Bringing About the Action Plan for a Healthier State
We released our Emerging from COVID-19 Action Plan for a Healthier State in early May. Since then, many of you have reached out to discuss next steps. The Action Plan forms the strategic focus of our work at the Quality Institute, and we will continue sharing our efforts to further these far-reaching consensus recommendations. In…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Shabnam Salih
Shabnam Salih is the Director of the New Jersey Governor’s Office of Health Care Affordability and Transparency. How did you first become involved in health policy work? Like all of us, I’m very much shaped by my personal experiences. I’m proud to be the daughter of immigrants. My older sister has a disability and…Read More…
As Surgery Moves Outpatient, Safety Reporting Must Follow
The settings where people undergo surgeries and other medical procedures have experienced a profound shift. Now it’s time for safety and quality reporting to catch up. More than 60 percent of surgeries in the United States today are performed in hospital outpatient centers or Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs). The movement of these medical procedures…Read More…
The Leapfrog Group Calls for Nominations to Its New Ambulatory Surgery Center Advisory Committee
NEWS PROVIDED BY The Leapfrog Group May 20, 2021, 06:00 ET WASHINGTON, May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today announced a national call for nominations to the new Leapfrog Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Advisory Committee. Leapfrog seeks ASC leaders committed to Leapfrog’s…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Allison Cerco
Allison Cerco serves on Asbury Park’s Mayors Wellness Campaign committee and is a Community Outreach Manager for Hackensack Meridian Health. She was awarded the Mayors Wellness Campaign 2020 Champion of Health award. The Mayors Wellness Campaign is a program of the Quality Institute in partnership with the New Jersey State League of Municipalities. You…Read More…
Advancing the Future of Telemedicine — For Everyone
One incredible lesson from the pandemic is how quickly a mode of care, such as telehealth, can be adopted and widely used by so many people in innovative ways. That said, as we heard from each of the speakers at our virtual All-Council Conference yesterday, sustaining and delivering high quality equitable telehealth will take more…Read More…
An employer-driven hospital rating system gains ground
https://www.inquirer.com/business/health/hospital-safety-quality-leapfrog-philadelphia-gm-20210516.html by Harold Brubaker Published May 16, 2021 Unlike other hospital-rankings, the Leapfrog Group focuses mainly on safety. Temple University Hospital, shown in 2019, is one of 15 hospitals in the Philadelphia region that received an “A” in the latest Leapfrog Group hospital safety grades. The latest Leapfrog hospital safety grades for 47 Philadelphia-area hospitals…Read More…
Primary Care: An Essential Part of the Common Good
Free, compulsory education became the law of the land in the early 19th century, and today few would question its value. Access for all children to public schools is now an ingrained, essential common good and public right supported by government and taxpayers at all levels. Today, a group of researchers, physicians, and…Read More…