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The Quality Institute Newsletter: A bi-weekly edition to keep you updated our latest activities

SchwimmerScript Blog: Insights from Quality Institute President and CEO Linda Schwimmer

Take Five Interview: Powerful and insightful interviews with health care leaders

The Mayors Wellness Campaign Newsletter: A quarterly update on the MWC activities

Press releases and the latest news about the Quality Institute, our members, and New Jersey health care

Poll: Most NJ Voters Favor Funding Planned Parenthood

Published on The Observer by Alyana Alfaro. Most New Jersey voters support federal and state funding to low-cost women’s health centers including Planned Parenthood, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton poll released Wednesday. Nearly 78 percent of voters surveyed said they support health care funding for lower-income women, 84 percent said Medicaid should continue funding Planned Parenthood…Read More…

Posted June 14, 2017
Categories:In the News

New Jersey Voters Support Federal and State Funding for Low-Income Women’s Health, Insurance Coverage For Women’s Reproductive Health Services

Voters largely positive about Planned Parenthood, aware of its services PRINCETON, N.J. — As officials consider changes to Medicaid funding at the state and federal levels, and as Congress weighs health insurance reform, large majorities of New Jersey registered voters want to maintain federal and state funding for women’s reproductive health services for lower-income women, as…Read More…

Posted June 14, 2017
Categories:In the News

Report finds fewer hospital patients are harmed by bedsores and injuries, but work is needed

No one who enters a hospital for care expects to be harmed or sickened accidentally. Unfortunately, preventable errors and mishaps are all too common, occurring during one in six hospital admissions and killing at least 500 people a day in the U.S. The Leapfrog Group released today the first-ever analysis of the 2016 Leapfrog Hospital…Read More…

Posted June 8, 2017
Categories:In the News

Meet the Doers: Interviews with HealthDoers Network Participants

Interview Topic: Enhancing Care Delivery by Deepening Patient-Provider Relationships and Developing Community Partnerships   Michael Ruiz de Somocurcio Vice President Payer and Provider Collaboration at Regional Cancer Care Associates LLC Greater New York City Area In an environment where providers are paid based on schedules packed with short appointments, how do you develop the relationship that is so important to…Read More…

Posted June 7, 2017
Categories:In the News

HealthDoers Monthly Newletter

Originally published by HealthDoers May 2017: Enhancing Care Delivery by Deepening Patient-Provider Relationships and Developing Community Partnerships HealthDoers Is Improving the Way We Share News and Updates We’ve heard you! The sheer volume of communications you are receiving is challenging, and we want to help cut down on the noise. In an effort to better inform you about events, information, and…Read More…

Posted June 5, 2017
Categories:In the News

Renewed Push to Tackle and Tame Out-of-Network Medical Bills

Published by Lilo H. Stainton on NJ Spotlight. Patient, business advocates call for ‘two-pronged approach’ that melds transparency and mechanism to resolve disputes over surprise charges Hoping to jump-start what they consider a comprehensive reform, a diverse group of healthcare and business advocates have called on Democratic leaders to vote this week on a long-debated…Read More…

Posted May 31, 2017
Categories:In the News

Consumer Reports: Are surgery centers safe?

Published by Lindsey Sablan on Wink News. FORT MYERS, Fla. (CONSUMER REPORTS) If you recently had a surgical procedure that was considered fairly ­minor—such as cataract removal—you might have gone to what’s called an ambu­la­tory surgery center (ASC). These freestanding centers, which may be at least partly owned by private physicians, are becoming increasingly widespread….Read More…

Posted May 18, 2017
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GOP Trumpcare Victory Bad for Elderly, Sick, State Budgets — Critics Aver

Controversial healthcare plan clears House but will Senate fall in line? Published by Lilo H. Stainton in NJ Spotlight. More than half a million New Jersey residents could lose their health insurance, another 1.3 million Medicaid members could face more limited benefits, and hundreds of thousands of working-poor patients could find themselves paying more for…Read More…

Posted May 5, 2017
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Health care experts predict dire consequences from GOP Obamacare vote

Published by Mary Jo Layton on NorthJersey.com. Several New Jersey health care experts predicted dire consequences for patients, hospitals and the state treasury if a bill approved Thursday by House Republicans that unravels many of the consumer protections provided through Obamacare — and eliminates the expansion of Medicaid — becomes law. “Our hope is that the…Read More…

Posted May 4, 2017
Categories:In the News

What grade did your hospital get?

Published by Michael L. Diamond in the Courier Post. South Jersey hospitals operated by Inspira Health Network, Kennedy Health and Virtua Health earned A grades from a health care advocacy group. And Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden earned a B rating, its second in a row, from the Leapfrog Group in a study…Read More…

Posted April 15, 2017
Categories:In the News
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