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3/9/2012 - 2011 Fine Awards Winners - Putting Perfecting Patient Care to Work
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12/21/2011 - PRHI Executive Summary - Transforming Primary Care Practices
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5/20/2011 - PRHI Executive Summary - Integrating Physical and Behavioral Health
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2/8/2011 - PRHI Executive Summary - PRHI and the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative
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10/26/2010 - PRHI Executive Summary - Sheppard Pratt's Successful Foray into Lean
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9/30/2010 - PRHI Executive Summary - Perfecting Patient Care Goes to Skilled Nursing
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2/16/2010 - PRHI Executive Summary - Primary Care in the Spotlight
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12/2/2009 - PRHI and JHF Executive Summary – The 2009 Fine Awards for Teamwork Excellence in Health Care
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11/18/2009 - PRHI Executive Summary – The Next Big Thing: Accountable Care
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In the News

"Deadly Bugs Still Thrive in Hospitals - Getting to Zero is a Worthy Goal" by Karen Wolk Feinstein (Pittsburgh Business Times)
3/2/2012
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"Focus on Error Prevention" by Karen Wolk Feinstein (Letter to the editor Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
12/17/2011
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"Looking Ahead" by Karen Wolk Feinstein (Hospital News)
9/27/2011
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High Readmissions for Some Patients to Cost Federal Money (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
8/2/2011
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Modern Healthcare: Healthcare Market Profile, Breaking the cycle - PRHI leading health outcome improvements
7/25/2011
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WQED-TV: The Jewish Healthcare Foundation and WQED are proud to announce the premiere of "The Last Chapter" on June 30.
5/26/2011
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OPINION: Rx for Readmissions, by Karen Feinstein (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
3/20/2011
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PRHI Helps Asbury Heights Adopt Toyota Principles (Pittsburgh Business Times)
3/11/2011
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Educating Patients a Fix, But it Lacks Cash Carrot (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
3/6/2011
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Opinion/Perspectives: "Hospitals are Still Killing Patients with Needless Mistakes" by Karen Feinstein (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
2/27/2011
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Quality Matters Podcast (featuring Karen Feinstein): The Future of Regional Health Collaboratives
2/23/2011
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PRHI CEO pens article for November 1 Modern Healthcare
11/1/2010
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News Alert: "Health Affairs" GrantWatch Blog Highlights Posting by PRHI CEO
8/20/2010
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Publications

4/24/2012 - BRIEF - Readmissions: Patterns Among HIV-Positive Patients in Southwestern Pennsylvania (April 2012 Update)

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2/17/2012 - ROOTS: Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives (2nd Edition)

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12/10/2011 - BRIEF - Readmissions: COPD

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12/7/2011 - BRIEF - The Pittsburgh Safety Net Medical Home Initiative

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8/29/2011 - Jewish Healthcare Foundation: Reflecting on our 20-year journey (2010 Annual Report)

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2/2/2011 - ROOTS: Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives - Essential Elements for Successful Healthcare Reform

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1/24/2011 - MONOGRAPHS - A Series of Six Monographs Comparing the Israel and U.S. Healthcare Systems (1 of 6)

In our ongoing effort to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of health care, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) has engaged international health policy experts to explore alternative methods of delivery and payment.

As part of this work, JHF asked the Smokler Center for Health Policy Research at the Myers-JDC Brookdale Institute in Jerusalem, an affiliate of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, to prepare a series of six monographs comparing the Israel and U.S. healthcare systems along key dimensions.

Monograph 1 Healthcare U.S. and Israel
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1/24/2011 - MONOGRAPHS: A Series of Six Monographs Comparing the Israel and U.S. Healthcare Systems (2 of 6)

Monograph 2 Israel Health Care - U.S. Audiences
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1/24/2011 - MONOGRAPHS - A Series of Six Monographs Comparing the Israel and U.S. Healthcare Systems (3 of 6)

Monograph 3 Role of Government
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1/24/2011 - MONOGRAPHS - A Series of Six Monographs Comparing the Israel and U.S. Healthcare Systems (4 of 6)

Monograph 4 Primary Care
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1/24/2011 - MONOGRAPHS - A Series of Six Monographs Comparing the Israel and U.S. Healthcare Systems (5 of 6)

Monograph 5 Manage-Physician
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1/24/2011 - MONOGRAPHS - A Series of Six Monographs Comparing the Israel and U.S. Healthcare Systems (6 of 6)

Monograph 6 Workforce and Medical Education
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1/12/2011 - GUIDE: PRHI Readmission Reduction Guide: A Manual for Preventing Hospitalizations

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8/15/2010 - Foundations and Health Care Reform 2010
In July 2010 at Brandeis University, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, the Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy, and the Institute on Healthcare Systems hosted over 60 healthcare foundations for a one-day conference at The Heller School on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Briefs from the conference are now available.
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7/9/2010 - BRIEF - Readmissions: Patterns Among HIV-Positive Patients in Southwestern Pennsylvania

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3/19/2010 - BRIEF - Readmissions: An Overview of Six Target Chronic Diseases

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9/18/2009 - ROOTS: Pharmacy Champions For Change-Wrong Medication, Bad Chemistry

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8/10/2009 - Tomorrow's Healthcare Monograph: Congress Should Create a FEDERAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY

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5/13/2008 - ROOTS: The Healthcare Quality Revolution
Celebrating 10 Years of the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative
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