Number of A and B New Jersey Hospitals Jumps in National Patient Safety Ranking: The Leapfrog Group Announces Spring 2024 Hospital Safety Grades
PRINCETON — May 1, 2024 – Just over 80 percent of New Jersey hospitals earned A or B scores in the Leapfrog Group Hospital Safety Grades, a ranking created by a national nonprofit representing hundreds of the nation’s most influential employers and purchasers of health care. The grades reflect preventable medical errors, accidents, injuries, and…Read More…
Three Health Care Leaders Join Quality Institute Board of Directors Press Release
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Take Five Interview with Jake McDonald
Jake McDonald is a senior state policy advocacy specialist at PHI. PHI is a national organization that works to ensure quality care for older adults and people with disabilities by supporting the creation of quality jobs for direct care workers. In New Jersey, PHI, the Quality Institute, and New Jersey Advocates for Aging Well…Read More…
Three Leaders Join Quality Institute Board of Directors
I’m pleased to announce that three impressive health leaders have joined our Board of Directors, each well-known and respected throughout the state and committed to the Quality Institute’s mission to improve health care safety, quality, and affordability for everyone. These leaders have worked with the Quality Institute providing expertise on issues such as payment models,…Read More…
Op-Ed: Where’s the safest place to have your surgery or procedure?
LINDA SCHWIMMER, ADELISA PEREZ HUDGINS | APRIL 10, 2024 | OPINION Unfortunately, it’s almost impossible to tell because few ambulatory surgery centers participate in a key Leapfrog survey. They should Linda Schwimmer (left) and Adelisa Perez Hudgins If you’re scheduling a same-day surgery or procedure, you may be considering an ambulatory surgery center instead of a hospital or…Read More…
NJ plans major change in health care licensing
LILO H. STAINTON, HEALTH CARE WRITER | APRIL 9, 2024 | HEALTH CARE The plan is for a single, integrated license that would deliver a holistic mix of primary care and behavioral services New Jersey is poised to alter a health care licensing regulation in a way that longtime advocates say will significantly expand people’s access to…Read More…
Announcing Mayors Wellness Campaign “Healthy Town” Winners
As the Director of Community Health for the Quality Institute, I have the pleasure of working with towns and cities across New Jersey as they develop innovative programs that promote health and wellness. The effort is part of the Quality Institute’s Mayors Wellness Campaign, which, in partnership with the New Jersey League of Municipalities, has…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Michael Charlton, MHL
Michael Charlton, MHL, President and CEO of AtlantiCare. AtlantiCare has been a member of the Quality Institute for more than a decade. You recently took over as President and CEO. How does your background in the hospitality industry support your work as CEO? I have found it to be a natural progression because both industries…Read More…
Quality Institute Announces Mayors Wellness Campaign 2023 New Jersey “Healthy Town” Winners
For media requests: Carol Ann Campbell 973-567-1901 or cacampbell@njhcqi.org Find Out Which NJ Cities and Towns are Doing the Most to Improve Health and Wellness in Their Communities PRINCETON, New Jersey — The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute today announced the Mayors Wellness Campaign “Healthy Town” winners for 2023. These cities and towns…Read More…