in same office Lilo H. Stainton, Health Care Writer | April 14, 2025 | Health Care After at least a decade of discussion and years drafting regulations, New Jersey is poised to revise its license requirements for outpatient treatment to allow for truly integrated outpatient care. “This is…Read More…
One pandemic benefit: Stronger mental health support for caregivers
Bobby Brier, Mental Health Writer | March 18, 2025 | Health Care, Coronavirus in NJ Health care workers still face stigma around mental health struggles In March 2020, as the pandemic spread across New Jersey, doctors, nurses and staff in hospitals and nursing homes scrambled to care for a growing number of patients infected with COVID-19, while…Read More…
After COVID-19, is NJ better prepared for a new pandemic?
Lilo H. Stainton, Health Care Writer | March 10, 2025 | Coronavirus in NJ, Health Care Measures build after state’s COVID-19 response help, but experts warn of federal disruptions Five years after the arrival of COVID-19 forced New Jersey to shift from pandemic planning to pandemic response, the state is in some ways better prepared for the next public health…Read More…
One pandemic benefit: Stronger mental health support for caregivers
Bobby Brier, Mental Health Writer | March 18, 2025 | Health Care, Coronavirus in NJ Health care workers still face stigma around mental health struggles In March 2020, as the pandemic spread across New Jersey, doctors, nurses and staff in hospitals and nursing homes scrambled to care for a growing number of patients infected with COVID-19, while also…Read More…
NJ kids’ teeth are rotting more than the national average. Here’s why
Scott Fallon NorthJersey.com The email sent to Dr. Michal Herman in early December was like many others she has received in her 25-year dental career. It was a from a teacher at a Newark school. She had a 6-year-old who was homeless — and his teeth were rotting. When he arrived at KinderSmile Foundation’s office…Read More…
Where are the dentists for kids in need?
Lilo H. Stainton, Health Care Writer | January 8, 2025 | Health Care Medicaid pays for care, but advocates found few dentists able to take younger patients Credit: (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)In this Friday, Jan. 22, 2016 photo, Dr. Juan Fernando Yepes, a dentist at the Riley Hospital for Children Department of Pediatric Dentistry, checks the teeth of…Read More…