Take Five Interview with Pamela Harmon, DNP, MSN, RNC-NIC
Pamela Harmon, DNP, MSN, RNC-NIC, Director, Women and Children’s Division, Saint Peter’s University Hospital and Administrative Director of the Mary V. O’Shea Birth Center. Saint Peter’s University Hospital and its birth center have truly embraced Team Birth, an evidence-based model for better provider and patient communication during the birthing experience. How do you see Team…Read More…
Maternity Action Plan (MAP) Work Advances in 2024
The Quality Institute’s longstanding work to improve maternal and infant health (MIH) outcomes in our state accelerates in 2024 with new virtual and in-person work sessions and a collaborative focus on improving access to doula care. We’ll continue to advance our Maternity Action Plan (MAP), which provides a path forward to address New Jersey’s…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Lina Walker, PhD
Lina Walker, PhD, Senior Vice President for Global Thought Leadership at AARP. Dr. Walker will be the keynote speaker of the Quality Institute’s Winter Conference, A Framework for Health Aging in New Jersey. As an economist, what demographic shift in the next 30 years will be most significant? Birth rates are falling, and people are…Read More…
Winter Conference: Innovation and Planning Needed as New Jersey’s Population Ages
In New Jersey, more than 1.5 million people are over the age of 65, or about 17 percent of our population. The percentage is expected to continue rising. Most people in this age group want to stay in their communities as they get older — close to families, friends, and other connections in their lives….Read More…
Take Five Interview with Christine Ivery, MPH, CHES
Christine Ivery, MPH, CHES, has joined the Quality Institute as a Program Officer. Ivery brings deep experience as a public health leader and educator dedicated to health equity. Can you tell us about yourself and what drew you to the Quality Institute? I grew up in Pennsauken, in Camden County. My mother is a nurse,…Read More…
Twenty-Four Hospitals in New Jersey Earn an “A” in 2023 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades
Hospital Infections are Down in New Jersey After a Spike During the Pandemic The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing hundreds of the nation’s most influential employers and purchasers of health care, and driven in New Jersey by the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, today released the fall 2023 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. The…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Staci R. Grant
Staci R. Grant, RHU, Vice President Benefits Division, Henry O. Baker Insurance Group. Open enrollment season is here. What are your small employer clients seeing in terms of health insurance premium costs and any new options? In the small employer market, we’re seeing premium increases anywhere from two and a half percent to 11…Read More…