Publications & Videos
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November-December 2015 WINDOW
December 2015 | WINDOW Newsletter
A roundup of Foundation news, events, and milestones.
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JHF and NEHI framing paper on Community Health Workers: Getting the Job Done in Healthcare Delivery
May 2015 | Research Papers
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The Empowered Patient
October 2014 | Videos
The Empowered Patient is a half-hour, Jewish Healthcare Foundation-sponsored special examining the new relationship between patients and providers in a world teeming with readily-available healthcare information.
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20th Princeton Conference
May 2013 | Research Papers
The 20th Princeton Conference, "The U.S. Health Care System in Transition", focused on how states are addressing health reform while facing huge economic challenges. This brief presents the major findings from each session.
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Early Access to Integrated Behavioral Health Services in the Pediatric Medical Home
2013 | Teachable Moments
View a collaborative team approach to get kids to the appropriate level of care as quickly as possible.
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Clinical Pharmacist in the ED
2013 | Teachable Moments
The UPMC Shadyside pharmacy department was able to trial the expansion of their unit-based pharmacy services to the emergency department.
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Executive Summary: PPC Goes International: The Israel Healthcare Quality Partnership
February 2013 | Research Papers
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Reducing Observation Status Wait Times
2013 | Teachable Moments
Nurses, case managers, and PRHI's Perfecting Patient Care℠ methodology all played a role in reducing Excela Health's average observation length of stay.
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Reducing Transplant Readmission with Good Discharge Planning
2013 | Teachable Moments
Learn how UPMC Montefiore and Montefiore Rehabilitation reduced their transplant patient readmission rate from 43% to under 6% with good discharge planning.
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PRHI Readmission Brief: Patterns of Hospitalizations Among HIV-Positive Patients in Southwestern PA (updated)
April 2012 | Research Papers
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Sustaining Excellence in Patient Flow in the Emergency Department
2012 | Teachable Moments
A team from St. Clair Hospital hardwired a number of processes in the emergency department and sustained their improvements in patient flow.
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Bridging the Gap Between Inpatient and Outpatient Care
2012 | Teachable Moments
UPMC Shadyside Hospital 3 East and UPMC Shadyside Family Health Center got together to develop a protocol to bridge the gap between inpatient and outpatient care.
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CHF Readmissions Reduction
2012 | Teachable Moments
The VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System had a high readmission rate for CHF patients so they instituted protocols which successfully reduced it.
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Sustain the Gain with COPD Readmission Reduction
2012 | Teachable Moments
A team from UPMC St. Margaret is continuning to refine their improvement process for reducing COPD readmissions.
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A Series of Six Monographs Comparing the Israel and U.S. Healthcare Systems (6 of 6)
January 2011 | Monographs
Monograph 6 Workforce and Medical Education
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A Series of Six Monographs Comparing the Israel and U.S. Healthcare Systems (5 of 6)
January 2011 | Monographs
Monograph 5 How Health Plans Manage Care Provided
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A Series of Six Monographs Comparing the Israel and U.S. Healthcare Systems (4 of 6)
January 2011 | Monographs
Monograph 4 Primary Care
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A Series of Six Monographs Comparing the Israel and U.S. Healthcare Systems (3 of 6)
January 2011 | Monographs
Monograph 3 Role of Government
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A Series of Six Monographs Comparing the Israel and U.S. Healthcare Systems (2 of 6)
January 2011 | Monographs
Monograph 2 Israel Health Care – U.S. Audiences
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A Series Six of Monographs Comparing the Israel and U.S. Healthcare Systems (1 of 6)
January 2011 | Monographs
In our ongoing effort to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of health care, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) engaged international health policy experts to explore alternative methods of delivery and payment.
As part of this work, JHF asked the Smokler Center for Health Policy Research at the Myers-JDC Brookdale Institute in Jerusalem, an affiliate of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, to prepare a series of six monographs comparing the Israel and U.S. healthcare systems along key dimensions.
Monograph 1 Healthcare U.S. and Israel
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An Organized Disaster - How Simulation and Practice Led to Safely Transporting 152 Acute and Critically-Ill Children Across an Urban Landscape
2011 | Teachable Moments
When it was time to move the entire hospital to a new facility, the staff at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC did so without incident.
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Off of Mechanical Ventilation and Out of the ICU
2011 | Teachable Moments
A nurse-driven project at UPMC Shadyside resulted in an expedited method to wean patients from a ventilator.
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Patient Quality Outreach for Chronic Disease Patients
2011 | Teachable Moments
A team from UPMC Physician Services developed an efficient and cost-effective method to contact patients with chronic diseases.
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Reducing Risk with Inter-Hospital Transport
2011 | Teachable Moments
A team from UPMC Presbyterian standardized the procedure for inter-hospital transport with their Ticket To Ride program.
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Standardization of Anticoagulation Processes
2011 | Teachable Moments
Learn how a team from St. Clair Hospital standardized the anticoagulation process.
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Venous Thromboembolism Prevention
2011 | Teachable Moments
Learn how a team from UPMC's Presbyterian and Shadyside campuses implemented a Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) prevention program.
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Zero Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Infections
2011 | Teachable Moments
With a goal of eliminating ventilator-associated pneumonia infections in the ICU, learn how a multidisciplinary team at Jefferson Regional Medical Center reached their goal and sustained it.
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Policy Briefs from July 2010 "Foundations and Healthcare Reform Conference" at Brandeis University
August 2010 | Research Papers
Links to the Briefs can be found in the PDF; scroll to July 27-28, 2010.
