The Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) paid tribute to Jim Roddey, a business executive and community leader, at its first Board meeting of 2024, recognizing his humor, dedication to the community, and commitment to public service...
Project & Program Updates
Anna Solomon is a fifth-year student in the Duquesne University Physician Assistant Studies program who participated in the 2022 Patient Safety Fellowship. Anna is from West Deer, Pennsylvania. An active participant on campus, Anna ser...
Women's Health Activist Movement Global (WHAMglobal) Board member Anne B. Newman, MD, MPH has received two prestigious awards for her decades-long research on aging and longevity. Dr. Newman is also a past member of the Jewish Healthca...
After 36 years of unparalleled contributions to palliative care education and practice in the region, Robert Arnold, MD, has departed his roles at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, and is now serving as a professor in the Departme...
Dr. Neil Resnick got his start in the field of geriatric health serendipitously. Dr. Resnick received a bachelor's degree from Yale University and graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine. He did his internship and residen...
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...
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 ...
On February 26, members of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation's (JHF) senior staff travelled to Slippery Rock University (SRU) to visit with the leadership of their Safety Management Department and tour their training facilities ahead of...
Jewish Healthcare Foundation's PA Youth Advocacy Network kicked off its third annual advocacy series for high school teens on January 31. Twenty-seven students from 22 schools and 8 counties across the Commonwealth are participating in...
The third cohort of BH Fellows convened for their kickoff retreat on February 20th at Phipps Conservatory. This cohort of fellows includes a mix of 18 new and experienced family-based therapists and clinicians, substance use disorder c...
How employers can support employees during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum to help address the maternal health crisis was highlighted in an op-ed by Karen Feinstein published in the Pittsburgh Business Times. Read the full op-ed throu...
February 7th is recognized as National Black HIV AIDS Awareness Day. This year AIDS Free Pittsburgh (AFP) supported partner organizations with two events over two days. The first event was held on the evening of February 6 at 1Hood Med...
In the past six months, the PA Teaching Nursing Home Collaborative (PA TNHC) has grown by nearly 20 schools of nursing and 40 nursing homes from across the Commonwealth. Led by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and Health Careers Future...
On February 14, members of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) end-of-life team concluded the annual "Closure: Discussing the Last Chapter" course, offered through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Carnegie Mellon University....
Pennsylvanians are encouraged to submit comments to the state's "Aging Our Way, PA" draft plan now through March 20, 2024. The plan is the state's 10-year roadmap to empower its growing population of older adults through services and s...
The Patient Safety Technology Challenge announced the winners of IrvineHacks, Hacking Health at Columbia, and ASUio, sponsored events that took place since late-January on both coasts of the United States. Meddit won the patient safety...
Three new competitions have been added to the Patient Safety Technology Challenge. Funded by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and administered by Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative, the Patient Safety Technology Challenge is designe...
Teresa Thomas, MS, joins the Jewish Healthcare Foundation staff as the communications and governance services associate. In this role, she will provide administrative support to the Executive Office and senior staff, preparing for boar...
In the realm of filmmaking, some creators elevate the art of storytelling; they become catalysts for change, igniting conversations and sparking movements. One such creator is Mike Eisenberg, whose journey from the baseball diamond to ...
The business of health care faces a multitude of challenges to rein in costs while improving on and delivering safe, high-quality care. How can improved safety and reducing avoidable hospitalizations play in the economic landscap...