The Jewish Healthcare Foundation provided support for Midwifery Forward 2019, the first annual meeting for the Pennsylvania Affiliate of the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM-PA), held March 23 at Wilson College in Chambersburg....
Project & Program Updates
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation was among the sponsors of the "One Health One Planet" Symposium held at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens on March 13 and 14. This year's gathering focused on food, with more than 20 experts...
Paul O'Neill, co-founder of the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative, has made a major gift to Indiana University, the educational institution he calls "instrumental in preparing me for all that followed" and for instilling "intellect...
As part of the Foundation's longstanding commitment to educating and preparing the region's workforce, JHF President and CEO Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD, went back to school on March 12. She was among the 30 Pittsburgh-area leaders enrol...
Dr. Jonathan Weinkle's new book, "Healing People, Not Patients: Creating Authentic Relationships in Modern Healthcare," published with JHF support, received a positive review in Pittsburgh Quarterly this spring. Reviewer Fred Shaw said...
A breakfast at Ritter's led to a breakthrough. One morning last summer at the Bloomfield diner, Jeffrey Finkelstein, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, was listening to JHF President and CEO Karen Wolk Feinstein descri...
Join a Statewide Effort to Promote Maternal Health: the Pennsylvania Perinatal Quality Collaborative
Working with partners across the state, the Foundation has guided the creation of the Pennsylvania Perinatal Quality Collaborative (PA PQC). It will be administered by JHF and WHAMglobal (Women's Health Activist Movement Global). Ahead...
The third annual Snowbird Health Summit, with a sponsorship this year by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, brought together 50 prominent thought leaders in health care to speak freely about the future of health. Held at the Snowbi...
The Foundation welcomed 10 new board members in January. They represent the fields of medicine, business, finance, academia, and workforce development. There are seven new Jewish Healthcare Foundation trustees, serving for three-year t...
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation provided sponsorship to a Washington conference on February 6, "Public Health Under Siege: Improving Policy in Turbulent Times," organized by the Policy Action Institute of the American Public Health As...
A new round of Perfecting Patient Care (PPC)℠ training at Community LIFE got underway in February, deepening a relationship that started in 2016. More than 50 mid-to-senior level leadership staff from Community LIFE (Living Indep...
JHF welcomes two new staff members in 2019: Janelle DeBaldo is a program assistant for Women's Health Activist Movement Global (WHAMglobal). She worked on the WHAMglobal team during her 2018 summer internship at JHF, and has retu...
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto traveled to Israel in late February for the 33rd International Mayors Conference, organized by the American Jewish Congress. JHF Trustee Steve Irwin, JD, joined the mayor in both Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.&nbs...
The JHF and Health Careers Futures Fellowship on Death and Dying concludes on April 1 with 33 Fellows practicing their skills in conducting end-of-life conversations. Many of the faculty from throughout the Fellowship will be participa...
The Women's Health Activist Network Global (WHAMglobal), a supporting organization of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, continues to grow in scope and mission. Its website was recently revamped and expanded. Pay a visit to www.whamglob...
JHF President and CEO Karen Wolk Feinstein received a citation in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) for her contribution to a February 2019 article, "A Framework for Increasing Trust Between Patients and the Organizati...
While the U.S. health system performs miraculous acts of healing, it also commits serious acts of harm. Each year in the U.S., between 250,000 to 440,000 people die due to preventable medical error. An estimated 40% of healthcare spend...
The staff and Board leadership at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) salute the memory of Moe Coleman. Moe, a former JHF Board member and Director Emeritus of the Institute of Politics of the University of Pittsburgh and Prof...
Graduate students who are passionate about innovations in healthcare delivery, policy, and patient safety can pursue their interests through paid summer internship opportunities with JHF and its supporting organizations. During the ten...
In just over a year's time, more than 700 older adults living in Allegheny County have connected through JHF's Virtual Senior AcademyTM: an interactive, online platform that promotes social interaction, lifelong learning, and creativit...