Who We Are
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) and its three operating arms—the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI), Health Careers Futures (HCF), and the Women's Health Activist Movement Global (WHAMglobal)—offer a unique brand of activist philanthropy to advance healthcare innovation, advocacy, collaboration, and education in the interest of better population health. JHF is also the fiscal agent for State HIV/AIDS funding in southwestern Pennsylvania. JHF is funded by public and private sources, and the JHF endowment.
We act as a neutral voice focused on Perfecting Patient CareSM (PPC) for patients, workers and healthcare systems.
For the Patient, it is care that is kind, competent, customized, comprehensive, safe and efficient; addressing the needs of patients, with a focus on vulnerable populations:
- seniors (RAVEN, Caregiver Champions*)
- patients and their families (Practice Transformation)
- adolescents with mental health needs (Adolescent Behavioral Health Initiative)
- pregnant and new mothers (Safer Childbirth City)
- those who are approaching End-of-Life (Closure)
- persons living with HIV/AIDS (Readmissions Reduction project)
For the Healthcare Worker, it means that care is:
- informed and supported (Regional Extension & Assistance Center for HIT*)
- prepared by training and coaching (Perfecting Patient CareSM, PPC University, Fellowships, and Champions Programs)
For Organizations and Systems, this focus includes:
- innovating, collaborating, and supporting regional assests into the future of health caree (Liftoff PGH 2020)
- training, coaching, and leadership development (Perfecting Patient CareSM)
- transformations and new models of care (Practice Transformation, COMPASS*)
- removing waste, and reinvesting in effective services (Reinvesting In Health)
* Past project or program
A more thorough review of JHF, PRHI, HCF, and WHAMglobal programs is available through:
- The WINDOW newsletter (a monthly round-up of news, events, milestones, and more)
- ROOTS (a special-issue magazine that examines pressing healthcare topics)
- Branches (a periodical that shares lessons learned and challenges overcome by grantees and Foundation programs)
- Executive Summaries (share key learnings from PRHI demonstration projects, elucidate both challenges to and opportunities for improving health care, and explore the policy implications arising from both)
- Teachable Moments (brief videos of successful quality improvement projects)