December 16, 2008
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In 2000, Meridian Health system, located in Neptune, N.J., was struggling to integrate the merger of three hospitals. Its patient and employee satisfaction scores were low.
June 12, 2012
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Program Result
Researchers at the Urban Institute studied whether patients use high-volume hospitals for procedures and services where volume is associated with outcomes, and whether there are disparities between minorities and Whites in using such hospitals.
March 19, 2012
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Program Result
Center for Studying Health System Change researchers tracked changes in the nation's health care system and developed policy analyses describing how those changes affect patients, providers, and others in their communities.
November 22, 2011
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Program Result
Project H.O.P.E. designed and delivered an integrated treatment program for homeless people with mental health and substance use disorders living in Camden County, N.J.
August 9, 2011
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Program Result
Transforming Care at the Bedside-New Jersey is a state specific application of the nurse-driven TCAB process of hospital improvement. This is a look at the project's progress at the halfway mark.
January 13, 2011
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Program Result
The Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers created a citywide care management system, working with high emergency room and hospital users, providing transitional primary care aimed at moving patients to an appropriate primary care setting.
June 28, 2010
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Program Result
On-Site On-Line Nursing Program a one-day a week curriculum leading to an associate’s degree in nursing, allows students already working in health care to pursue the training necessary to take the RN licensing exam while continuing to work.
August 27, 2009
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Program Result
The Health Research and Educational Trust worked with New Jersey hospitals to improve the procedures hospital staff uses to collect data about patients' race and ethnicity.
May 11, 2009
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Program Result
From 1994 to 2007, staff at Friends' Health Connection (originally called Long Distance Love), New Brunswick, N.J., created and ran a program that enables hospitalized patients to communicate one-on-one with another patient who has the same illness.
December 16, 2008
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Program Result
In the early 2000s, hospitals began taking steps to improve their organizational culture. They aimed to address several challenges, including patient dissatisfaction, nursing shortages and poor financial performance.
