Regional Roll-Out Lead/Leader Organization Information

Name:  New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute
Link:  www.njhcqi.org
Description: Public Foundation dedicated to improving health care quality and reducing medical errors.

Contact:  David L. Knowlton
Title:  President and CEO
Address: 479 West State Street, Trenton, NJ  08618
Phone: 609-393-4931
Fax:   609-393-8212
Email: dknowlton@njhcqi.org

Contact:  Sharyn Brauns
Title:  Assistant to the President
Address: 479 West State Street, Trenton, NJ  08618
Phone: 609-393-4931
Fax:   609-393-8212
Email: sbrauns@njhcqi.org

Contact:  Sarah McLallen
Title:  Project Analyst
Address: 479 West State Street, Trenton, NJ  08618
Phone: 609-393-4931
Fax:   609-393-8212
Email: smclallen@njhcqi.org

Regional Roll-Out Market Information

Geographic coverage: New Jersey                                                                             

Population: 8,698,879 (2004)

Employer/purchaser characteristics:

List of area’s largest employers (by employee size)
 Wakefern Food Corp/Shop Rite (Private) = 31,800
 Saint Barnabas Healthcare System (Private) = 23,000
 Verizon (Public) = 17,151
 Park Place Entertainment (Public) = 16,000
 AT&T Corp (Public) = 15,000
 Merck & Co (Public) = 12,722
 Prudential Financial (Public) = 12,321
 RWJ Health System & Network (Private) = 11,371

Hospital characteristics (total number of general acute care facilities):

 83 Hospitals in New Jersey
 
 NJ Health Care Systems:
 Atlantic Health System (3 hospitals)
 Atlanticare (2 hospitals)
 Bon Secours New Jersey Health System Inc (1 hospital)
 Catholic Health and Human Services (3 hospitals)
 Capital Health System (2 hospitals)
 CentraState Health System (1 hospital)
 Cooper Health System (1 hospital)
 Hunterdon Healthcare System, Inc. (1 hospital)
 Kennedy Health System (3 hospitals)
 LibertyHealth (3 hospitals)
 Lourdes Health System (2 hospitals)
 Meridian Health (3 hospitals)
 Princeton Healthcare System (1 hospital)
 RWJ Health System (4 hospitals)
 Saint Barnabas Health Care System (10 hospitals)
 Saint Clare’s Health System (3 hospitals)
 St. Joseph’s Healthcare System (2 hospitals)
 Shore Memorial Health Foundation (1 hospital)
 Solaris Health System (2 hospitals)
 South Jersey Healthcare (3 hospitals)
 University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ (1 hospital)
 Valley Health System (1 hospital)
 Virtua Health (4 hospitals)