News Archive

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Fine Foundation Announce Winning Teams for 2017 Fine Awards (Western PA Healthcare News)

  May 26, 2017

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Fine Foundation Announce Winners of 2017 Fine Awards Focused on Breakthroughs in Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment (The Jewish Chronicle)

  May 25, 2017

• Pittsburgh nonprofits working to reduce transmission of HIV (Pittsburgh City Paper)

  May 24, 2017

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation approves $300K grant to boost senior exercise and recreation options (Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin)

  May 19, 2017

• Are Foundations Still Interested In HIV/AIDS? (Health Affairs)

  May 6, 2017

• As baby boomers age, Jewish Healthcare Foundation seeks ideas for senior-friendly health system (NEXTpittsburgh)

  May 1, 2017

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation launches network for young health care professionals (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  April 28, 2017

• Creating safer culture (The Jewish Chronicle)

  April 27, 2017

• Seniors: it's time to get outside and move (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  April 11, 2017

• Health briefs: Women's health video challenge (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  April 10, 2017

• Beyond the Beltway Blathering on Health Care -- Op-ed by JHF/PRHI President and CEO Karen Feinstein (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  April 2, 2017

• Health Care: Economic Engine or Economic Burden? (Breaking Ground)

  April 1, 2017

• Stop the Bleed campaign aims to educate public (Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin)

  March 31, 2017

• Women’s Health Activist Movement Global Announces “Big Idea” Challenge with $10,000 Prize to Improve Women’s Health in Western PA (Disruptive Women in Health Care)

  March 29, 2017

• Stop the Bleed training gives responders life-saving instruction (The Jewish Chronicle)

  March 23, 2017

• Igniting a Women's Health Activist Movement—WHAM! (Grantmakers in Health)

  March 21, 2017

• Agencies help teens, families in behavioral health crisis (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  March 7, 2017

• Point Park University MBA Graduate Profile: Jewish Healthcare Foundation Fellow Diane Weston

  February 21, 2017

• Pittsburgh creates community action plan for teen mental health (NEXTPittsburgh)

  February 15, 2017

• ACA repeal could spell insurance loss for 1 million Pennsylvanians: Report (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  February 8, 2017

• AIDS Free Pittsburgh launches website, campaign on medicine (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  February 8, 2017

• Pittsburgh Creates Community Action Plan for Improving Adolescent Behavioral Health Services during Jewish Healthcare Foundation Event (Allegheny County Medical Society)

  February 6, 2017

• JHF’s Jonas Salk Fellows redesign the health system (Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin)

  February 1, 2017

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation Issues RFA for 2017 Fine Awards (Western PA Healthcare News)

  January 31, 2017

• Pittsburgh Creates Community Action Plan for Improving Adolescent Behavioral Health Services During Jewish Healthcare Foundation Event (Western PA Healthcare News)

  January 30, 2017

• AIDS Free Pittsburgh helps ramp up HIV prevention (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

  January 10, 2017

• Karen Wolk Feinstein launches movement toward better health care (The Jewish Chronicle)

  December 29, 2016

• Chatham to study potential for senior living-learning opportunities (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  December 23, 2016

• Opioid abuse tackled by technology (Jewish Chronicle)

  December 22, 2016

• JHF Approves $1.518M in Grants, Including for a Museum to the Future of Health Care (Jewish Chronicle)

  December 16, 2016

• Karen Feinstein Co-Founds Global Health Initiative (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  December 15, 2016

• Public Health Experts Say Apps Could Help Fight Opioid Addiction (WESA - Pittsburgh's NPR Station)

  December 8, 2016

• Karen Feinstein Delivers TEDx Talk on Sparking a Health Reform Revolution, "Uberizing" Health Care

  December 7, 2016

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation Approves Grants (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  December 6, 2016

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation Board of Trustees Approves $1,518,000 in Grants (Western PA Healthcare News)

  December 6, 2016

• Prominent Pittsburghers in video to raise awareness for HIV testing (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  November 30, 2016

• Women of Impact Establish New Network (Grantmakers of Western PA)

  November 18, 2016

• Leadership through Partnership: The Allegheny Conference on Community Development (YouTube video featuring Karen Feinstein)

