Take Five Interview with Michelle A. Gentek-Mayer
Michelle A. Gentek-Mayer is the Surrogate of Camden County Surrogate Court. She works closely with the Quality Institute’s Conversation of Your Life (COYL) and was the first surrogate in the state to integrate COYL programming into community outreach and education. You’ve been involved with our Conversation of Your Life (COYL) program since its launch in 2015….Read More…
Strengthening the Health Care Workforce — For Today and Tomorrow
Five years ago, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) predicted that by 2030 New Jersey would face the third largest nursing shortage in the nation. That was well before 18 percent of all American health care workers quit their jobs during the pandemic. The crisis of health care worker shortages extends beyond nurses…Read More…
Panelists to tackle how to tame health care costs
By: Martin DaksApril 11, 2022 12:01 am ReNew Jersey Business Summit Schwimmer As a small employer, Linda Schwimmer, president and CEO of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, understands the importance of providing comprehensive health insurance to employees. But the nonprofit organization — which has more than 120 members from every segment of the health care…Read More…
Leapfrog Survey Offers Ambulatory Surgery Centers Path to Benchmark and Highlight Their Excellence
Last week I traveled to Washington, D.C., with Adelisa Perez-Hudgins, our Director of Quality, to attend the kickoff meeting of Leapfrog’s Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Advisory Committee, which I chair. This was our first in-person gathering, and it provided us with an opportunity to get to know each other, share our perspectives, and to reaffirm…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Taylor Justice, Unite Us
Taylor Justice is Co-Founder and President of Unite Us, a technology company that connects health and social services. The organization recently acquired NowPow, a Chicago-based referral platform grounded in science and community. Unite Us is a member of the Quality Institute’s Professional & Technology Council. Since the acquisition of Now Pow, Unite Us is…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Our Board Member, Heather Howard, JD
Heather Howard, JD, a member of the Quality Institute’s Board of Directors, is a Professor at Princeton University. She is also co-director of the Center for Health and Wellbeing’s Global Health Program and director of State Health and Value Strategies, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded program assisting states with transforming their health care systems to…Read More…
Gratitude and Investment as Public Health Emergency Ends
New Jersey has lifted the state’s public health emergency, and we can all breathe a sigh of relief. We’re re-opening our state just as the earliest signs of spring are beginning to emerge. It’s a time to share our gratitude to those who pushed themselves above and beyond to protect us — and those who…Read More…