Coronavirus 2022: Can NJ synthesize lessons learned during pandemic?
LILO H. STAINTON, HEALTH CARE WRITER | JANUARY 3, 2022 | CORONAVIRUS IN NJ, HEALTH CARE The past year revealed a health care system beset with racial inequities and a heroic, exhausted workforce. With omicron rampant, a new strategy is needed Credit: (Jernej Fuhrman via Flickr/CC BY 2.0) Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Daniel Klim
Daniel Klim is Executive Director of the American Physical Therapy Association of New Jersey a member of the Quality Institute. The professional organization recently launched a mental health support program for its members. We discuss this timely and critical topic in today’s Take Five. Your organization represents physical therapy professionals across New Jersey. How…Read More…
Conference on Rebuilding Primary Care Was Just the Start
I hope you were able join our virtual Winter Conference yesterday. The topic was Primary Care as a Common Good – The Prescription for a Healthier and More Equitable Health Care System. Our speakers, including keynote Dr. Shawna Hudson, spoke about the value of high-quality primary care, how that is defined, and how…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Shawna Hudson, Professor & Research Division Chief, Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, RU RWJ Med School
Shawna Hudson is Professor and Research Division Chief in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She will deliver the keynote speech at the Quality Institute’s Winter Conference. As an internationally known medical sociologist specializing in primary care research, can you give our readers a…Read More…
Meet Our New Staffers Supporting the Critical Work Ahead
The past 21 months, perhaps more than any time in memory, have taught us the importance of relationships and collaboration. At the Quality Institute, we value our relationships with our members and others committed to our mission to advance health care safety, quality, and affordability for everyone. Much work remains ahead, especially in our efforts…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Mariekarl Vilceus-Talty, MA, BSN, NE-BC, LNC,
Mariekarl Vilceus-Talty, MA, BSN, NE-BC, LNC, President and CEO of the Partnership for Maternal & Child Health of Northern New Jersey. The Partnership is a member of the Quality Institute, and the designated maternal health consortium for Northern New Jersey. You have decades of direct labor and delivery patient care and managing hundreds of…Read More…
Happy National Botox Day, From Your Trusted Physician
Just recently, while waiting in my ob-gyn’s exam room, I noticed heartfelt, pink posters which said, “Are you concerned about your thinning lips? Fine lines around your eyes?” Honesty, I was there for health care, but when it was mentioned, should I be concerned? At home, the marketing continued. I received not just one,…Read More…
Is your hospital one of the 30 best in NJ? Fall 2021 grades are out
How safe is the hospital that’s in your area? A new study that assigns letter grades to every hospital in New Jersey finds a majority of them get an “A” or “B” when it comes to safety, but there are some that get a “C” or a “D”. Thirty hospitals received an A — four…Read More…