Take Five Interview with Andy Anderson, Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health
Andy Anderson, M.D., is the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Quality Officer for Quality Institute member Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health. Where do you think you can make the biggest impact in your new role as Chief Medical and Quality Officer for RWJBH? The mission of our health system is to achieve healthier communities….Read More…
Leapfrog Announces Fall 2022 Hospital Safety Grades
PRINCETON – November 16, 2022 – The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing hundreds of employers and purchasers of health care — and driven in New Jersey by the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute — today announced the Fall 2022 Hospital Safety Grades. The independent grading system assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,”…Read More…
Let Pharmacists Provide Birth Control to Advance Good Health
Last year, I was in California visiting family and stopped into a CVS. Waiting in line, I noticed a sign saying you could see a pharmacist for a consultation and prescription for birth control there without a doctor’s prescription. The cost was $39. I was intrigued, then impressed, that California streamlined access to birth…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Jackie Cornell
Jackie Cornell is the new Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ and the Chief Government Relations Officer of Planned Parenthood of Northern, Central, and Southern NJ (PPNCSNJ). Tell us about your new role with the Action Fund and your overall focus at PPNCSNJ. I hold a dual role. As Chief Government…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Brianna Hanson, MPH
Brianna Hanson, MPH, Health Policy Program Officer, the Quality Institute. You recently joined the Quality Institute. Can you tell us what you will be doing for our organization? My focus will be health care policy, and among my first initiatives will be to focus on maternal-child health policy. We know that unacceptable racial disparities…Read More…
Supporting Mayors as they Make Their Communities Healthier Places to Live, Work, and Play
As the elections approach, and the focus is mostly on national races, we should remember how much of an impact our local leaders can have in our communities. Every day we see how dedicated mayors and public health officials are making a difference in the health and wellness of their communities. Mayors throughout New…Read More…
Tackling the Social Determinants of Health
New Jersey Business Magazine Collaboration across the state aims to alleviate the negative impacts that environmental and social factors have on residents’ healthcare. BY JIM PYTELL, MANAGING EDITOR ON NOV 1, 2022 According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 84% of health outcomes are attributable to a combination of factors that fall under the…Read More…
Unaffordable Insurance Premium Hikes – A Fall Ritual That Must End
Health insurance coverage continues to be unaffordable for many. Those eligible for Medicaid or who receive generous subsidies through the Individual market are largely shielded from these costs. And many who have employers that cover most of their premiums also are protected, though they may still have large out-of-pocket costs for deductibles, co-payments, and co-insurance….Read More…
Data Expert and Entrepreneur Joins Quality Institute’s Board
For Immediate Release Contact: Carol Ann Campbell cacampbell@njhcqi.org (973-567-1901) Gary Mann, Founder of Newark-based JASFEL Analytics, Brings His Expertise To Quality Institute’s Mission to Improve Health Care Quality, Safety, Access PRINCETON — October 17, 2022 — A computer scientist and entrepreneur committed to using data to improve the delivery of health care has joined the board of…Read More…