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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

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Legacy Take Five Interview with Alfred F. Tallia, MD, MPH

Alfred Tallia with Quality Institute Board Member.   Alfred F. Tallia, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University.   You recently were named Chair of the National Board of Medical Examiners. What critical differences do you see between your medical school…Read More…

Posted June 12, 2019
Categories:Take Five

HEALTHCARE IMPROVES IN NJ, BUT SPENDING REMAINS A CONCERN

HEALTHCARE IMPROVES IN NJ, BUT SPENDING REMAINS A CONCERN LILO H. STAINTON | JUNE 12, 2019 Garden State turns in strong showing for low mortality rates for suicide and alcohol, but growing opioid epidemic continues to pull down state’s rankings New Jersey’s healthcare system now ranks 20th nationwide, an improvement over the past year. But it continues…Read More…

Posted June 12, 2019
Categories:In the News

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…

Posted June 11, 2019
Categories:In the News, Op Ed

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…

Posted June 5, 2019
Categories:In the News

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…

Posted May 29, 2019
Categories:In the News

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…

Posted May 29, 2019
Categories:Take Five

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…

Posted May 29, 2019
Categories:Schwimmer Script Blog

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…

Posted May 29, 2019
Categories:In the News

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…

Posted May 29, 2019
Categories:In the News

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…

Posted May 29, 2019
Categories:Press Releases
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