The Health Summit at Sundance welcomed a select group of healthcare leaders and innovators to Utah to discuss the current state of health care in the United States, providing a supportive and closed-door environment to listen, learn, a...
Project & Program Updates
Jewish Healthcare Foundation President and CEO Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD moderated the panel "AI and Societal Impact: Health Equity" at the two-day CMU-K&L Gates Conference in Ethics and AI held at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) ...
Participants in the PA Youth Advocacy Network's Teen Mental Health Advocacy Series put their learning into practice by creating an action guide around a mental health advocacy issue of their choice. The guide consists of a series of st...
On May 31, the Teen Mental Health Collaborative held its quarterly meeting at the Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh, providing an opportunity for community-based organizations to network and prioritizes opportunities for staff skil...
Sarah Pesi, MSPPM, a Jewish Healthcare Foundation policy associate, has completed the 2022-2023 Pennsylvania Education Policy Fellowship Program, a policy leadership program for education, community, and advocacy leaders. During the pr...
Jewish Healthcare Foundation Program Associate Ashlee Carter, MS and Lean Healthcare Strategy and Implementation Manager Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT participated in a week-long Academy for Emerging Leaders in Patient Safety (AELPS) su...
Transitions of care, whether between hospitals and skilled nursing facilities or between nursing facilities and the community, can present challenges and lead to disruptions in care. The second quarter of programming for the Pennsylvan...
Research has shown that palliative care can benefit both patients and providers by better managing patients' symptoms and improving quality of life, reducing costs, reducing hospitalizations, and increasing hospice utilization at the e...
Maternal mortality remains a serious issue in Pennsylvania and across the U.S. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. experienced a maternal mortality rate of 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2...
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) has been recognized as a 2023 SAGECare Platinum Credentialed provider for programming to LGBTQ+ older adults. The Aging and HIV/AIDS staff have completed training that provided an overview of the ...
New patient safety winners were announced in June at the Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge (GSIC) and the Healthcare Innovation Program at East Carolina University (ECU). On June 17, GSIC awarded two Patient Safety Technology C...
Ken Ho, MD, MPH, a valued member of the JHF Board and an infectious disease specialist, recently received the 2023 Kerry Stoner Award, recognizing his outstanding achievements in HIV/AIDS advocacy. Dr. Ho is the medical director of Pro...
Jessica Segal, MSW joins the Jewish Healthcare Foundation as its Behavioral Health Program Associate. In this role, she supports JHF's multifaceted behavioral health programs, including the BH Fellows program, a statewide Child and Ado...
A native Pittsburgher, Rich Lunak remembers the economic low plaguing Pittsburgh as he was graduating from high school. This has always served as a personal motivator to keep Pittsburgh growing and making its mark as a competitor and l...
PITTSBURGH — Health Careers Futures, an operating arm of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF), has announced $3.6 million in funding to support the second phase of the Revisiting Teaching Nursing Home Initiative. The initia...
The first "hybrid" meeting of the Pittsburgh Regional Autonomous Patient Safety (RAPS) Advisory Group was held May 2, gathering leaders from academia, health care, technology, and industry to inform the forward movement of the RAPS ini...
FortyX80 and the Pittsburgh Technology Council (PTC) will continue to serve as critical collaborators with the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative and the Jewish Healthcare Foundation in advancing the Regional Autonomous Patient Safe...
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) is serving as the fiscal agent for the PA Department of Human Services, charged with helping to allocate over $9 million in federal COVID funding intended for maternal and infant health. JHF recen...
The Friendship Circle held an open house on May 16 for The Beacon, the new teen wellness and community space with a focus on uplifting and supporting the well-being and mental health of all teens in the Pittsburgh area. In September 20...
The PA Youth Advocacy Network recognized May 23rd as Teen Mental Health Awareness Day with a proclamation from Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. Youth advocates also were present virtually and in person at meetings across the Commonw...