Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation and New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Partner to Build New Jersey's Safety Net 

NJ Project pic 6 16 from PZ.jpg Might primary care centers directed by nurse practitioners meet the need for higher quality, more comprehensive, and lower cost healthcare in underserved communities in New Jersey?  Two feasibility studies conducted by the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation and the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute over the last year assessed the health services needed in Trenton and Newark, New Jersey.  Through a grant funded by The Nicholson Foundation, the goal of the project was to lay the groundwork for the delivery of NP- directed and operated primary care services.  The grant supported an in-depth feasibility study of each city and a Toolkit for New Jersey Communities that is a guide to communities considering this model of care.  READ MORE