New Patient Safety Technology Challenge Winners Announced in September

The Patient Safety Technology Challenge announced winners of two sponsored events that took place in September. This month also marks the one-year anniversary of the Patient Safety Technology Challenge, and a brief video of the in...
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Health Care Redesign Expo Showcases Pittsburgh Safety Tech Innovators

How would you deploy cutting edge technology, out-of-the-box thinking, and interdisciplinary perspectives to reshape longstanding safety issues plaguing today's patients? Thirty graduate students and innovators spent the summer focused...
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RAPS Salon Highlights Region’s Tech Hub University Leaders

The August 23 Regional Autonomous Patient Safety (RAPS) Research and Development Salon convened innovators, researchers, and technology entrepreneurs from across the Pittsburgh region to highlight regional research initiatives at Carne...
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NPSB Advocacy Coalition Hosts Congressional Briefing on Patient Safety and the Need for a National Patient Safety Board

The work of the National Patient Safety Board Advocacy Coalition was highlighted at the July 13th Congressional briefing at the Rayburn House Office in Washington, DC with a discussion on the alarming downturn in patient safety measure...
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PRHI Board Members Discuss the Patient Safety Tech Challenge and the National Patient Safety Boards in Norway, Finland, and the UK

On July 27, the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) Board convened to discuss the progress and next steps of the Patient Safety Technology Challenge and share how lessons learned on a study tour to Norway and Finland can infor...
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Karen Wolk Feinstein Featured on the Pre-Accident Investigation Podcast

Karen Wolk Feinstein was featured on The Pre-Accident Podcast hosted by safety culture expert Todd Conklin. The podcast hosts discussions on human performance, systems safety, and safety culture, and Dr. Feinstein shared insights into ...
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RAPS Seed Grant Program Opens Request for Proposals

The RAPS Seed Grant Program is now accepting proposals for multidisciplinary Research & Development teams, start-ups or tech companies in the Pittsburgh region that are developing, testing, or adopting an autonomous solution to pre...
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JHF Travels to Norway and Finland for Study Tour

The Jewish Healthcare Foundation Study Tour took place June 5-14 visiting various sites in Norway and Finland for lively discussions and to learn from key providers and innovators there in patient safety, women's health, aging, dementi...
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Robert Ferguson Highlights NPSB Vision and Progress at 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit

Robert Ferguson was a guest at the 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit on June 1 and 2 in Newport Beach, CA, speaking on a panel about the National Patient Safety Board (NPSB). Moderated by JHF Board membe...
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JHF Staff and Patient Safety Fellow Attend AELPS Patient Safety Summer Camp

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...
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Karen Feinstein Speaks on Patient Safety Panel at UPMC Shadyside M&M Conference

Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD, served as a speaker at the Department of Medicine Morbidity and Mortality Conference at UPMC Shadyside on May 25. The M&M Conference is a traditional, recurring conference held by medical services at acad...
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Stacie Bonenberger Serves as Patient Safety Judge for AHN MI Trainee Research Day

Jewish Healthcare Foundation Aging Initiatives Program Manager Stacie Bonenberger, MOT, OTR/L, served as judge for the Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Medical Institute (MI) Trainee Research Day on May 3. Trainee Research Day is an annu...
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Patient Safety Advocate Carole Hemmelgarn Visits JHF

Carole Hemmelgarn, MS, MS met with Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) staff during her visit to Pittsburgh on May 4 to discuss ongoing efforts to advance patient safety priorities. Hemmelgarn is a Senior Director of Education at the Me...
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2023 Patient Safety Challenge Fellowship Announced

The 19th annual Patient Safety Fellowship is looking toward the future. During the Patient Safety Challenge Fellowship this summer, fellows will reimagine health care starting from a patient/family perspective and designing it to be va...
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Regional Autonomous Patient Safety Launch Event Plants a Flag in Pittsburgh as an Innovation Hub

Read the RAPS Initiative Overview PDF. The Regional Autonomous Patient Safety (RAPS) initiative launch event was held February 24 at Carnegie Mellon University in partnership with the Pittsburgh Technology Council, convening regional s...
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Dr. Karen Wolk Feinstein Speaks on Patient Safety Panel at National Quality Forum’s Annual Conference

The 2023 National Quality Forum Annual Conference "Innovation in Action: Driving Change Through Measurement," held February 20-23 in Washington, DC, convened healthcare leaders to highlight public and private sector innovations that ar...
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National Patient Safety Board Full Court Press Team Meeting Discusses Ways to Raise Awareness about Medical Error through Media Coverage

The National Patient Safety Board (NPSB) Full Court Press team meeting held virtually on February 7 provided a forum for a conversation between Full Court Press members and three national journalists on how to raise public interest and...
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New National Patient Safety Board Video Promotes the Need to Make Health Care as Safe as Flying

It's time for a National Patient Safety Board and to kick start the new year, the NPSB Advocacy Coalition released a 30-second video calling viewers to take action to support the creation of an NPSB. The goal of the video is to inform ...
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Karen Wolk Feinstein and Value Capture CEO Ken Segel Discuss Why the U.S. Needs an NPSB

Jewish Healthcare Foundation President and CEO Karen Wolk Feinstein and Value Capture CEO and founding director of the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative (PRHI) Ken Segel discussed why federal action is critical to address preve...
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Four Patient Safety Awards Added to National Competitions

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: TreeHacks at Stanford University, Hollo...
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