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Hospitals innovate to battle provider shortage
More than 145,000 health care providers – including 71,309 physicians – left the workforce from 2021 to 2022, according to published reports. What’s causing the exodus and what can be done about it?
Hospitals face high costs, reduced funding post-pandemic
“After three years of unprecedented challenges and caring for millions of New Jersey patients, including more than 582,000 COVID patients, New Jersey’s hospitals are experiencing sustained and significant increases in the costs required to provide the highest quality, equitable, compassionate care that is the hallmark of the New Jersey acute care system," said New Jersey Hospital Association P[...]
Health care providers need Rx for new kinds of ‘viruses’
The sensitive medical and other personally identifiable information held by health care providers can be a goldmine for bad actors. NJBIZ spoke with some cybersecurity experts about the steps they’re taking to protect patient data.
Late real estate developer’s fight for affordable housing lives on
The late Michael Kaplan’s life was spent building: both his family’s business as well as the real estate it developed. In filing his 1966 lawsuit against the then-Township of Madison for blocking efforts to construct affordable housing in the Middlesex County municipality, Kaplan helped to build an even bigger legacy.
High-tech wearables transform doctor-patient relationships (updated)
Thanks to smartwatches, an increasing number of people are seeing their health care provider from the comfort of their home.
How information technology and medical studies are converging
Even as innovations in the field improve the ability of health care educators to pass on their knowledge, it also brings some challenges.
NJ hospitals boldly go where no one has gone before
On the TV series “Star Trek,” Dr. McCoy could diagnose a host of ailments by simply waving his tricorder over a patient, while diagnostic sickbay beds monitored their vital signs. We’re not quite there yet, but Garden State health care institutions are getting closer.
Unions continue to make gains in NJ’s cannabis industry
New Jersey’s law enabling recreational sales included a provision requiring companies to negotiate in good faith if employees seek representation. Here’s a look at some of the latest who have opted to do so.
Labor group membership trends higher in NJ
An organization that represents members employed by supermarkets continued its reign atop NJBIZ's 2023 list, even with an 8.38% decrease in membership year over year.
Everything old is new again
According to JLL, 72% of suburban office space in New Jersey is functionally obsolete, one of the highest figures in the nation.
With new private equity partner, Matrix Engineering ready to level up
From its start as a company founded in a spare bedroom, the Florham Park-based firm has grown to a 250-person operation with multiple offices around the country. But that’s just the first act.
The roundup: Recent developments in NJ’s engineering industry
Bohler, Colliers, the College of New Jersey and DeSimone are just a few of the organizations making strides around the state.