  November 10, 2016

• JHF-Supported Big Data Fellowship Prepares Health Professionals for New Era of Analytics, Personalized Medicine (University of Pittsburgh Department of Biomedical Informatics)

  November 3, 2016

• Unfounded Fears Of The HPV Vaccine May Have Grim Consequences (Pittsburgh Quarterly)

  November 2, 2016

• Outpatient program takes aim at 'baby blues' (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

  October 25, 2016

• Stop the Preventable Medical Error Crisis (Outpatient Surgery Magazine)

  October 17, 2016

• Celebrating 25 Years of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation: Looking Back, Looking Forward (The Jewish Chronicle)

  September 29, 2016

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation, JFilm Partner to Offer "Pink and Blue" Film Screening on October 13 (The Jewish Chronicle)

  September 29, 2016

• JHF, JFilm Partner to Raise Awareness of BRCA Cancer Risks, Treatment Options (Western PA Healthcare News)

  September 29, 2016

• Fine Foundation, JHF promote excellence in patient safety, health care quality (Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin)

  September 28, 2016

• JHF to Co-Sponsor CME event on Science of HPV, Practice-Based Strategies to Prevent Cancer through HPV Vaccination

  September 20, 2016

• JHF, JFilm Partner to Raise Awareness of BRCA Cancer Risks, Treatment Options

  September 20, 2016

• Fine Foundation, Jewish Healthcare Foundation Create Model for Improving Patient Safety, Spreading Healthcare Excellence across Generations (Western Pennsylvania Healthcare News)

  September 6, 2016

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation Approves $100,000 Grant to Support Stop the Bleed Program (Western PA Healthcare News)

  September 2, 2016

• Ideas pour forth about older adults' outdoor exercise potential (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  August 18, 2016

• Confab to Push Exercise for Seniors (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  August 15, 2016

• Why are our young people taking their own lives? (PublicSource)

  July 21, 2016

• Celebrating 25 Years of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation: The Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative: A Catalyst for Better Healthcare Quality, Safety

  July 14, 2016

• The Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative Receives Grant to Create Online Network of Health Professional Activists (Western Pennsylvania Healthcare News)

  July 10, 2016

• Member Spotlight: Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative Receives a 4-Year, $950,000 grant from the DSF Charitable Foundation to Create an Online Network of Health Professional Activists (Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania)

  July 8, 2016

• Allegheny County should be a leader on the HPV vaccine (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  July 6, 2016

• Pittsburgh group wins grant to create online health network (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  June 24, 2016

• 5 ways for hospitals to reduce--not make excuses for--medical errors (Fierce Healthcare)

  June 23, 2016

• Let’s Stop Making Excuses For Egregious Medical Errors (Health Affairs Blog)

  June 22, 2016

• Allegheny County public forum tonight on proposed HPV mandate for schoolchildren (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  June 21, 2016

• Gary Rotstein's What's New in Aging: Delay OK in new long-term care program (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  June 10, 2016

• Celebrating 25 Years of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation: People of the Book in the 21st Century (an overview of JHF's communications strategies)

  June 9, 2016

• Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement "Coffee Chat" with Karen Feinstein: JHF Launches an Adolescent Behavioral Health Initiative

  June 8, 2016

• Chief Medical Officers of PRHI, Quality Insights Talk About Successful Partnerships at the American Health Quality Association’s Annual Meeting (PR Web)

  June 7, 2016

• Apps And Health Care, How Do They Fit Together? (WESA 90.5 - Pittsburgh's NPR News Station)

  June 6, 2016

• We’re Failing Adolescents And Families Coping With Behavioral Health Issues (Health Affairs Blog)

  May 31, 2016

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Fine Foundation Announce Winners of 2016 Fine Awards—A Commitment to Quality: Spreading Excellence from Generation to Generation (Western PA Healthcare News)

  May 20, 2016

• Apathy & swatting at tigers: A desperate call to action (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review op-ed by Karen Feinstein)

  May 13, 2016

• Celebrating 25 Years of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation: Treating Both Body & Mind in Primary Care, Beyond (The Jewish Chronicle)

  May 12, 2016

• Allegheny County To Begin Tracking HPV Vaccination Rates Among Adolescents (WESA 90.5 -- Pittsburgh's NPR News Station)

