Take Five Interview with Amber Weiseth, DNP, MSN, RNC-OB
Amber Weiseth, DNP, MSN, RNC-OB, is Director of the Delivery Decisions Initiative (DDI) at Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The Quality Institute, NJ Department of Health, and Ariadne Labs are jointly implementing New Jersey TeamBirth, a shared…Read More…
Act Now to Protect Health Insurance for Small Businesses
In New Jersey, the health insurance market for small businesses is in peril. Enrollment is dropping and premiums are rising. In 2022 alone, premiums jumped an alarming average rate of 10.4 percent. In 2005, nearly 1 million employees of small businesses and their families had health insurance through the New Jersey’s small group market. Today,…Read More…
Op-Ed: COVID-19 taught providers that public health benefits from collaboration
MEGAN AVALLONE, DR. JAMIE L. REEDY | JUNE 1, 2022 | OPINION A doctor and a public-health nurse write about how their long collaboration was big help during the pandemic Dr. Jamie L. Reedy, left, and Megan Avallone As a public-health officer and a primary-care physician, we both know the value of understanding the communities we serve. In…Read More…
Quality Institute by the Numbers
Each year, we share all that we have accomplished together and our goals for the future in our Annual Report. I would like to highlight a few numbers that help tell the story of our collaborative work in 2021: We welcomed 21 new member organizations and now have 121 member organizations working across 10…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Patricia Simino Boyce
Patricia Simino Boyce, PhD, RN, is the University Dean for Health and Human Services at the City University of New York (CUNY). She will deliver the keynote address at the Quality Institute’s Spring All Council Conference, Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future, on May 18. In your role at CUNY, how do…Read More…
Leapfrog Announces Spring 2022 Hospital Safety Grades
PRINCETON – May 10, 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 Spring 2022 Hospital Safety Grades. The independent grading system assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” or “F”…Read More…
Medical mistakes shouldn’t be a crime | Opinion
Updated: Apr. 25, 2022, 2:05 p.m. | Published: Apr. 25, 2022, 2:04 p.m. FILE – RaDonda Vaught arrives for a court hearing in Nashville, Tenn. Vaught was charged with reckless homicide for accidentally administering the paralyzing drug vecuronium to 75-year-old Charlene Murphey instead of the sedative in 2017. Vaught admitted the error as soon as she…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Commissioner of NJ Dept. of Children & Families
Commissioner Christine Norbut Beyer, MSW, is Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Children and Families. The Department of Children and Families is prevention-focused, promoting strong and healthy families, and providing evidence-based support and services to keep all New Jerseyans safe, healthy, and connected. How is your department designing the Universal Voluntary Nurse Home…Read More…
Medical Mistakes Shouldn’t Be A Crime | Featured in NJ.com – Opinion
This piece was originally featured in NJ.com Opinions. By Star-Ledger Guest Columnist Adelisa Perez-Hudgins, MSN, RN, the Director of Quality for the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute. Before I joined the Quality Institute, I worked as a telemetry nurse on a heart failure unit and later at an intermediate care unit. I closely monitored multiple…Read More…