OP-ED: NJ SHOULD EXTEND MEDICAID POSTPARTUM COVERAGE
OP-ED: NJ SHOULD EXTEND MEDICAID POSTPARTUM COVERAGE LINDA SCHWIMMER | JUNE 11, 2019 Every year, thousands of women in New Jersey lose Medicaid coverage 60 days after having given birth; New Jersey can — and should — change that Linda Schwimmer Two months after a new mother gives birth is not the time for her to lose…Read More…
SOME GAINS, BUT MORE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN NJ MATERNAL CARE
SOME GAINS, BUT MORE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN NJ MATERNAL CARE LILO H. STAINTON | JUNE 4, 2019 Many Garden State birthing centers have more work to do to reduce cesarean sections and other potentially hazardous procedures Credit: Twenty20 Maternal care is getting better in New Jersey, a new report shows, but Garden State birthing centers still…Read More…
More than 3 out of 4 N.J. hospitals perform too many c-sections risking mom, baby’s health, report says
By Susan K. Livio | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com The percentage of New Jersey hospitals delivering babies by cesarean section without medical necessity — a practice that can place mothers and their babies at risk of serious complications — declined last year but remains higher than the national average, according to a report released Wednesday. The…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Jim Towey
Jim Towey, Founder of Aging With Dignity and President of Ave Maria University in Florida, will deliver the keynote address at the Conversation of Your Life (COYL) Quality Breakfast on June 13 (open to Quality Institute and COYL Task Force members only, including Mayors participating in COYL). Towey also is co-author of the Five Wishes…Read More…
Tackling Racial Bias in Health Care
We titled our Spring All Council Conference last week, “Racial Bias in Health Care: A Diagnosis and Treatment Plan.” Our audience — indeed, all of us in the room — did not always find the topic easy. No one who went into health care to help others wants to learn that their own biases could…Read More…
NJ Spotlight Daily Number
8 MAY 29, 2019 New Jersey has made significant progress in maternity care in the past two years. At the same time, a new report has found that only eight hospitals in the Garden State fully meet three key measures of care — just one in six of the 49 hospitals surveyed in New Jersey. The 2019…Read More…
NJ TAKES NEXT STEP TOWARD PALLIATIVE CARE EDUCATION, OUTREACH
LILO H. STAINTON | MAY 28, 2019 Making sure nursing homes, hospitals, patients and their families understand services available for end-of-life care is one goal of legislation Credit: Creative Commons New Jersey would establish an advisory council on palliative care and require hospitals, nursing homes, and other facilities to educate patients or their family members on their…Read More…
Leapfrog Maternity Report Finds Reduction in Early Elective Deliveries and Episiotomies Nationally
For Immediate Release Contact: Carol Ann Campbell cacampbell@njhcqi.org (973-567-1901) Leapfrog Maternity Report Finds Reductions in Early Elective Deliveries and Episiotomies Nationally Cesarean Sections in New Jersey Decline, But 38 Hospitals Still Have Rates Above Leapfrog Standards PRINCETON — The 2019 Maternity Care Report by The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization focused on health care safety…Read More…
Diagnosing and Treating Racial Bias in Health Care
Originally Published on NJBiz.com Disparities in health care based on racial bias is a problem and striving toward equity remains a challenge. Dr. Tiffani Johnson. – ANTHONY VECCHIONE That was the theme of New Jersey native Dr. Tiffani Johnson’s keynote address at the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute’s Annual Meeting & Spring All Council Conference…Read More…
Looking Back, and Ahead, After Twenty Years Of Health Care Transparency
It’s been twenty years since the Institute of Medicine released To Err Is Human and shined a light on the need to improve quality and safety in health care. Both the National Quality Forum (NQF) and the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute started twenty years ago. Both organizations take a unique multi-stakeholder approach to…Read More…