| March Tue, 2020
Quality Institute creates patient guide to telehealth coverage, benefits
A 2017 Health Matters poll by the Quality Institute, in partnership with the Rutgers Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling, at the time found that just two in ten people had experience with telehealth. The poll also found that many would be willing to use technology as a new way to access health care.
| February Sat, 2020
By Wide Margins, New Jerseyans Trust Physicians, Nurses Most for Health-Related Info: Rutgers Poll
“The pattern of who or what New Jerseyans trust to provide accurate health and healthcare-related information mirrors the pattern of who or where they seek information about health and health care-related topics,” said Ashley Koning, assistant research professor and director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling. “The more they trust a particular source, the more they are likely to seek information from it.”
| February Thu, 2020
LATEST HEALTH MATTERS POLL
Though they’re able to seek healthcare information from more places than ever before, New Jersey residents still turn to — and trust —doctors and nurses more than any other source. Nine in ten report being likely to ask a doctor for information; eight in ten say they ask a nurse. Around nine in ten trust each of these sources to provide accurate health information.
| February Thu, 2020
Latest Health Matters Poll: By Wide Margins, New Jerseyans Turn to and Trust Physicians, Nurses Most for Health-Related Information
Though they’re able to seek healthcare information from more places than ever before, New Jersey residents still turn to — and trust —doctors and nurses more than any other source. Nine in ten report being likely to ask a doctor for information; eight in ten say they ask a nurse. Around nine in ten trust each of these sources to provide accurate health information.