Grant money kicks off ‘Live Healthy Cumberland County’
Published on NJ.com BRIDGETON — Community leaders and public officials kicked off “Live Healthy Cumberland County” with support from the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI) and a $550,000 partnership grant from United Health Foundation. The effort aims to reduce chronic disease by increasing the number of healthy food items available at 27 local corner…Read More…
Live Healthy Cumberland County set to launch
Published by Daniel J. Kov in The Daily Journal BRIDGETON – A government-community partnership designed to tackle local health issues will be officially unveiled Friday. Residents will get the chance to learn more about the Live Healthy Cumberland County initiative, a program that ultimately seeks to improve the county’s poor health statistics and promote healthier…Read More…
MASSIVE MEDICAL NETWORK SHOULD HELP EASE MEDICARE TRANSITION
MASSIVE MEDICAL NETWORK SHOULD HELP EASE MEDICARE TRANSITION LILO H. STAINTON | MAY 18, 2016 A practice transformation network with some 11,000 physicians is being set up to deal with changes in how Medicare pays doctors for services Doctors and other healthcare providers across the nation have been bracing for enormous changes to the way…Read More…
NJ hospitals make big mistakes, but they respond well
Published by Dino Flammia on New Jersey 101.5 Surgery is performed on the wrong part of the body. A foreign object is left inside a patient after surgery. The wrong egg or sperm is used during artificial insemination. These and many other adverse scenarios are called “never events,” but they do occur at all hospitals — with…Read More…
AT ISSUE: Is our health in a recession?
Published in the Asbury Park Press The death rate in the U.S. increased for the first time in a decade, according to a preliminary report from the National Center for Health Statistics released last month. Is it just a blip or an indication that the nation’s health may be slipping? We posed that question and…Read More…
NJHCQI Receives Grant From United Health Foundation to Support HCHC Project
NJHCQI Receives Grant From United Health Foundation to Support HCHC ProjectRead More…
New Jersey Municipalities Article Features “Healthy Communities create Healthy Citizens” Project
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What are the Shore’s healthiest towns?
Published by Elise Schoening in the Asbury Park Press In the seaside town of Bay Head, local residents flock to the beaches each morning for community yoga. Or residents might be found at a canoe race, a cooking class or a low-cost fitness instruction. It’s all part of how Bay Head strives to be a healthy town, as part…Read More…
NJ Innovation Institute and New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Create Partnership to Transform Provider Practices
Published on New Jersey Business Magazine The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation that applies the intellectual and technological resources of the state’s science and technology university to challenges identified by industry partners and the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, have entered into a partnership to help doctors and other providers prepare…Read More…
NJ partnership aims to help providers prepare for healthcare delivery and payment changes: 4 things to know
Published by Kelly Gooch on Becker’s Healthcare The New Jersey Innovation Institute and the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute are partnering to help transform provider practices. Here are four things to know about the partnership. 1. Under the partnership, both parties will make efforts to offer New Jersey physicians and other providers with tools…Read More…