ATLANTIC COUNTY PROGRAM MAKES SURE PATIENTS DO NOT DIE ALONE
ATLANTIC COUNTY PROGRAM MAKES SURE PATIENTS DO NOT DIE ALONE LILO H. STAINTON | MAY 8, 2019 Trained volunteers stand vigil with patients, providing them ‘with the dignity and respect they deserve’ Credit: CCO Public Domain A nurse in Oregon once promised a dying man who requested her company that she would return to his hospital bedside…Read More…
Gov. Phil Murphy signs four laws to make childbirth safer for mothers, babies
Lindy Washburn, North Jersey Record Published 2:22 p.m. ET May 8, 2019 | Updated 5:59 p.m. ET May 8, 2019 Four laws intended to make birth safer for mothers and babies in New Jersey were signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Phil Murphy in Newark. Black women in New Jersey are five times more likely to die from childbirth complications than…Read More…
Take Five Interview With Tiffani Johnson, MD., MSc.
Tiffani Johnson, MD, MSc, is a leading researcher of racial bias in health care. Dr. Johnson is a researcher at PolicyLab, a pediatrician and assistant professor at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). She will be our keynote speaker at the Quality Institute’s Spring All Council Conference on May 21. The topic is Racial Bias…Read More…
MOST NEW JERSEYANS HAVE CONSIDERED BUT NOT PLANNED FOR END-OF-LIFE WISHES
Media Contacts: Carol Ann Campbell, cacampbell@njhcqi.org 973-567-1901 Ashley Koning, akoning@rutgers.edu, 848-932-8940 MOST NEW JERSEYANS HAVE CONSIDERED BUT NOT PLANNED FOR END-OF-LIFE WISHES One in 10 have talked to a doctor despite provider reimbursement New Brunswick, N.J. (April 16, 2019) – In advance of National Health Care Decisions Day on April 16, a new poll shows that six in 10 New…Read More…
Take Five Interview with Quality Institute Founder, David Knowlton
David Knowlton is President and CEO of the Cannabis Education and Research Institute (CERI). He also is Chairman of the Board of the Compassionate Care Foundation, a medicinal cannabis dispensary in Egg Harbor Township. A founder of the Quality Institute, Knowlton retired as President and CEO of the Quality Institute in 2015. Why was CERI…Read More…
NJII Innovation Showcase Explores Value-Based Care
Published in NJBiz.com New Jersey Institute of Technology President Joel Bloom welcomed visitors Thursday to hear about technological innovation and value-based health care at the fifth annual Innovation Showcase. Donald Sebastian, president of the New Jersey Innovation Institute, an NJIT corporation, explained that the evolution of the health care innovation labs connects business with academic…Read More…
Do You Have An End of Life Plan? More People Don’t Than You Think
Published in WBGO.org It’s been a little more than seven years since New Jersey’s Practitioner Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment law, or POSLT was signed by former Governor Chris Christie, empowering patients to work with their preferred medical professional to create advance directives. But still people end up in hospitals with no living will. The Governor’s…Read More…
Wildwood Crest Recognized as ‘Healthy Town in the Making’
Published in Cape May County Herald Online WILDWOOD CREST – The Borough of Wildwood Crest has received special recognition through its participation in the statewide Mayors Wellness Campaign for the 2018 calendar year. According to a release, Wildwood Crest has been designated as a “Healthy Town in the Making” by the New Jersey Health Care…Read More…
Pallone Promotes Generic Drugs to Curb Rising Cost of Prescription Meds
Published in NJSpotlight.com Proposals are aimed at easing development of generic medications, reducing protection of brand-name patents, and improving transparency of drug development process. Spending on pharmaceuticals is on the rise in New Jersey, a scenario that has forced hospitals here to more than double their budgets for medications over the past decade. The rising…Read More…