At Last, A Coordinated Effort to Increase Coverage
Driving to visit relatives in the northern part of New Jersey recently, I passed a billboard on Route 280 that said: Get Covered NJ. I never saw a sign like that before. I smiled. The towering roadside message tells me that our new administration in Trenton is serious about increasing enrollment through the Affordable Care…Read More…
How End-of-Life Care in New Jersey Could Be Greatly Improved
Published in NJ Spotlight State council reports on the many ways in which life could be made more comfortable for New Jerseyans in their final days A long-awaited report on what New Jersey should be considering when it comes to end-of-life care had no shortage of recommendations — 26 of them, in fact. They include…Read More…
Innovator on the Front Lines of Medicine Joins Quality Institute Board
PRINCETON — The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute today announced that Mary F. Campagnolo, MD, MBA, a health care leader committed to innovation and medical practice transformation, has been appointed to its Board of Directors. “Dr. Campagnolo’s vision is driving change to make health care more patient-centered, affordable and of higher quality,” said Linda…Read More…
Leapfrog Releases Fall Hospital Safety Results
Published on AJMC.com With healthcare in the spotlight after this week’s midterm elections, there are a number of things elected officials can do to encourage hospital safety, said the head of the Leapfrog Group as it released its fall 2018 rankings of Hospital Safety Grades. The ratings, released Thursday, assessed more than 2600 hospitals across…Read More…
NJ Tops in US in Fall Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades
Published on NJBiz.com New Jersey led the nation with the highest percentage of hospitals with an A grade in the latest fall Leapfrog Hospital SafetyGrade released Thursday. Additionally, the state also had the highest rate of participation in the survey with more than 50 hospitals having responded. More than 56 percent, or 38 of the participating…Read More…
Take Five with Susan Loughery
Susan Loughery is Director of Operations at Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton. She spoke to us about the organization’s innovative program to help people in need of mental health services, including addiction treatment. The federal government recently awarded your organization a $4 million grant over two years to expand the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic…Read More…
Safety Grade Entrenched in New Jersey Two Decades After Watershed IOM Report
You’ll likely see widespread press coverage today on how New Jersey hospitals performed in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. We did very well — with the highest percentage of A hospitals. But equally important, in my perspective, is that New Jersey had the highest rate of participation in the Leapfrog Hospital Survey among regions with more than…Read More…
Leapfrog Scores: More Than Half of N.J. Hospitals Get an A (56.7%), Over 80% Get an A or B
Published on ROI.com More than half of New Jersey’s 67 participating hospitals received A grades for safety in the latest Leapfrog Group report for Fall 2018. The biannual report tracks how well hospitals do, following metrics for safety by the Leapfrog Group. The report judges the hospital on procedures, ranging from surgical to giving out the right…Read More…
NJ Hospital Safety Gets Top Grades in US; How Did Your Hospital Fare?
Published by APP.com New Jersey’s hospitals have cut down on avoidable errors, accidents and injuries, making them the safest in the nation, a report released Thursday by an influential watchdog group said. Nearly 57 percent of New Jersey hospitals received an A grade for the fall, The Leapfrog Group said, compared with 34 percent who received the top…Read More…
NJ Tops National Rankings in Leapfrog Hospital Safety Scores
Published by NJSpotlight.com More than three-dozen New Jersey hospitals received the top rating in the latest semiannual Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades report, released early today, giving the Garden State the highest percentage of “A” ratings nationwide and sparking praise from a number of healthcare quality experts. All but five Garden State hospitals rated in the survey…Read More…