  May 9, 2016

• The Importance of Long-Term Care Benchmarking (McKnight's Long-Term Care News)

  May 6, 2016

• Duking Out Cancer: Assistant coach John Rhodes takes part in Pittsburgh City Council Proclamation on Oral Cancer Awareness (Duquesne University)

  May 3, 2016

• Video: Pittsburgh City Council Issues Proclamation on Oral Cancer Awareness, JHF-Led HPV Vaccination Initiative

  May 3, 2016

• Metro Briefs: Jewish Healthcare Foundation Board of Trustees Approves up to $165,000 in Grants (The Jewish Chronicle)

  April 28, 2016

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation Board of Trustees Approves up to $165,000 in Grants (Western Pennsylvania Healthcare News)

  April 19, 2016

• Aging Edge: Nancy Zionts -- Advocate for End-of-Life Planning (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  April 15, 2016

• Celebrating 25 Years of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation: Celebrating Passover with a Tribute to JHF Leadership (The Jewish Chronicle)

  April 14, 2016

• State's new long-term care plan has plenty to talk about (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  April 14, 2016

• Palliative care specialists fill void with focus on end-of-life care (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

  April 12, 2016

• National Healthcare Decisions Day aims to educate on end-of-life planning (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

  April 11, 2016

• KDKA-TV Sunday Business Page Interview with JHF President & CEO Karen Feinstein: Adolescent Behavioral Health - A Public Health Crisis

  March 20, 2016

• Editorial: Long-term-care insurers bailing out on the elderly (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

  March 11, 2016

• Celebrating 25 Years of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation: Changing Expectations for Care at the End of Life (The Jewish Chronicle)

  March 10, 2016

• People Post: Karen Feinstein Named 2015 Pittsburgher of the Year (Health Affairs Blog)

  March 8, 2016

• CMS report finds RAVEN initiative reduces local nursing facilities' costs, hospitalizations (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  March 3, 2016

• ‘Here One Day’ connects audience with struggles of mental illness (The Jewish Chronicle)

  March 3, 2016

• Metro Briefs: JHF Sponsors “The Plan for a Healthier Allegheny” Community Event with Allegheny County Health Department Director Karen Hacker (The Jewish Chronicle)

  March 2, 2016

• The Value Dilemma (blog post by Karen Feinstein on the Women of Impact website)

  February 24, 2016

• HPV infections plummet even as low number of teens vaccinated (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  February 22, 2016

• Promising Practices in COPD Care: The Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (COPD Foundation Blog)

  February 19, 2016

• Metro Briefs: JHF President and CEO Karen Feinstein Recounts JHF's 25-Year Journey during 2016 Beth Shalom Health Initiative Series Event (The Jewish Chronicle)

  February 18, 2016

• Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative a Featured Contributor in New Book on Harnessing Wisdom of Learning Collaboratives to Improve Care, Save Lives (Western Pennsylvania Healthcare News)

  February 17, 2016

• Celebrating 25 Years of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation: Advancing Public Health (The Jewish Chronicle)

  February 11, 2016

• Primary Care Resource Centers Leverage Pharmacists to Expand Patient Care (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists)

  February 5, 2016

• Does The Internet Fail Teens Needing Health Information? (WESA 90.5 -- Pittsburgh's NPR News Station)

  January 29, 2016

• Celebrating 25 Years of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation: Responding to the Needs of Disadvantaged Jewish Households (The Jewish Chronicle)

  January 14, 2016

• Advance Care Planning: A Perspective (Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum blog)

  January 11, 2016

• As Senior Centers Dwindle, Virtual Options Become Reality (WESA 90.5 -- Pittsburgh's NPR News Station)

  January 4, 2016

• A look at The Jewish Chronicle’s top stories from 2015 (The Jewish Chronicle)

  December 30, 2015

• JHF President and CEO Karen Feinstein Honored as a Pittsburgher of the Year by Pittsburgh Magazine

  December 21, 2015

• Virtual Senior Center brings social independence, ‘community of friendship’ (The Jewish Chronicle)

  December 17, 2015

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation Board of Trustees Approves $1.5 Million in Grants (Pittsburgh Technology Council)

