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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

6-21-23 Adelisa Perez-Hudgins Interview with NJSpotlight: C-sections Decline in New Jersey

C-sections Decline in New Jersey Medical experts are applauding efforts to decrease the number of unnecessary C-sections performed in New Jersey. The state Department of Health’s latest hospital maternity care report card shows cesarean delivery rates have declined in recent years. Data shows New Jersey’s cesarean delivery rate in 2020 was 32.9%, a 1% drop…Read More…

Posted June 26, 2023
Categories:In the News

6-24-23 Linda Schwimmer Think Tank with Steve Adubato Interview

The Prevalence of Racial Disparities in HealthcareRead More…

Posted June 26, 2023
Categories:In the News, Video

The racist stigma of midwifery, and how the profession’s return could help solve New Jersey’s maternal health care crisis

By Tennyson Donyéa March 8, 2023  Listen 1:52 File photo: A midwife at Sisters in Birth, a Jackson, Miss., clinic that serves pregnant women, uses a hand-held doppler probe on a patient from Yazoo City to measure the heartbeat of her fetus in 2021. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP) The policing of Black bodies in America dates back…Read More…

Posted March 9, 2023
Categories:In the News

“Economic Doubts & Downturn?” A New Jersey Business Magazine Featuring Linda Schwimmer

We invite you to read George Saliba’s economic forecast on health care, featuring our President & CEO, Linda Schwimmer, in the latest issue of New Jersey Business Magazine.     The article can alternatively be viewed directly on New Jersey Business Magazine’s website via Home Page / Virtual Issue / Page 20.Read More…

Posted January 4, 2023
Categories:In the News

Tackling the Social Determinants of Health

New Jersey Business Magazine Collaboration across the state aims to alleviate the negative impacts that environmental and social factors have on residents’ healthcare. BY JIM PYTELL, MANAGING EDITOR ON NOV 1, 2022 According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 84% of health outcomes are attributable to a combination of factors that fall under the…Read More…

Posted November 2, 2022
Categories:In the News

NJ’s first lady continues push on maternal, infant health initiatives

By: Matthew FazelpoorSeptember 19, 2022 12:01 am Over the last few weeks, Tammy Murphy has continued her efforts to highlight the issue of maternal and infant health, an initiative at the center of her work as the state’s first lady. Earlier this month, Murphy took part in the launch of the TeamBirth NJ initiative, which is an…Read More…

Posted September 20, 2022
Categories:In the News

TEAMBIRTH LAUNCHES AT NJ HOSPITALS TO ENHANCE LABOR AND DELIVERY

Dino Flammia Published: September 18, 2022 A national model for a more pleasant and communicative labor and delivery process is up and running at three New Jersey hospitals and a birthing center. Experts hope the approach, which is expected to expand its reach over the coming years throughout the state, results in more positive patient…Read More…

Posted September 20, 2022
Categories:In the News

3 New Jersey hospitals’ plan to improve patient experience during labor and delivery

Erica Carbajal Two hospitals that are part of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and Virtua Voorhees Hospital in Voorhees Township, N.J., have adopted a national model focused on shared decision making to improve patient outcomes and experience during the birthing process. RWJBarnabas Health’s Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch; Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston; and Virtua…Read More…

Posted September 14, 2022
Categories:In the News

TeamBirth Created to Enhance Labor & Delivery Experience

ON SEP 12, 2022 Three New Jersey hospitals have launched TeamBirth NJ, an evidence-based, national model for better provider and patient communication, which is also called “shared decision-making.” TeamBirth NJ will enhance birthing experiences and improve outcomes for people giving birth and their babies, the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (Quality Institute) announced today….Read More…

Posted September 14, 2022
Categories:In the News

NJ launches new initiative to improve maternal and infant outcomes

MELISSA ROSE COOPER, CORRESPONDENT | SEPTEMBER 12, 2022 | HEALTH CARE The national model is being used to improve maternal and infant outcomes for women of color New Jersey is celebrating the launch of a new initiative aimed at improving maternal and infant outcomes. TeamBirth is a national model that gives the patient an opportunity to address…Read More…

Posted September 14, 2022
Categories:In the News
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