Quality Institute Releases Recommendations to Support Advanced Primary Care
High quality primary care is the foundation of a high performing health system. It’s associated with lower overall spending, improved health equity, and better population health over the long run. Yet as a nation we underinvest in primary care. And in New Jersey, we are one of the states with the lowest payment rates for…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Saira A. Jan, MS, PharmD.
Saira A. Jan, MS, PharmD., is a vice president and chief pharmacy officer at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, and Professor Emerita at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University. She has been affiliated with both organizations for more than 25 years. You are an organizer of the School…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Ria Rodney MS, BSN-RN
Ria Rodney, Director of Nurture NJ, the initiative that aims to make New Jersey the safest and most equitable place in the nation to deliver and raise a baby. What drew you to this role as the first Director of Nurture NJ? I’m a nurse with an educational background in social work, and I’m…Read More…
Quality Institute Outlines Policy Priorities for 2024
We finished 2023 with major successes on improving health care access and equity. Two laws, both based on our earlier white paper, were enacted to make the New Jersey small employer health insurance market more affordable. Next, based on our call for action, the governor signed a law on Monday enabling licensed clinical social workers,…Read More…
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…