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Report lays out 24 moves to create a readier health system in NJ
New Jersey has learned a lot during the coronavirus pandemic. So will its health care system be better prepared for a crisis in the future?
In the wake of the pandemic, two organizations have released a report that lays out an action plan, offering 24 recommendations focused on four key areas:
Creating and supporting a resilient and diverse health care workforce
Increasing the use of new ways to deliver and pay for health care
Addressing social determinants of health to achieve greater equality
Revitalizing and reorganizing the public health infrastructure
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Medicare rule changes during the pandemic allow this patient to meet with her doctor remotely to discuss her diabetes treatment.
Greater investment in New Jersey’s public health infrastructure and workforce development. Additional focus on addressing the underlying causes of health inequities. Rethinking how to pay for things like elder care and telehealth and even the current home-rule nature of the local health system.
Those are among the two dozen recommendations in “Emerging from COVID-19: An Action Plan for a Healthier State,” a report released Wednesday by BioNJ, the state’s life sciences trade association, and the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, a nonprofit seeking to improve health safety, outcomes and affordability.