  December 15, 2015

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation Board of Trustees Approves $1.5 Million in Grants (Western Pennsylvania Healthcare News)

  December 14, 2015

• Pittsburgh hospitals penalized by Medicare for infection rates (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

  December 14, 2015

• Celebrating 25 Years of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation: Supporting Jewish Families and Children (The Jewish Chronicle)

  December 3, 2015

• AIDS Free Pittsburgh Program Aims To End New Infections By 2020 (WESA 90.5 -- Pittsburgh's NPR News Station)

  December 1, 2015

• Allegheny Health Network, UPMC join effort to stop spread of AIDS (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  December 1, 2015

• Health Department Joins Collaborating Agencies for AIDS Free Pittsburgh (Allegheny County Health Department)

  December 1, 2015

• JHF Supports Preventing HPV-Related Cancer across Pittsburgh Region (Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin)

  November 30, 2015

• Celebrating 25 Years of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation: Weinberg Village and the Jewish Association on Aging (The Jewish Chronicle)

  November 12, 2015

• Pittsburgh gets small dose of Israel’s impressive health care advances (The Jewish Chronicle)

  November 10, 2015

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation Fellowship Helps MBA Student Expand Knowledge of Health Policy (Point Park University)

  November 3, 2015

• Celebrating 25 Years of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation: The Healthy Jewish Community Project (The Jewish Chronicle)

  October 12, 2015

• Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement HealthDoers Live Event on Consumer Activation, hosted by Karen Feinstein

  October 1, 2015

• Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement Coffee Chat with Karen Feinstein on Sparking a Consumer Health Movement

  September 21, 2015

• Personalities of Pittsburgh - Karen Feinstein (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  September 18, 2015

• In a switch, Jewish Healthcare Foundation funding $500,000 for teen health (NEXTpittsburgh)

  September 16, 2015

• Sparking a Patient Activation Movement (Grantmakers in Health - Views From the Field)

  September 15, 2015

• Why so many kids are not immunized against HPV (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  September 13, 2015

• Celebrating 25 Years of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation: The Legacy of Montefiore Hospital (The Jewish Chronicle)

  September 10, 2015

• JHF steps into spotlight for a job well done (The Jewish Chronicle)

  September 10, 2015

• The Time Is Now For A Consumer Health Movement (Health Affairs Blog)

  September 3, 2015

• On its 25th anniversary, Jewish Healthcare Foundation putting a new focus on personal health (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  September 2, 2015

• Six initiatives funded with $1.3M in JHF grants (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  September 1, 2015

• Squirrel Hill Health Center's new Brentwood site ‘means better health’ for area’s refugees (The Jewish Chronicle)

  August 28, 2015

• Doctors increase reliance on entry-level caregivers (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  August 27, 2015

• The 50 Most Powerful People in Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh Magazine)

  August 26, 2015

• OnlyBoth online benchmarking engine spotlights hospitals’ successes, struggles (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  August 25, 2015

• Time is now for taking control of your own health decisions (The Jewish Chronicle)

  August 12, 2015

• Activists celebrate 50 years of Medicare (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  July 31, 2015

• Getting the message out on HPV vaccinations (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  July 21, 2015

• Health Affairs Editor to Speak in Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  July 14, 2015

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation CEO joins National Board of Medical Examiners (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

  June 4, 2015

• The Activated Healthcare Consumer: One Solution to High-Cost, Ineffective Health Care (Working PArts Magazine)

  May 14, 2015

• Pennsylvania law prohibits needle exchanges (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  May 11, 2015

• Grandmother Power throws weight behind HPV-vaccination effort (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

  April 24, 2015

• Is certification for community health workers a good idea? (PublicSource)

  April 24, 2015

• Letter to the Editor by Karen Feinstein: Get your kids vaccinated against HPV (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  April 8, 2015

• Fine Awards: Evidence-Based Practice Drives Improvement (Infection Control Today)

  April 3, 2015

• Butler Health System recruits Selvaggi for palliative care program (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  March 31, 2015

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation distributes $481,000 in grants (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  March 31, 2015

• Conference promotes business between Pittsburgh, Israeli companies (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  March 27, 2015

• iCount project to target Pittsburgh's repeat health care patients (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

