NJ Policy Group Releases Blueprint for Improving End-of-Life Care
Published by Lilo H. Stainton, of NJ Spotlight New Jersey residents, like most Americans, would like to die at home or in hospice, but many spend their last days in the hospital. With more than 25 percent of New Jerseyans dying in hospitals, rather than in their own homes, improving end of life care should…Read More…
Report finds NJ hospitals are performing too many c-sections.
Published by Leah Mishkin of NJTVnews A new Leapfrog report shows New Jersey hospitals are performing too many C-sections. The state is in the bottom five in the country in terms of meeting recommended standards. “For pregnant women, it’s hard because we want to listen to our health care providers and trust them, but we also need…Read More…
Take Five with Erine Gray
Erine Gray is the founder of Aunt Bertha, a Public Benefit Corporation. Aunt Bertha has been called the “Google of social services.” How did you come up with the idea? I’m from a small town in Western New York and my mom had Encephalitis, a rare brain disease. She became disabled when I was 17…Read More…
A Tale of Two Gymnasiums
Last week I traveled to the gymnasium at the Woodbridge Community Center to see Gov. Phil Murphy sign legislation to protect consumers from surprise out-of-network billing. During the bill signing, Murphy recalled a campaign-season dinner with Sen. Joseph Vitale at the nearby Reo Diner, where Murphy promised to sign an out-of-network bill if the legislature…Read More…
NJ hospitals target state’s abnormally high C-section rate
Published by Michael L. Diamond in the Asbury Park Press. New Jersey hospitals will try to reduce their high C-section rates by 10 percent during the next year in part by educating nurses and adding non-medical childbirth experts known as doulas, health officials said Monday. The project is designed to prevent unnecessary cesarean sections, which expose women to…Read More…
NJ Leaders Scramble to Protect Obamacare Gains Against Federal Threats
Published by Lilo H. Stainton on NJ Spotlight. As Trump administration’s attacks on Affordable Care Act take a toll, legislators put up ramparts to try to defend the law in Garden State The Murphy administration and Democrats in the Legislature are doing what they can to shore up and protect the federal Affordable Care Act…Read More…
Take Five with Dr. Pauline Chen
Dr. Pauline Chen will be the keynote speaker of our Conversation of Your Life (COYL) Breakfast on June 12. Dr. Chen, author of Final Exam, is a powerful speaker, writer and advocate for patients at the end of life. Through your work as a transplant surgeon and experience with terminally ill patients, you came to…Read More…
Changing the Culture Around End-of-Life Care
I hope you all can join us June 12 for our Conversation of Your Life (“COYL”) Breakfast, which will highlight the innovative efforts taking place in New Jersey communities to change the culture around end-of-life care discussions. Leaders in our COYL program will talk about the truly interesting ways they are facilitating these conversations. Here…Read More…
N.J. Hospitals Do Too Many C-Sections, and the Numbers are Climbing
Posted in NJ.com, Written by Times of Trenton Editorial Board The rates for Caesarian-section births vary widely by hospital in New Jersey, but health-care advocates and childbirth experts agree on one thing: Those rates are too high – and getting higher. The Garden State joined Florida, Kentucky, New York and Texas as the top five…Read More…
New Jersey Hospitals Fall Short in Maternity Care, Report Shows
Published by Nicole Leonard, Press of Atlantic City Only a few New Jersey hospitals are fully meeting maternity and childbirth health-care goals, according to a new national report. The 2018 Maternity Care Report released Tuesday by the Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit patient advocacy group, revealed while a handful of state hospitals excel at reducing…Read More…