New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute

10/16/2025

📝 Advance Care Planning (ACP) may look different in hospice, community, and private practice settings, but the goal is always the same: respect the client’s voice. Join us for a virtual panel on Monday, November 3rd, from 1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. for “Social Work Perspectives on Advance Care Planning in Aging” to explore how social workers can support health care professionals in initiating meaningful conversations about ACP, including:

• Overcoming myths
• Engage with clients and families with confidence
• Learn from different disciplines
• PLUS: A special update from Lori Feldstein, Goals of Care Coalition of New Jersey, on the new Medicaid Palliative Care benefit.

With speakers from Rutgers University School of Social Work, Holy Name, private practice, and Goals of Care Coalition of New Jersey.

🖇️Register today: https://njhcqi.info/regcoylwebinar

10/16/2025

Yesterday, Quality Institute COO Tyla Minniear joined partners at the Lifelong Strong NJ Conference to share how our health care priorities for the next Governor should be part of a future Multisector Plan on Aging.

We joined Lifelong Strong NJ because creating a Multisector Plan on Aging aligns with our mission. A coordinated, cross-sector plan will strengthen connections between health care, housing, transportation, and community supports, helping older adults live healthy, independent lives in age-friendly communities across our state.

🔗 Learn more about the campaign: https://lifelongstrongnj.org
📖 Read our Health Care Priorities: https://njhcqi.info/TopPriorities25

10/15/2025

A big thank you to our 2025 sponsors! Your support drives our mission to improve health and wellness throughout New Jersey. We’re making an impact together. 💙



Bristol Myers Squibb, New Jersey State Nurses Association, UnitedHealthcare, Hackensack Meridian Health, Gilead Sciences, Johnson & Johnson, AmeriHealth, Capital Health, Fidelis Care, NJM Insurance Group, Planned Parenthood of Northern, Central, and Southern New Jersey, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Summit Health, , AtlantiCare, RWJFoundation, Care Plus NJ, Valley Health System, Inspira Health, Holy Name, Virtua Health, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, New Jersey American Water, New Jersey Dental Association, Bayer, Sanofi US, Parker Health Group, Rowan University, Aetna, , Central Jersey Family Health Consortium, CHEMED Center for Health Education, Medicine, and Dentistry, , Integrity House, NABIP New Jersey, New Jersey YMCA State Alliance, New Jersey Advocates for Aging Well, Novo Nordisk, PSEG, Regional Cancer Care Associates LLC, Saint Peter's University Hospital, Saint Clare’s Health, St. Joseph’s Health, Taft Communications, Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative, , Visiting Nurse Association Health Group, Vytalize Health

10/10/2025

ICYMI: 🎉 Cohort 4 TeamBirth Launches Are Complete! This year, we wrapped up launches at all Cohort 4 sites. Our Quality Institute team visited each hospital to see the creativity and momentum surrounding TeamBirth. During these launches, some sites set up hot chocolate and dessert carts to share information with the staff on the units. Others engaged staff through TeamBirth-themed activities such as escape rooms and word searches. One site incorporated its launch activities at a baby fair, where it demonstrated the TeamBirth whiteboard to new and expecting parents.

Let’s hear it for the incredible teams at:
■ Penn Medicine Princeton Health
■ Inspira Health
■ Inspira Health
■ RWJBarnabas Trinitas Regional Medical Center
■ Hackensack Meridian Health JFK University Medical Center
■ Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell

10/09/2025

10/07/2025

🎉 Cohort 4 TeamBirth Launches Are Complete! This year, we wrapped up launches at all Cohort 4 sites. Our Quality Institute team visited each hospital to see the creativity and momentum surrounding TeamBirth. During these launches, some sites set up hot chocolate and dessert carts to share information with the staff on the units. Others engaged staff through TeamBirth-themed activities such as escape rooms and word searches. One site incorporated its launch activities at a baby fair, where it demonstrated the TeamBirth whiteboard to new and expecting parents.

Let’s hear it for the incredible teams at:
■ Penn Medicine Princeton Health
■ Inspira Health
■ Inspira Health
■ RWJBarnabas Trinitas Regional Medical Center
■ Hackensack Meridian Health JFK University Medical Center
■ Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell

10/06/2025

During National Midwifery Week, we recognize the essential role midwives play in delivering respectful, evidence-based care. 💙 Midwives provide person-centered, holistic health care throughout a woman’s life, including pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, helping to improve outcomes. The Quality Institute continues to advance strategies that expand access to midwifery care and improve maternal and infant health outcomes in New Jersey. We thank New Jersey’s midwives for their leadership and dedication to improving care for pregnant patients and their families.

10/03/2025

October is Health Literacy Month, a time to recognize the importance of clear, accurate, and accessible health information. 🩺 At the Quality Institute, our policy work, quality improvement initiatives, and community health partnerships work to ensure that everyone can navigate the health care system with confidence and help individuals understand their health care options to make informed decisions.

Please join us in celebrating Health Literacy Month and advancing access to information that supports better care.

10/02/2025

In a new interview with The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey, our Chief of Quality, Adelisa Perez-Hudgins, discusses how Perinatal Mental Health First Aid (PMHFA) training is equipping providers with the tools to recognize and respond to maternal mental health needs early. With support from the Foundation over the past three years, the Quality Institute has delivered PMHFA training to help community-based providers better support those experiencing perinatal mood and anxiety disorders to enhance care for those in need.

🔗 Read the interview: https://njhcqi.info/hfnjnterview102025

10/02/2025

As a Rutgers School of Social Work student, our Program Officer, Katie Bisaha, is discovering her calling at the intersection of social work and public health. Her work demonstrates her leadership at the Quality Institute, where she promotes our statewide community health initiatives, including Conversation of Your Life (COYL) and the Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC). Thank you for all that you do, Katie!

Read the full profile here: https://njhcqi.info/kbrsswprofile

Katie Bisaha, a second-year MSW/MPH dual degree student at , is living proof that a following a nontraditional path can lead to powerful, purpose-driven work. With a background in culinary arts and a bachelor's degree in nutrition and food science, Katie’s journey began in health and wellness but quickly expanded to encompass a wide range of public health issues, including nutrition education, food security, mental health, substance use prevention, and adverse childhood experiences. Read her story: https://socialwork.rutgers.edu/news/msw-student-finds-her-calling-intersection-social-work-and-public-health

10/02/2025

In the 's new , Dan Holub of the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) shares his views on the NJ SHBEP, the need to invest more in primary care, workplace safety, mental health, and more.

🔗 Read the interview: https://njhcqi.info/takefive10012025