Take Five with Dr. Neel Shah
Dr. Neel Shah, MD, MPP, will be the featured speaker at the Quality Institute’s Spring All Council Conference. Dr. Shah is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Delivery Decisions Initiative at the Ariadne Labs for Health Systems Innovation. He is an expert in designing, testing and spreading system interventions that…Read More…
Medicaid Must Stop Paying For Early Elective Deliveries
No matter how you get your health insurance — and no matter what happens in Washington — we’re all in trouble if we don’t get serious about reducing costs. The ever-rising price of health care means fewer people will be able to afford coverage even with help from their employers or the government. We spend…Read More…
What grade did your hospital get?
Published by Michael L. Diamond in the Courier Post. South Jersey hospitals operated by Inspira Health Network, Kennedy Health and Virtua Health earned A grades from a health care advocacy group. And Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden earned a B rating, its second in a row, from the Leapfrog Group in a study…Read More…
Take Five with Dr. Kemi Alli
Dr. Kemi Alli is Chief Executive Officer of the Henry J. Austin Health Center, a federally qualified health center in Trenton. Dr. Alli, a board-certified pediatrician, has practiced at the center for more than 18 years. She recently joined the Quality Institute’s Board of Directors. The Henry J. Austin Health Center has worked to help…Read More…
ACA Lives On For Today, But What About Tomorrow?
For now, the ACA lives on. But destruction of the program — even without legislation — can still be inflicted. Here’s how the Trump administration can mortally wound health care reform. Kill Cost Sharing Subsidies: In 2014, House Republicans challenged the legality of the cost-sharing subsidies. These subsidies are critical to help people who make less than…Read More…
What grade did your hospital get?
Published in the Asbury Park Press by Michael L. Diamond CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township and Southern Ocean Medical Center in Stafford have made giant strides in patient quality and safety, according to a report released Wednesday by a health care advocacy group. The two hospitals saw their grades jump from C’s last fall to…Read More…
These hospitals are the safest in New Jersey
Published by Susan K. Livio in NJ Spotlight Patients are less likely to develop an infection, get the wrong medication or fall inside a New Jersey hospital than they were a year ago, according to the latest national report card released on Wednesday that ranked the state 15th best for protecting patients from harm. Of…Read More…
N.J. health experts build blueprint to improve Medicaid reform
Published by Nicole Leonard in Press of Atlantic City Now that House Speaker Paul Ryan and his fellow Republicans’ first proposed health care bill has failed, New Jersey health industry experts may have a better chance of implementing their own changes to the state’s Medicaid program. The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, a nonpartisan…Read More…
Telemedicine Comes to NJ: See the Doctor Without Leaving Home
Published by Lilo H. Stainton in NJ Spotlight Online treatment of certain illnesses now available in Garden State even though electronic service is unregulated here. Despite New Jersey’s lack of regulatory guidance when it comes to telemedicine, a California-based group that provides certain urgent care treatment electronically has now opened for business in the Garden…Read More…
NJ Spotlight Helps Plan for Healthcare Future as GOP Bill Melts Down
Published by Lilo H. Stainton in NJ Spotlight Speakers at NJ Spotlight roundtable — ACA Repeal and Replace: New Jersey’s Response — stress that regardless of fate of Republican bill, state must be prepared for change Hours before the Republican plan to replace Obamacare died in Congress Friday without a vote, healthcare experts in New…Read More…