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)—develop and manage programs, research, training, and grantmaking to perfect patient care. JHF is also the fiscal agent for State HIV/AIDS funding in southwestern Pennsylvania. We are funded by public and private sources, and the JHF endowment.

We act as a neutral voice focused on Perfecting Patient Care^SM (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, HPV Vaccination Initiative)
• the chronically ill (Primary Care Resource Centers*, COMPASS*)
• those who are approaching End-of-Life (Closure)
• persons living with behavioral health problems (COMPASS*), and 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*)
• incentivized (RWJF payment reform grant and The Fine Awards)
• prepared by training and coaching (Perfecting Patient Care^SM, Tomorrow’s HealthCare^TM, PPC University, Fellowships, Champions Programs, and Training Center for Outcomes-Based Integration)

For Organizations and Systems, this focus includes:

• training, coaching, and leadership development (Perfecting Patient Care^SM)
• comprehensive improvement and education tools (Tomorrow’s HealthCare^TM)
• transformations and new models of care (Practice Transformation, Primary Care Resource Centers*, COMPASS*)
• payment reform (RWJF payment reform grant*)

* 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)