  March 22, 2015

• In Jewish community, genetic screenings can be a matter of life and death (The Jewish Chronicle)

  March 11, 2015

• Wolf presses for 'huge game changer' in shift away from Medicaid nursing home care (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  March 6, 2015

• Federally funded RAVEN initiative helping improve care, reduce costs at Friendship Ridge (The Beaver County Times)

  March 4, 2015

• Metro Briefs: JHF-Supported Congregation Beth Shalom Health Initiative Event Focuses on Teen Depression (The Jewish Chronicle)

  February 26, 2015

• Colleges' actions help to deter sexual assault (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  February 22, 2015

• Metro Briefs: “I Inherited What??? You and Your Genes: The Explosive New World of Genetics" Symposium on March 8, 2015 (The Jewish Chronicle)

  February 19, 2015

• Vaccinate or else: Jewish day schools value their responsibility to good health (The Jewish Chronicle)

  February 12, 2015

• Fine Awards Recognize Teamwork Excellence in Health Care for Pain Management, Infection Control (The Jewish Chronicle)

  February 11, 2015

• Sexual assault film prompts campus discussion (The Pitt News)

  January 28, 2015

• HPV vaccines should be more widely administered (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  January 26, 2015

• A Rock Band that Battles HPV (Tracking Zebra - personal website of infectious disease expert Dr. Amesh Adalja)

  January 23, 2015

• HPV Vaccine: A Cancer-Preventing Shot (Pittsburgh Parent)

  January 21, 2015

• Teamwork Accelerates Improvement -- The Fine Foundation, JHF Distribute Fine Awards to Area Hospitals (Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin)

  January 21, 2015

• Too Few Taking Advantage of HPV Vaccine (Western PA Guide to Good Health)

  January 21, 2015

• Program to address gynecological cancers (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  January 20, 2015

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation Trustees Approve $1,380,000 in Grants, Including Annual $900,000 Grant to Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh (The Jewish Chronicle)

  January 7, 2015

• JHF trustees approve $1.4M in grants (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  December 19, 2014

• Hospitals need to reinvent themselves, speakers say (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  December 11, 2014

• Who Stood Up for Science in 2014? (Live Science)

  December 5, 2014

• HPV-Related Cancers Preventable (Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin)

  November 17, 2014

• Allegheny Valley Hospital, VA Pittsburgh take top Fine awards (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  November 13, 2014

• Pittsburgh-area hospitals win awards for infection control and pain management (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  November 13, 2014

• Allegheny County Sets New Guidelines to Fight Legionella Bacteria (WESA 90.5 - Pittsburgh's NPR News Station)

  October 25, 2014

• Allegheny County Health Department updates guidelines for controlling Legionella (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  October 24, 2014

• Allegheny County health officials call on retirement homes to stay vigilant on Legionella prevention (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

  October 24, 2014

• Customer empathy motivator for perfection (Pittsburgh Business Times Op Ed by Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD)

  October 24, 2014

• Allegheny County Legionella guidelines updated (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  October 23, 2014

• JHF launches program to support new patient-provider relationship (Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin)

  October 20, 2014

• Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative, Allegheny County Health Department Issue Updated Guidelines for Controlling Legionella in Western Pennsylvania

  October 7, 2014

• Innovative hospital-based model puts pharmacists on the team

  October 1, 2014

• Shot in the Arm: Jewish Healthcare Foundation raising HPV awareness (Pittsburgh City Paper)

  September 24, 2014

• Grandmother Power leads cancer prevention campaign at JHF (NEXTpittsburgh)

  September 15, 2014

• New Center for Health Information Activation Supports Empowered Patients, Receptive Physicians (Health Affairs)

  September 9, 2014

• Follow-up program improves patient care and saves money (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  September 8, 2014

• The Empowered Patient (PBS Special)

  September 1, 2014

• Granny Power: Grandchildren's health future is organization's big push (The Jewish Chronicle)

  August 28, 2014

• HPV-related throat cancer is becoming more common (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  August 28, 2014

• Grand effort: Grannies give HPV vaccinations a welcome boost (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  August 25, 2014

• Pittsburgh grandmothers band together, help tackle HPV prevention (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  August 21, 2014

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation joins Girls Foundation in vaccine project (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  August 18, 2014

