WHAMglobal was designed to concentrate on an area of women's health for a period of time, drive and hopefully document significant progress, and then address another area in need of the same attention and action. On Thursday, March 23,...
Project & Program Updates
Maternal mortality is a serious public health issue in Pennsylvania, with a pregnancy-associated mortality rate of 82 deaths per 100,000 live births. Race, pre-existing health conditions, social determinants of health, and early access...
The Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative's (PRHI) Patient Safety Technology Challenge celebrated the completion of four more patient safety awards during March. As part of the Challenge's purpose to inspire innovators to develop solut...
Four additional competitions are participating in the Patient Safety Technology Challenge funded by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and administered by the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative: Emory University's GHA 2040 Healthcare ...
An overview of the AIDS Free Pittsburgh (AFP) program looking at the first five years of the program was accepted for publication in the journal, Sexually Transmitted Diseases. "Getting to Zero in Allegheny County: Implementation of a ...
The Southwestern Pennsylvania Ryan White Learning Collaborative convened at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation on March 15 gathering frontline workers, case managers, and community health workers to network, learn, and vogue. Approximate...
AIDS Free Pittsburgh's Chief Relationship Officer and Project Director Richard Smith, MSW and Ken Ho, MD, MPH, medical director of the Pitt Men's Study and a JHF Board member, were featured on KDKA on March 27 discussing AIDS Free Pitt...
For several years, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) and Health Careers Futures have been focused on the healthcare workforce crisis and how the Foundation can work to address this issue. During the Health Careers Futures Board me...
Despite the need for better conversations around end-of-life care that the COVID-19 pandemic brought, many practitioners still find themselves unprepared to talk about serious illness and death with patients and families. The Jewish He...
Jewish Healthcare Foundation COO and Chief Program Officer Nancy Zionts, MBA, Anneliese Perry, MS, NHA, JHF program manager, aging initiatives, and Maureen Saxon-Gioia, MSHSA, BSN, RN, nursing project manager, aging initiatives, attend...
"Pathways to Well-Being with Dementia: A Manual of Help, Hope and Inspiration" was released this month by the Dementia Action Alliance with Dementia Friendly Pennsylvania, a program of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, serving as a par...
Recent controversies around issues of poor quality and fraud among for-profit hospices and current advances in the delivery of palliative care in pediatric populations were the focus of the first statewide Coalition for Quality at the ...
In a recent post on The Allegheny County Medical Society's ACMS Insights, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) CEO and President Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD, outlined the efforts of PRHI to focus on policy change at the federal l...
Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD was recently a guest on the Pittsburgh Technology Council radio show "TechVibe" with hosts Audrey Russo and Jonathan Kersting to discuss the Regional Autonomous Patient Safety (RAPS) Initiative and the potenti...
The National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) awarded Jewish Healthcare Foundation President and CEO Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD the Edithe J. Levit Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes individuals who have provided unusually v...
Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD, President and CEO, Jewish Healthcare Foundation, was recognized among Pennsylvania's most influential leaders in health care on City & State PA's Health Care Power 100. This is Dr. Feinstein's third conse...
Violins of Hope Greater Pittsburgh, organized by co-chairs Sandra Rosen and Patricia Siger and project manager Lynn Zelenski, will bring together the arts, religious institutions, community organizations, education professionals, and m...
Update April 4, 2023: Event has been canceled due to Dr. Kline testing positive for COVID-19. The Jewish Healthcare Foundation is the presenting sponsor of a conversation with Emily Kline, PhD on Tuesday, April 4 at 6 p.m. as part...
Bridget McNamee, MID, will serve as the behavioral health project manager, overseeing the implementation of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation's role in the Behavioral Health Fellows Program, a program working to enhance the region's cap...
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation's Fellowship Alumni Spotlight series showcases some of the many incredible alumni of the Feinstein Fellowships. In the above video, 2022 Death and Dying Fellowship & Patient Safety Fellowship ...