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PRHI Readmission Brief: Patterns of Hospitalizations Among HIV-Positive Patients in Southwestern PA
July 2010 | Research Papers
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Door 2 Balloon Program
2010 | Teachable Moments
With the goal of reducing door-to-balloon times, learn how a team from Allegheny General Hospital took the process to just under 70 minutes.
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EHR Implementation
2010 | Teachable Moments
This Teachable Moment describes EHR Implementation through the experiences of one local practice.
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Improving Patient Flow in the Emergency Department
2010 | Teachable Moments
With the goal of reducing door-to-room, door-to-physician times and patient elopements, learn how a team from St. Clair Hospital tackled these issues.
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MRSA Prevention Program
2010 | Teachable Moments
With the goal of reducing the incidence of hospital-acquired MRSA, learn how a team from the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System developed a process that was taken nationally.
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Reducing 30-Day COPD Readmissions
2010 | Teachable Moments
With the goal of reducing readmissions of patients with COPD, learn how a team from UPMC St. Margaret redesigned the way they delivered care.
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Reducing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
2010 | Teachable Moments
With standardization and a focus on head-of-bed elevation, learn how a team from Allegheny General Hospital reduced the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
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Reducing Vesicant Drug Extravasations
2010 | Teachable Moments
With the goal of reducing extravasations from IV vesicant drugs, learn how a team from Heritage Valley Health System tackled the problem.
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Recognizing Healthcare Team Excellence at the Front Line
June 2009 | Branches
2008 Top 10 Fine Award Finalists
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Transforming Education Systems For The 21st Century Learner
March 2009 | ROOTS
A report from the national High Schools & Careers Summit held in Pittsburgh.
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CLABs
2009 | Teachable Moments
With the goal of reducing catheter-related bloodstream infections, learn how a team from Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh tackled this problem.
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Diabetes Care Delivery
2009 | Teachable Moments
With the goal of implementing a comprehensive approach to outpatient diabetes care delivery, learn how a team from the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System improved the process.
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Falls Reduction Program
2009 | Teachable Moments
With the goal of providing a patient safe environment through a falls reduction program, learn how a team from UPMC Passavant tackled the issue.
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Labor Induction
2009 | Teachable Moments
With the goal of reducing inappropriate inductions, learn how a team from Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC in Pittsburgh improved this process.
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The Healthcare Quality Revolution
May 2008 | ROOTS
Celebrating 10 Years of the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative
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Incentives For Excellence - Rebuilding the Healthcare Payment System From The Ground Up
September 2007 | ROOTS
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The Pittsburgh Perfecting Patient CareSM System: A New Design for Delivering Health
January 2002 | Branches
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Child and Youth Injury Environmental Scan
April 1997 | Health Scans
The Youth Crime Prevention Council of Allegheny County, convened by the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, wanted to develop comprehensive strategies and an integrated response to youth violence that would encompass intervention, prevention, and community mobilization. The Child and Youth Injury Environmental Scan presents data on the extent, patterns, and key risk factors of violence and injury in the community. The study highlights promising interventions used in other communities, and remains central to the Youth Crime Prevention Council's long-term strategic plan.
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Aging Environmental Scan
June 1996 | Health Scans
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation teamed with the United Way of Allegheny County and the Southwestern Pennsylvania Partnership for Aging in a nine-month study of the area's 65-and-older population, the nation's second largest concentration of seniors. The Aging Environmental Scan offers an agenda promoting wellness, moderating the effects of aging, and encouraging well seniors to engage more fully in community life. Several initiatives have sprung from the Aging Environmental Scan, including the Community - University Partnership for Successful Aging, caregiver training, home-safety audits, an awareness campaign around wound healing, and the National Senior Volunteer Summit. Initiatives currently under review include an awareness campaign on the importance of careful medications management, and an extensive new menu of programs intended to engage seniors fully in the arts, education, service, and other aspects of community life.
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Home-Delivered Meals Services for the Elderly Scan
June 1995 | Health Scans
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation of Pittsburgh, in collaboration with the Allegheny County Alliance on Aging, convened an expert group of nutritionists, aging service providers, and gerontologists in early 1994. This group, called the Nutrition and Frail Elderly Committee, was commissioned to work with local stakeholders to develop recommendations and build consensus around a model program of nutritional services to meet the needs of the elderly population to the year 2000 and beyond. To facilitate discussions and provide a basis for making recommendations, the committee attained the services of consultants from the Organization and Management Group for Collaborative Learning (OMG) which conducted a study of Home-Delivered Meals (HDM) programs in Allegheny County and took part in all aspects of committee work. Extensive input from elderly HDM consumers and their families, HDM volunteers and paid staff, personnel from other agencies with input into HDM programs, and health and human service providers was solicited as part of this process. The committee met throughout 1994 to review and discuss data about HDM, as well as to participate in strategic planning exercises that led to action recommendations presented in this report.
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Health Environmental Scan
January 1995 | Health Scans
An examination of health and healthcare benchmarks for Southwestern Pennsylvania include: rates of illness and disability across population groups; root causes of poor health such as addiction, poverty and unemployment; and the availability and distribution of health insurance and health care. The Health Environmental Scan helped to define specific needs for improved care planning, coordination, and case management between all providers in the system. The Scan also created the blueprint for two important opportunities: the development of a community-governed behavioral health system under Pennsylvania's shift to Medicaid managed care, and the formation of the Consumer Health Coalition.
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