About The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute
Who We Are
The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute: Harnessing the power to assure quality
The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute is recognized in the State and the region as an innovator, advocate, and leader for improved health care quality.
The problem: New Jerseyans are paying ever-increasing costs for health care, yet the state remains at the bottom of the list when it comes to quality of care and preventing medical errors.
The solution: While many talk about costs and offer band-aid measures, NJHCQI is the first non-profit, impartial, and non-partisan organization working to make system wide changes to improve patient safety and the quality of care.
Founded in 1997 and partially funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the NJHCQI brings together all key stakeholders to make real and measurable improvements to our state's health care system. Its purpose is to "undertake projects that will ensure that quality, accountability, and cost containment are all closely linked to the delivery of health care services in New Jersey."
Step One for NJHCQI has been to foster the collaboration of all stakeholders in the State's health care delivery system, giving purchasers and health care consumers the critical ability to link quality, accountability and cost containment.
These linkages are made by publishing the results of objective research, comparative data on providers, and other pertinent educational information. This allows purchasers and consumers to adopt value-based purchasing practices and make highly informed decisions, based on the merits of various health care programs, treatments, and services.
The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute - Quality Powered!
What We Do
We have a number of ongoing projects that help improve health care quality improvement, including:
- How's Your Health, NJ?
This free online survey is aimed at evaluating individual health and improving physician-patient communication. - Mayors Wellness Campaign
The Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC) was created to equip mayors and other key leaders with the tools to develop and implement active-living initiatives in their communities. - Patient Safety Reporting System
Modeled after the FAA system, this program records medical error "near misses."
Our Structure
The Quality Institute is made up of governing councils, which represent the various stakeholders in health care. Our Board of Directors and Leadership Council are responsible for the management of the Institute. Our additional committees - the Plan, Provider, Purchaser, Consumer, Individual, Professional and Association councils - ensure that we are continually hearing from those most directly affected by changes in health care quality.