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Ruth E. Perry, M.D.
Executive Director
Trenton Health Team

The Trenton Health Team collaborates to improve health outcomes contain costs

The Trenton Health Team is a community health improvement collaborative serving Trenton, N.J. The collaborative is an innovative partnership among St. Francis Medical Center, Capital Health, Henry J. Austin Federally Qualified Health Center and the Department of Health and Human Services of the City of Trenton. The vision of the Trenton Health Team is to make Trenton the healthiest city in the state. Our mission is to transform healthcare for the city by forming a committed partnership with the community to expand access to high quality, coordinated healthcare, while being ever mindful of the necessity of containing costs that have spiraled out of control and are now unsustainable.

Teaming up to better serve city’s health needs

By Ruth Perry

Trenton residents deserve better. Trenton’s underprivileged, one-quarter of whom have no health-care coverage, suffer from higher-than-average rates of diabetes, hypertension and obesity. Residents have little access to primary care, and, until recently, it could take weeks to get a clinic appointment. Read More

Our Announcements

 May 8, 2013 Trenton Health Team Adopts Novel Diagnostic Tool, BGM Galectin-3® Test, to Reduce Hospital Readmissions
 April 2, 2013 State grant of $5.2 million to treat substance abuse without stigma of going to separate centers
 March 26, 2013 Report from Rutgers Center for State Health Policy reinforces importance of Trenton Health Team`s work.
 February 26, 2013 Trenton Health Team launches community-wide Palliative care initiative
 February 18, 2013 

Trenton Health Team reports 33% drop in emergency room visits by Sickle Cell patients

Medical home model coordinates healthcare for adults with disease
 
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 April 3, 2013 Trenton Health Team awarded $5.2M to help improve substance abuse treatment
 April 2, 2013 Editorial: Rutgers study on ER treatment costs in urban areas shows value of Trenton Health Team
 April 2, 2013 Trenton Health Team wins $5.2 million grant for substance abuse screening program
 April 1, 2013 Medical overspending can be avoided
 March 31, 2013 Trenton's emergency rooms clogged by people lacking health insurance, city ranked third worst in university study
 March 31, 2013 Rutgers study ranks N.J. hospitals that prevent avoidable admissions
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Also of Interest

 March 2013   Find Health Rankings for Your State and County
 January 2013  Study: Majority of Trenton's Latinos uninsured, without health care
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 January 2012   “The State of Homelessness in America 2012.” This report examines the homelessness during the economic downturn and focuses on challenges to addressing the issue

Medicaid ACO

Pioneering the Medicaid ACO

The New Jersey Medicaid Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Demonstration Project is a 3-year initiative to develop better models for providing care to vulnerable populations across the state. Efforts are focused on increasing...
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Restoring Health to Trenton

In 2012, THT has taken important steps toward transforming healthcare. This Community Report outlines those steps.
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Mary O'Dowd

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Commissioner
NJ Department of Health

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