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Here, you will find:

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

Horizon BCBS Customers Getting $48.2M Back; Health Costs Lower Than Expected

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is providing rebates totaling $48.2 million to customers who bought individual policies for 2019, company officials said Monday. The checks, averaging $367 a person, reflect the pre-COVID era. But executives said the refunds were a sign that their strategy to lower health care costs was paying dividends….Read More…

Posted February 23, 2021
Categories:In the News

Please don’t weaken N.J.’s health insurance mandate | Opinion

By Linda Schwimmer New Jersey requires those who can afford health insurance to purchase coverage. For those who need help paying for coverage, there is free and subsidized health insurance. And if you still can’t afford coverage because of financial hardship, you are not penalized. Indeed, our state legislators and Gov. Phil Murphy have crafted…Read More…

Posted February 19, 2021
Categories:In the News, Op Ed

Perinatal Policy Work Becomes Personally Meaningful

At the Quality Institute, we have a wealth of experts on our staff, including our Director of Quality, Adelisa Perez-Hudgins, MSN, RN. A Registered Nurse, Adelisa brings over a decade of clinical experience to our quality improvement, transparency, and community wellness initiatives, including The Leapfrog Group and Conversation of Your Life. Today, I’m turning my…Read More…

Posted February 10, 2021
Categories:In the News

Leadership in the Time of COVID

Being at the helm of the Quality Institute, I have the privilege of getting to know the leadership of our stellar membership, which spans every sector of health care — as well as state and local leaders focused on improving the health and wellness of the people they serve. I’ve heard from many of you about…Read More…

Posted January 27, 2021
Categories:In the News

‘Champion of Health Award’ Goes To Asbury Park Woman

The inaugural award comes at a time when towns are facing unprecedented challenges with the global pandemic. By Tom Davis, Patch Staff Dec 17, 2020 10:13 pm ET|Updated Dec 18, 2020 6:41 am ET Allison Cerco (Courtesy of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute) ASBURY PARK – The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC)…Read More…

Posted December 18, 2020
Categories:In the News

Scotch Plains Mayor Al Smith Hands Out Mayor’s Wellness Medals

By TAPINTOSPF STAFF December 14, 2020 at 9:50 AM Scotch Plains Mayor Al Smith hands out Mayor’s Wellness Medals at the Scotch Plains Farmers Market on Saturday.Credits: Township of Scotch Plains Scotch Plains Mayor Al Smith hands out Mayor’s Wellness Medals at the Scotch Plains Farmers Market on Saturday.Credits: Township of Scotch Plains Scotch Plains…Read More…

Posted December 16, 2020
Categories:In the News

NJ hospitals slipped in safety rankings during COVID. Here’s how yours did.

Michael L. Diamond Asbury Park Press When it comes to hospital safety standards, Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch continued to set the standard at the Jersey Shore, a hospital watchdog group said in a report released Monday. Meanwhile, Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel was most improved, three hospitals fell a notch, and Southern Ocean Medical Center in Stafford has work to…Read More…

Posted December 15, 2020
Categories:In the News

Freehold Township Awarded ‘Healthy Town’ Distinction

The designation is given to communities whose mayors consider healthy lifestyles a top priority and foster inclusive wellness programming. By Nicole Rosenthal, Patch Staff Dec 14, 2020 4:45 pm ET The designation is given to communities whose mayors consider healthy lifestyles a top priority and foster inclusive wellness programming. (Shutterstock) FREEHOLD, NJ – The statewide Mayors’ Wellness Campaign…Read More…

Posted December 15, 2020
Categories:In the News

Trying to avoid a repeat of COVID-19 disaster in NJ nursing homes

LILO H. STAINTON, HEALTH CARE WRITER | NOVEMBER 9, 2020 | CORONAVIRUS IN NJ, HEALTH CARE Training program underway to improve infection control, keep residents and workers safe Credit: (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)File photo: March 25, 2020, a resident of St. Joseph’s Senior Home, Woodbridge is helped on to a bus after an outbreak of COVID-19 there. Health care…Read More…

Posted November 9, 2020
Categories:In the News

How to ensure equal access in NJ to maternal health care and family planning services

The full spectrum of reproductive health — from decisions about conception through maternity care and birth — was the subject of a lively discussion among the panel of clinical and policy experts NJ Spotlight News brought together for an online roundtable last week. The event — titled Maternal Health and Family Planning in New Jersey:…Read More…

Posted November 5, 2020
Categories:In the News
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