Don’t Let Turf Battles Destroy The Potential of Telemedicine
The other day I was clicking around a new health website by a company called Lemonaid Health. The site allows consumers to connect remotely with a health care provider for very specific reasons, such as obtaining birth control or treating seven ailments, including urinary tract infections, sinus infections, flu and acid reflux. The fee is…Read More…
MASSIVE MEDICAL NETWORK SHOULD HELP EASE MEDICARE TRANSITION
MASSIVE MEDICAL NETWORK SHOULD HELP EASE MEDICARE TRANSITION LILO H. STAINTON | MAY 18, 2016 A practice transformation network with some 11,000 physicians is being set up to deal with changes in how Medicare pays doctors for services Doctors and other healthcare providers across the nation have been bracing for enormous changes to the way…Read More…
Take Five with Cathleen Bennett
Cathleen D. Bennett recently was sworn in as the 20th Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health after serving as acting commissioner. She joined us for a Take Five. One of your top priorities after becoming Acting Commissioner in August 2015 was to create an Office of Population Health. How does this new office…Read More…
Success of Payment Reform Hinges on Population Health
The federal government is pushing the health care system, and physicians in particular, to move to an outcome-based payment system, but they can’t succeed alone. Real success will hinge upon how quickly our country can embrace and support Population Health. We must realize that the dollars we spend today on prevention, nutrition, early childhood development…Read More…
NJ hospitals make big mistakes, but they respond well
Published by Dino Flammia on New Jersey 101.5 Surgery is performed on the wrong part of the body. A foreign object is left inside a patient after surgery. The wrong egg or sperm is used during artificial insemination. These and many other adverse scenarios are called “never events,” but they do occur at all hospitals — with…Read More…
AT ISSUE: Is our health in a recession?
Published in the Asbury Park Press The death rate in the U.S. increased for the first time in a decade, according to a preliminary report from the National Center for Health Statistics released last month. Is it just a blip or an indication that the nation’s health may be slipping? We posed that question and…Read More…
NJHCQI Receives Grant From United Health Foundation to Support HCHC Project
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New Jersey Municipalities Article Features “Healthy Communities create Healthy Citizens” Project
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Take Five with Lynn B. McGrath
Lynn B. McGrath, MD, is Vice President of Medical Affairs at Deborah Heart and Lung Center. He performed cardiac surgery at Deborah for nearly three decades. Deborah is a member of the Quality Institute’s Provider Council. Heart and lung surgery is changing swiftly — both in the operating room and in the way this complex care…Read More…
Quality Institute’s Wellness Director Goes Global
As Dave Knowlton and I were transitioning the leadership of the Quality Institute, he wisely wanted me to build my own team. One of my first hires was Janan Dave, who I brought to the Institute to lead our Mayors Wellness Campaign. She has been with the Quality Institute for two years now and under…Read More…