On October 4, Jewish Healthcare Foundation Chief Policy Officer Robert Ferguson, MPH joined a panel at the 2023 Bennathan Patient Safety Lecture to discuss the role of electronic health records (EHRs) in patient safety. Offered in a hy...
Project & Program Updates
Jewish Healthcare Foundation President and CEO Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD was a panelist at the 20th Annual Northwest Patient Safety Conference "Bringing Patient Safety to Life, What's Worked, What Hasn't and What To Do About It," ...
The effort to remake patient safety in the United States took a monumental step forward on September 8, when the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released its much-anticipated Report to the President: A...
Healthcare simulation has had a powerful impact on medical education, giving students and providers the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with complex procedures within a safe, controlled environment. But what is the potential fo...
Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative and Jewish Healthcare Foundation was a guest at the Healthcare Safety Investigations Conference on September 27. In its fourth year, the online patient s...
The Auton Lab 30th Anniversary celebration was held September 8 at Carnegie Mellon University, including presentations from the illustrious alumni of Auton Lab, panel discussions with some of the region's leading informatics and techno...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...