In April, Elizabeth Klusman will join the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) as a program epidemiologist associate, supporting its Ryan White Part B services, Minority AIDS Initiative, and AIDS Free Pittsburgh work. In this role, she w...
Project & Program Updates
India Renae Hunter is a doula and maternal and child health public health professional. She attended the University of Pittsburgh, where she completed dual master's degrees in public health and social work. Hunter is originally from Da...
Deborah Brodine, MHA, MBA, stands at the apex of two critical fronts in health care: senior care and mental health care. Appointed as president of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital in 2019, she brings over three decades of experience b...
National Patient Safety Board Will Address Preventable Medical Harm, the Third Leading Cause of Death in the U.S. U.S. Representatives Nanette Barragán (D-CA) and Michael Burgess (R-TX) have announced the reintroduction of the Nat...
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...
Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) and Women's Health Activist Movement Global (WHAMglobal) convened a Salzburg Seminar "Women as They Age: Addressing the Next Inequity Frontier" January 16-19 at Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego, Calif...
Jewish Healthcare Foundation recently welcomed seven new Board Trustees. Each will serve a three-year term. Deb Brodine, MHA, MBA is the President of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital and Western Behavioral Health, and Presid...