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation reviews triumphs, challenges of AIDS fight (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  August 18, 2014

• Jewish Healthcare Foundation and UPMC examine ways to help frail seniors (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  August 17, 2014

• 2014 Fine Awards for Teamwork Excellence in Health Care Announced

  August 1, 2014

• JHF Awards Grants For Education on Genetic Diseases and Viruses and for HPV Outreach (Health Affairs Grantwatch Blog)

  June 25, 2014

• JHF sponsors "Empowered Patient" documentary on WQED-TV

  June 11, 2014

• 2014 Fine Award for Teamwork Excellence in Health: Care Call for Applications

  May 22, 2014

• Five Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering students have been selected to participate in the QI²T Health Innovators Fellowship

  April 28, 2014

• JHF has approved a grant to fund the development of a genetic health curriculum for middle school students at Pittsburgh’s three Jewish day schools

  April 24, 2014

• JHF President and CEO Karen Feinstein celebrates winners of the Fine Awards, established by Milton and Sheila Fine to honor teamwork excellence in health care

  April 21, 2014

• JHF Chief Medical Officer Keith Kanel discusses efforts by hospitals to improve patient access while also containing costs

  April 11, 2014

• The JHF-affiliated Pittsburgh Victor Center for the Prevention of Jewish Genetic Diseases hosts a continuing medical education program on the influence of genetic screening in primary care practices

  March 25, 2014

• Local mental health professionals note PRHI’s leading role in treating both behavioral and physical health issues in primary care settings

  March 24, 2014

• JHF consultant Jonathan Weinkle, MD, explains how 2013 Fine Award winners honored patients’ end-of-life treatment wishes

  March 5, 2014

• JHF President and CEO Karen Feinstein explains how the Foundation’s Medical Assistant Champions program will make MAs an integral member of a patient’s primary care team

  March 3, 2014

• Health care group work to boost HPV awareness (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  February 7, 2014

• JHF launches a public awareness campaign to increase uptake of the HPV vaccine

  February 7, 2014

• Grants awarded for online sign-ups (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  January 8, 2014

• Bring integrated health care to Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Op Ed)

  December 30, 2013

• Salk Fellowship has unusual challenge (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  October 31, 2013

• JHF-Israeli partnerships reap gains in medical knowledge (The Jewish Chronicle)

  October 28, 2013

• Highmark wins top Fine Award (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  October 26, 2013

• Johnstown native selected to help launch health program (Johnstown Tribune Democrat)

  October 20, 2013

• PRHI opens sixth turbo-charged clinic (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  October 16, 2013

• Health Insurance for Uninsured Kicks off on Tuesday (KDKA TV)

  September 30, 2013

• Better science one key to better mental health (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  September 29, 2013

• JAA Board OKs $500,000 for electronic medical records (The Jewish Chronicle)

  September 4, 2013

• Long-term-care providers get electronic medical records help (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  August 23, 2013

• ACA changes create need for new kind of workforce (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  July 12, 2013

• Pittsburgh VA joins organization to fight Legionnaires' (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  July 2, 2013

• Life and death: A nurse's story (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  June 30, 2013

• Panel to fight Legionella bacteria blamed in deadly outbreak at local VA health system (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)

  June 21, 2013

• Health Care Jobs are the Lifeblood of Community (Health Workforce News)

  June 20, 2013

• AgeWell Program Living Up to Its Name (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  June 7, 2013

• Fine Awards Reward Healthcare Professionals for Teamwork Excellence (Western Pennsylvania Healthcare News)

  June 1, 2013

• Metro Briefs (The Jewish Chronicle)

  May 30, 2013

• Hospitals and Health Care Providers Switch to Electronic Records (WESA)

  May 26, 2013

• Seven Policy Recommendations To Improve Quality Measurement (Health Affairs Blog)

  May 22, 2013

• "Semi-Invisible" Sources of Strength (New York Times)

  May 20, 2013

• $1 billion available for health awards (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  May 16, 2013

• IRMC, others partner on effort (Indiana Gazette)

  May 4, 2013

• In the Lead: Leadership Profiles: Karen Wolk Feinstein (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  May 3, 2013

• "In Focus: Medicare Data Helps Fill in Picture of Health Care Performance" (The Commonwealth Fund)

