PITTSBURGH, PA – The Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) approved $665,000 in grants, including funds to create programming to engage older adults at risk for or with early cognitive decline; initial funding to explore gender and income...
Project & Program Updates
To celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 10–16), the trailer to the Jewish Healthcare Foundation's (JHF) forthcoming documentary The Pitch: Patient Safety's Next Generation was released online, and a private preview of the fil...
In 2023, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation cultivated diverse partnerships spanning local, statewide, national, and international arenas, fostering a dynamic environment for driving change. Progress was made within each of JHF's focus a...
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) sponsored the "Better Healthcare Policy Group" meeting held on March 12 at the office of The American College of Surgeons in Washington, DC. JHF Chief Policy Officer Robert Ferguson, MPH, was pres...
The PA Youth Advocacy Network, a Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) program, launched the 2024 Advocacy Series on January 31. Over the following eight weeks, teens learned advocacy skills, which they applied to their final presentation...
On March 15, 53 students from 11 area high schools came together at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh to discuss issues they care about and learn about the difference their vote can make in elections from the local to the national lev...
Since 2015, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation's (JHF's) Death & Dying Fellowship has endeavored to educate and inform the next generation of healthcare professionals on the nuances of communicating with patients and families e...
The Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) welcomed four new members to its board during a meeting held on March 12 at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh. In their remarks, Jewish Health Care Foundation (JHF) and P...
A meeting of the WHAMglobal Board on March 26 continued a review of themes and priorities jointly identified by participants at the Salzburg Seminar convened by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) and WHAMglobal in January. Th...
How are the next generation of innovators looking to disrupt the status quo and bring new perspectives to improving safety in health care? In this episode, host Karen Wolk Feinstein and young entrepreneur Reetam Ganguli, star of the do...
The March issue of Allegheny County Medical Society's (ACMS's) Bulletin featured an op-ed by Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) CEO and President Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD, highlighting the scope of patient safety work being done by th...
In early March, Jewish Healthcare Foundation staff visited the Prime Time Adult Day Care in Bethel Park, PA, to learn more about successful care models to support community-dwelling older adults who some level of assistance. Prime Time...
JHF Nurse Project Manager Maureen Saxon-Gioia, MS HSA, BSN, RN, shared about the exciting progress being made by the Teaching Nursing Home Collaborative initiative at the annual AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medi...
The Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh's (JCC) 18th Annual Big Night celebration, held Saturday, March 9 at the JCC, honored its former President and CEO Brian Schreiber. Schreiber joined the JCC in 1999 as President and CEO...
Are you interested in exploring artificial intelligence and cutting-edge technology to revolutionize safety in health care? We invite you to apply for the summer, 9-week Patient Safety Fellowship hosted by the Jewish Healthcare Foundat...
In April, Elizabeth Klusman will join the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) as a program epidemiologist associate, supporting its Ryan White Part B services, Minority AIDS Initiative, and AIDS Free Pittsburgh work. In this role, she w...
India Renae Hunter is a doula and maternal and child health public health professional. She attended the University of Pittsburgh, where she completed dual master's degrees in public health and social work. Hunter is originally from Da...
Deborah Brodine, MHA, MBA, stands at the apex of two critical fronts in health care: senior care and mental health care. Appointed as president of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital in 2019, she brings over three decades of experience b...
National Patient Safety Board Will Address Preventable Medical Harm, the Third Leading Cause of Death in the U.S. U.S. Representatives Nanette Barragán (D-CA) and Michael Burgess (R-TX) have announced the reintroduction of the Nat...
On February 29, the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) and the Pittsburgh Technology Council convened 130 Pittsburgh leaders for the Safety Innovation Summit to discuss the region's long history of safety accomplishments and ...