Refocusing the Mayors Wellness Campaign in the Time of COVID
Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh kicked off 2020 with a new Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC) to prioritize the health of the city’s residents. There were community walks from City Hall to the Great Falls, an employee wellness program, and community aerobic classes. Then, life as we knew it changed. Mayor Sayegh shared in a recent Op-Ed…Read More…
N.J. has 1 of the worst maternal mortality rates. COVID-19 has made things worse.
New Jersey is ranked 47th in the nation, and for mothers and babies of color, the situation is even more dire. When the global pandemic hit, pregnant women became particularly vulnerable to stress, anxiety, and fear, say First Lady Tammy Murphy and Lisa Asare, the assistant commissioner of Family Health Services in the Department of…Read More…
NJ Foundation For Aging: August’s Aging Insights TV program, Episode 107: “Conversation of Your Life”
August’s Aging Insights TV program, Episode 107: “Conversation of Your Life” TRENTON, NJ (July 31, 2020) – Have you made your end-of-life decisions and let them be known? If not, why not? What if a crisis occurs and you’re not able to express your wishes? The August episode of Aging Insights is an encore broadcast…Read More…
Sayegh: Paterson must embrace wellness campaign | Opinion
Andre Sayegh Special to the USA TODAY NETWORK One of my many New Year’s Resolutions for 2020 was to promote and prioritize the health and wellness of Paterson residents. And so I announced my Mayor’s Wellness Campaign to achieve the aforementioned objective to get residents to be more active and health conscious. On Jan. 24,…Read More…
Opinion: We Must Rescue Health Insurance for Small Businesses and Their Workers
JOEL C. CANTOR, MARGARET KOLLER | JULY 30, 2020 | OPINION, HEALTH CARE Highlighting inherent and growing challenges, as hotly debated legislation goes under the microscope in the Legislature Thursday Joel C. Cantor and Margaret Koller New Jersey has successfully “flattened the curve” in the growth of coronavirus cases, but the prospect of a second wave can’t be ignored,…Read More…
Day Health Strategies Podcast – Reimagining the Small Group Employer Market w/ Linda Schwimmer
Our host, Emily George, spoke with Linda Schwimmer, President and CEO of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute. Linda is responsible for driving policies that advance health care safety, access and affordability. She is well-known for her commitment to drive lasting change that improves health care for every person in New Jersey. In this…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Deborah Visconi
Deborah Visconi is President & CEO of Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, one of the newest members of our Provider Council. How has COVID-19, and the mandate to socially distance, affected the patients you serve? Bergen New Bridge, with 1070 beds, is the largest hospital in the state of New Jersey with niche service…Read More…
Advancing Public Health Initiatives Amid a Global Pandemic
As we enter our sixth month of a drastically different New Jersey during the COVID-19 crisis, our members, government officials, and the Quality Institute all face similar questions: What happens to the important public health work moving forward before the pandemic? How do we maintain strong partnerships in the fight for safe, equitable, and affordable…Read More…
Here’s a rescue plan for health insurance at NJ’s struggling small businesses
Lindy Washburn NorthJersey.com The effects of the coronavirus shutdown on New Jersey’s small businesses are well known: lost customers, lost revenues, and lost plans for the future amid an unpredictable global pandemic. Add to that long-running problems in the state’s health insurance market for small businesses, and the hardships for owners and their employees are…Read More…