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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

The Mayors Wellness Campaign Newsletter: A quarterly update on the MWC activities

Press releases and the latest news about the Quality Institute, our members, and New Jersey health care

Take Five with Deborah Levine

Deborah Levine, MPH, recently joined the Quality Institute as a Community Health Associate. She talked to Symptoms & Cures about her new role. Tell us about your background? I received my Masters in Public Health from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health with a certificate in health policy analysis. Following my graduation, I…Read More…

Posted May 26, 2016
Categories:Take Five

Healthy Communities Create Healthy Citizens

The best medicine — and the best way to build healthy communities — is not always a drug or diagnostic test. What if doctors could write prescriptions for healthy cooking classes? Or send patients for long walks in local gardens? What if community leaders could help corner stores sell fresh fruits and vegetables? No one…Read More…

Posted May 26, 2016
Categories:Schwimmer Script Blog

New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Receives $550,000 from United Health Foundation to Support “Healthy Communities Create Healthy Citizens” Project

   N E W S   R E L E A S E                     Contacts: Mary McElrath-Jones UnitedHealthcare (914) 552-4671 mary_r_mcelrath-jones@uhc.com Carol Ann Campbell New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (973) 567-1901 cacampbell@njhcqi.org   For Immediate Release New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Receives $550,000 from United…Read More…

Posted May 20, 2016
Categories:Press Releases

Which Is The Shore’s Healthiest Town?

Published in The Asbury Park Press By Michael Diamond BEACHWOOD – Its residents have access to free yoga classes on the beach each Saturday during the summer. They can attend healthy cooking classes at their local ShopRite. And they can take self-defense classes hosted by local police officers. Sleepy Beachwood, population 11,000 give or take, is one…Read More…

Posted March 3, 2016
Categories:In the News

Mayors Wellness Campaign Names Beachwood and Jersey City as New Jersey Healthy Towns

Belmar and Fort Lee Named New Jersey Healthy Towns to Watch PRINCETON — The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute today announced that two municipalities, Beachwood and Jersey City, are designated as this year’s New Jersey Healthy Towns by the Mayors Wellness Campaign, a program of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute in partnership…Read More…

Posted March 3, 2016
Categories:Press Releases

Municipalities Recognized As New Jersey Healthy Towns

Published in Bergen Dispatch The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute today announced that two municipalities, Beachwood and Jersey City, are designated as this year’s New Jersey Healthy Towns by the Mayors Wellness Campaign, a program of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute in partnership with the New Jersey State League of Municipalities. Two other towns, Belmar…Read More…

Posted March 2, 2016
Categories:In the News

New President Schwimmer Describes Next Steps for Health Care Quality Institute

Published in NJBIZ By Anjalee Khemlani Linda Schwimmer has taken the helm of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute in Pennington. As the new president of the institute, Schwimmer said she intends to continue the legacy left behind by David Knowlton, and carry out the mission to take on initiatives to further transparency and accountability…Read More…

Posted September 23, 2015
Categories:In the News

It Takes a Village to Support the ‘Conversation of a Lifetime’

One of the Quality Institute’s most innovative and exciting initiatives is Conversation of a Lifetime, a part of our Mayors Wellness Campaign.  I’ve asked our Director of Community Health, Janan Dave, to take over my blog today to report on this effort. Janan has been engaging New Jersey mayors to encourage important end-of-life discussions among…Read More…

Posted August 18, 2015
Categories:Schwimmer Script Blog

Radio Feature: A NJ mayor tries to kickstart end-of-life conversations

Listen to the radio feature on WHYY’s The Pulse here. By Elana Gordon Everyone benefits when people have plans for the ends of their lives, but many would rather not talk about it. When the Mayor’s Wellness Campaign of New Jersey approached Gloucester Township’s mayor, David Mayer, about leading a rather unusual wellness initiative in…Read More…

Posted May 15, 2015
Categories:In the News

Promoting end-of-life planning: Mayors of three towns launch unusual wellness initiative

Originally posted in Newsworks; Aired on Newsworks 4/13 By Elana Gordon Cooking classes, community gardens, walking groups … these are typical activities associated with city wellness campaigns. But mayors of three New Jersey towns are kickstarting a rather unusual initiativethis week. Partially inspired by La Crosse, Wisconsin, the campaign is called “conversation of a lifetime”…Read More…

Posted April 14, 2015
Categories:In the News
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