Partnership for Patients New Jersey
U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (Senate Finance Committee) at the Partnership for Patients New Jersey kick-off on January 30, 2012
Implementation Results
- Betsy Ryan, president & CEO of the NJHA, gave her gratitude to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and shared her thoughts about this initiative in her recent blog. Click here to read more »
- N.J. Hospitals Improve Quality, Reduce Costs, Shorten Wait Times in ‘Patient Flow’ »
- Efficiency Steps Help Hospitals Cut Costs While Improving Healthcare »
- For more media coverage, click here »
News
NJHA Receives RWJF Grant to Measure Impact of Patient Flow Strategy
NJHA is partnering with the Institute for Healthcare Optimization in Massachusetts for training and implementation of patient flow methodology to decrease variability in patient demand, reduce resource utilization and expand capacity. Learn more »
Senator Menendez and Dr. Litvak kick-off New Jersey Initiative
On January 30, 2012 NJHA kicked off Partnership for Patients-NJ, part of a national initiative from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to improve the quality, safety and affordability of healthcare, Learn more »
Patient Flow/Throughput
The New Jersey Hospital Association has provided IHO Variability Methodology® to NJ hospitals to help them improve patient safety and flow/throughput . Some of these resources and the list of the NJ Patient Flow Collaborative Members have been publicly disseminated, Learn more »
Engineering a Cure for Hospital Inefficiencies
New Jersey hospitals to partner with IHO to address Emergency Department overcrowding, Philadelphia Inquirer, December 30, 2011, Learn more »
Events
(for Partnership for Patients-NJ Members Only)
Introductory Webinar for Surgical Services – April 4, 2012
Seminar I: Managing Variability in Patient Flow : Quality of Care Enhancement and Cost Reduction, May 7-8, 2012
Webinar Series: Managing Variability in Patient Flow : Quality of Care Enhancement and Cost Reduction, May – November, 2012
Seminar II: Managing Variability in Patient Flow : Quality of Care Enhancement and Cost Reduction, November 29-30, 2012