COVID-19
After the ACA Expanded Health Care Access, 2024 Elections May See Voters Demand Affordability
May 15, 2024 Christina Mattina At the spring conference of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, speakers discussed how health policy, affordability, and transparency may play a role in voters’ decisions. Rutgers-Eagleton Poll Results Provide NJ Perspective While the speakers focused on health policy and affordability at the national level, the Quality Institute simultaneously…Read More…
Murphy, lawmakers plan task force to act on recent COVID-19 report
LILO H. STAINTON, HEALTH CARE WRITER | MARCH 18, 2024 | CORONAVIRUS IN NJ, HEALTH CARE Those involved stress the goal will be action plan rather than talking points Credit: (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Building a better response to COVID-19 An independent team of lawyers and policy experts spent 15 months conducting often emotional interviews: analyzing thousands of pages…Read More…
Op-Ed: Building a resilient, diverse health care workforce
TYLA MINNIEAR | AUGUST 8, 2022 | HEALTH CARE, OPINION Accurate, publicly available data is a key building block for a comprehensive, statewide health care workforce strategy According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the health care sector lost nearly half a million workers since February 2020, while Morning Consult, a survey research company, reported that 18% of…Read More…
Measuring the Effectiveness and Value of Virtual Health Care
June 8, 2022 Linda Schwimmer, JD, Chuck Amos, MBA The American Journal of Accountable Care, June 2022, Volume 10, Issue 2 The authors call for the collection and use of data on virtual health care to shape an informed and thoughtful approach to telehealth payment that equitably serves all stakeholders. Am J Accountable Care. 2022;10(2):21-23 At the onset…Read More…
Op-Ed: COVID-19 taught providers that public health benefits from collaboration
MEGAN AVALLONE, DR. JAMIE L. REEDY | JUNE 1, 2022 | OPINION A doctor and a public-health nurse write about how their long collaboration was big help during the pandemic Dr. Jamie L. Reedy, left, and Megan Avallone As a public-health officer and a primary-care physician, we both know the value of understanding the communities we serve. In…Read More…
Coronavirus 2022: Can NJ synthesize lessons learned during pandemic?
LILO H. STAINTON, HEALTH CARE WRITER | JANUARY 3, 2022 | CORONAVIRUS IN NJ, HEALTH CARE The past year revealed a health care system beset with racial inequities and a heroic, exhausted workforce. With omicron rampant, a new strategy is needed Credit: (Jernej Fuhrman via Flickr/CC BY 2.0) Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of…Read More…
NJ looks to grow telehealth, a boon to patients in pandemic
LILO H. STAINTON, HEALTH CARE WRITER | AUGUST 11, 2021 | HEALTH CARE Lawmakers said insurers should pay doctors the same for remote visits as for in-person visits Credit: (AP Photo/LM Otero)File photo: A doctor prepares to conduct an online visit with a patient from his work station at home. For Pamela Dyer, a 48-year-old Farmingdale resident,…Read More…
NJ spending billions on health care. Is it enough to deal with the next pandemic?
Michael L. Diamond, Asbury Park Press New Jersey’s budget includes $450 million for three hospitals to strengthen emergency preparedness. It includes $20 million to expand health insurance coverage for children. There’s $5.5 million for the state’s public health response to COVID. Local health departments, however, say lawmakers missed a chance to provide a steady source of…Read More…
Reports Highlight Strengthening Primary Care After the Pandemic
Linda Schwimmer, JD, president and CEO of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, discusses 2 reports on strengthening primary care after the COVID-19 pandemic: one from her own organization and the other from the National Academy of Medicine. The COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on the shortcomings of the US health care system, but…Read More…
Report Lays Out 24 Moves to Create a Readier Health System in NJ
New Jersey has learned a lot during the coronavirus pandemic. So will its health care system be better prepared for a crisis in the future? In the wake of the pandemic, two organizations have released a report that lays out an “action plan,” offering 24 recommendations focused on four key areas: Creating and supporting a resilient and diverse…Read More…