Temporal Trends in Incidence and Long-Term Care Fatality of Stroke Among Children from 1994 to 2007

May 30, 2012 | Journal Article

his article examines incidence and fatality rates of pediatric stroke in New Jersey from 1994 through 2007.

The Business Case for TCAB

January 1, 2009 | Report

This white paper provides a cost-benefit analysis for Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB). TCAB is a program to improve processes and outcomes in hospital medical and surgical units and is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Nursing Practice Environment and Registered Nurses' Job Satisfaction in Nursing Homes

September 9, 2011 | Journal Article

A supportive practice environment is positively associated with RN job satisfaction in New Jersey nursing homes.

Camden Residents Celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of the ACA & Highlight Two New Local Health Initiatives

March 29, 2012 | News Release

Camden Residents Celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of the ACA & Highlight Two New Local Health Initiatives

March 27, 2012 | News Release

Telemonitoring Cuts Costs and Improves Outcomes for Congestive Heart Failure Patients in New Jersey

November 12, 2004 | Program Result

Valley Home Care used telemonitoring from 2001 through 2003 to provide "virtual" home health services to older Passaic and Bergen County patients with congestive heart failure and hypertension.

Pilot Program Trains Certified Home Health Aides to Provide Nursing Care to Patients at Home

October 4, 2011 | Program Result

Under the state of New Jersey's Nurse Delegation Pilot Program, registered nurses delegated specific health care tasks performed in the homes of some Medicaid beneficiaries with disabilities or chronic conditions to certified home health aides.

Effects of Nursing Practice Environments on Quality Outcomes in Nursing Homes

December 1, 2010 | Journal Article

A supportive nursing practice environment is associated with fewer pressure ulcers and fewer deficiency citations in this study of New Jersey nursing homes.

Transforming Care at the Bedside--New Jersey

August 9, 2011 | 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.

Risk Profiles and Treatment Patterns Among Men Diagnosed as Having Prostate Cancer and a Prostate-Specific Antigen Level Below 4.0 ng/m

July 26, 2010 | Journal Article

Lowering the biopsy threshold for prostate cancer from a PSA of 4.0 to 2.5 would increase the risk of overdiagnosis and overtreatment, according to this first large-scale study of current treatment patterns in the U.S. population.