Which New Jersey hospitals are the safest? Here are the results of a new national survey.
Published by Susan K. Livio on NJ.com. Fewer hospitals in New Jersey earned an “A” for patient safety in the latest national report card released Tuesday. That drove New Jersey’s national rank down from 11th to 17th best for the strategies they used to prevent infections, falls and other harmful mistakes, according to the report. Just…Read More…
N.J. drops in Leapfrog hospital safety ranking, despite 22 ‘A’ grades
Published by Anjalee Khemlani on ROI New Jersey. New Jersey fell in national rankings of hospital safety scores, according to the biannual ranking by The Leapfrog Group. The Washington, D.C.-based organization ranks the safety of hospitals every spring and fall, and the most recent report shows New Jersey is now No. 17 among 50 states, compared…Read More…
NJ Lawmakers Look to Implement State-Level Individual Mandate
By Brenda Flanagan, Senior Correspondent NJTV News https://www.njtvonline.org/news/video/nj-lawmakers-look-implement-state-level-individual-mandate/Read More…
States Move to Offset Shift in ACA Policies
Published by Steven Porter in Healthleaders Media Maryland and New Jersey passed laws designed to help stabilize their health insurance markets. As the federal government continues to denounce the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and neutralize some of its requirements, certain states are responding with countermeasures of their own. New Jersey lawmakers sent a bill Thursday to Gov….Read More…
Obamacare: NJ Lawmakers Vote to Bring Back Health Insurance Mandate
Published by Michael L. Diamond in the Asbury Park Press Murphycare could look a lot like Obamacare. Lawmakers Thursday sent to Gov. Phil Murphy a bill that will require nearly all New Jerseyans to have health insurance or pay a penalty, in a bid to stabilize premiums for consumers in the Obamacare marketplace. They approved…Read More…
Better Data Equals Better Public Policy, Researchers Say
Published by Lilo H. Stainton in NJ Spotlight State developing interactive app that will let patients, providers, and policymakers work directly with Medicaid stats Imagine the possibilities: online maps and other tools that allow patients and policymakers to visualize how much Medicaid spends on specific medical procedures — and how these costs vary between counties,…Read More…
At NJIT, doctors learn how tech can help patient outcomes
Published by Michael Hill on NJTV News. Shoe supports with sensors to help Type 2 diabetics avoid potential amputation and hands-free shoes were featured at the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s fourth annual Innovation Showcase. “My son had a medical condition. He was in a scoliosis brace for years and it prevented him from being able…Read More…
What are New Jersey’s safest hospitals? Here’s how they all fared in a national survey.
Published by Susan K. Livio on NJ.com. Nearly half of New Jersey’s hospitals earned an “A” in an October 2017 national safety report measuring how effective nurses, doctors and other medical staff are in preventing infections, falls and mistakes than often make patients sicker than they arrived. New Jersey ranks 11th best in the nation…Read More…
Plan would make medicaid ‘encounter’ data more widely available
Published by Lilo H. Stainton on NJ Spotlight. ‘De-identified’ healthcare data makes it possible to track treatment, providers, fees without identifying personal details New Jersey citizens and policymakers would be able to access “de-identified” healthcare data related to nearly two million residents under a new proposal designed to help improve decision making about personal care…Read More…
People are dying after procedures in NJ surgery centers and it’s not always made public
Published by Lindy Washburn on NorthJersey.com Patients expect the safety of a hospital. But the centers differ in resources and oversight. And that can be the difference between life and death. They are called “same-day surgery centers,’’ leading patients to expect a quick in-and-out for a routine procedure. But the experience was anything but routine for…Read More…