  April 25, 2013

• "6 hospitals in Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia get federal money to try to reduce readmissions" (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)

  April 24, 2013

• "A Good Idea Gets a Boost" (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  April 15, 2013

• "PRHI to analyze Medicare's claims data" (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  April 15, 2013

• "Expert: End of hospital infections possible" (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)

  February 23, 2013

• "A new view of healthcare reform" (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  February 13, 2013

• "Primary care providers can do better at identifying patients with behavioral health problems" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette op ed)

  February 3, 2013

• "Improving Quality of Care" (Health Affairs, GrantWatch)

  February 1, 2013

• "New QIT Health Innovators Fellowship" (Techburgher)

  January 29, 2013

• "Lawmakers, experts to meet on elderly care strategies" (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  January 11, 2013

• "JHF grants focus on education, services to underserved" (The Jewish Chronicle)

  January 9, 2013

• "Southwestern PA Healthcare Teams Honored for Commitment and Results in Quality and Excellence in Patient Care" (Western Pennsylvania Health Care News)

  January 1, 2013

• "Healthcare Providers Learn IT's Value in Patient Care" (InformationWeek)

  December 19, 2012

• "JHF leaders talk health care issues at Korean conference" (The Jewish Chronicle)

  December 19, 2012

• "Healthcare Quality Training Center Opens in Pittsburgh" (advance for Health Information Professionals)

  December 14, 2012

• "Don't put this on patients: Sick people are supposed to monitor medical errors? Really??" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  October 18, 2012

• "Deadly Bugs Still Thrive in Hospitals - Getting to Zero Remains Worthy Goal" by Karen Wolk Feinstein (Pittsburgh Business Times)

  March 2, 2012

• "Focus on Error Prevention" by Karen Wolk Feinstein (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  December 17, 2011

• "Looking Ahead" by Karen Wolk Feinstein (Hospital News)

  September 27, 2011

• Finalists Announced for 2011 Fine Awards for Teamwork Excellence in Health Care

  August 15, 2011

• Modern Healthcare: Healthcare Market Profile

  July 25, 2011

• Post Gazette: JHF-commissioned book "Twelve Breaths A Minute" (End-of-Life essays)

  June 13, 2011

• Post Gazette Opinion/Perspectives: "Hospitals are still killing patients with needless mistakes" by Karen Feinstein

  February 27, 2011

• Quality Matters: The Future of Regional Health Collaboratives

  February 23, 2011

• JHF's "CLOSURE" Program the subject of Washington Post article

  February 7, 2011

• JHF's "CLOSURE" Program Featured in Post Gazette

  January 31, 2011

• 2010 Fine Award Winners Announced

  December 18, 2010

• JHF's Blog Posting on End-of-Life Care at "Health Affairs GrantWatch Blog"

  November 1, 2010

• JHF's CEO pens article for November 1 issue of Modern Healthcare

  November 1, 2010

• JHF CEO's Latest Posting to Health Affairs GrantWatch Blog

  August 19, 2010

• RFA Issued for EMS Champions Fellowship

  July 15, 2010

• Letter to the Editor from JHF Board Chair in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  May 2, 2010

• RFA Issued for 2010 Fine Awards for Teamwork Excellence in Health Care.

  April 28, 2010

• OpEd: What Does Health Care Reform Offer (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

  March 31, 2010

• PRHI CEO calls for a Federal Patient Safety Agency (Pittsburgh Post Gazette January 10, 2010)

  January 10, 2010

• Post-Gazette Sunday Forum by Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD

  August 2, 2009

• Post-Gazette OpEd by Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD

  April 8, 2009

• Health Careers Futures 2008 Summit

  June 4, 2008

• Slimming down is a goal of WE CAN

  November 30, 2007

• Silence Kills: Speaking Out and Saving Lives

  November 19, 2007

• Program aims to cut staph at VA facilities

  August 2, 2006

• Recruiting Workers

  August 1, 2006

• Toyota model improves infection rates at PA hospitals

  August 1, 2006

• Private Sector: Safe hospitals

  July 25, 2006

• Hospitals Move to Cut Dangerous Lab Errors

  June 14, 2006

• U.S. grant enables Squirrel Hill Health Center to open by June

  March 1, 2006