Jewish Healthcare Foundation Supports AcademyHealth Conference

Clockwise from top left: Laurie Zephyrin, Karen Wolk Feinstein, Terry Fulmer, and David Classen present during the AcademyHealth Conference. Photo Credit: Lisa Simpson, President and CEO of AcademyHealth

During the AcademyHealth 2021 Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference, Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) President and CEO Karen Wolk Feinstein moderated a breakout session with speakers Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, President of The John A. Hartford Foundation; Laurie Zephyrin, MD, MPH, MBA, Vice President for Advancing Health Equity at the Commonwealth Fund; and David Classen, MD, MS, Chief Medical Informatics Officer at patient safety organization Pascal Metrics. The session, A Full Court Press to Advance Patient Safety & Reduce Pandemic Harm, highlighted JHF's aim of creating a National Patient and Provider Safety Authority within the new Full Court Press health policy initiative. JHF sponsored the February 16-18 Datapalooza and Conference, which facilitated discussions on health policy and data innovation in the U.S.