JHF’s Documentary, The Pitch, Now Available On Demand Following National Release Tour
Type: News
Focus Area: Patient Safety
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) proudly announces the 2024 release of The Pitch: Patient Safety’s Next Generation, now available on major on-demand platforms and on DVD/Blu-ray. Released on World Patient Safety Day, September 17, the documentary is available on Prime Video, YouTube, Apple TV, and Google Play. Physical copies are available for purchase on Amazon.com.
The Pitch Screening in Washington DC at Landmark's E Street Cinema. Photo by Lacey Johnson.
The Pitch explores innovative technological solutions aimed at preventing medical errors in healthcare settings, highlighting the crucial role of collaboration between healthcare systems and innovators. The documentary showcases the creative ways new technologies are being used to improve patient safety, offering hope for a future with fewer medical errors. Featuring expert interviews, recent breakthroughs, and the story of a young innovator navigating the medical frontier, the film delivers an optimistic message about the potential for technological advancement to transform patient care.
Funded by JHF, the documentary aims to raise awareness of the potential for innovation in patient safety. The project stems from JHF’s grant to the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative which launched the Patient Safety Technology Challenge to inspire students and innovators to find new ways to reduce preventable harm in health care. Dr. Feinstein served as the executive producer of the film, with JHF Patient Safety Consultant Ariana Longley and JHF Chief Communications Officer Scotland Huber as co-producers.
The Pitch premiered in theaters across the U.S. throughout September, with a screening tour supported by JHF in New York City, Boston, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Palo Alto (Silicon Valley). Organized in partnership with film creators Tall Tale Productions, each screening was followed by a distinguished panel discussion (the Boston panel recording is available below) featuring top patient safety and technology experts and moderated by the film’s director, Mike Eisenberg.
A special thank you for the panelists for attending and engaging in vibrant and thoughtful discussions about patient safety, including: Jason Adelman, MD, MS, director, Center for Patient Safety Science, Columbia University; Obinna Anosike, MD, family physician at Yale-New Haven Hospital; Vineet Arora, MD, MAPP, dean for Medical Education, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine; Evan Benjamin, MD, MS, FACP, director of community innovation, Ariadne Labs; Robin Betts, MBA-HN, RN, CPHQ, VP of Safety Quality & Regulatory Services, Kaiser Permanente, Northern California Region; Leah Binder, president & CEO, The Leapfrog Group; Carolyn Clancy, MD, assistant under secretary for Health Discovery, Education and Affiliate Networks at Veterans Affairs; Steve Collens, CEO, MATTER; Mike Eisenberg, director and editor of The Pitch; Reetam Ganguli, founder/CEO, Elythea; Martin Hatlie, president/CEO, Project Patient Care; Patricia McGaffigan, MS, RN, CPPS, senior advisor, safety, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Carole Klove, chief nursing executive, Elemeno Health; Kathy Naasz, executive director, Entrepreneurship, and research professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Mohammad Noshad, founder & CEO, Shyid AI; Kapil Parakh, MD, MPH, PhD, author of Searching for Health; Bonnie Portnoy, VP, Risk & Patient Safety, Mt. Sinai Health System; Raj Ratwani, PhD, director, MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare; Steven Wagner, MD, OB/GYN, Beth Israel Deaconess; and Kevin Wamala, MD candidate at The University of Chicago.
The Pitch Release Tour
Panel at the DC screening: Mike Eisenberg, Raj Ratwani, Carolyn Clancy, Leah Binder, and Kapil Parakh. Photo by Lacey Johnson.
NYC screening panel: Mike Eisenberg, Jason Adelman, Bonnie Portnoy, Kathy Naasz, and Obinna Anosike. Photo by Ian Johnson.
Audience at Palo Alto screening at Landmark's Aquarius Theatre. Photo by Russ Toth
Audience at the Boston screening at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Photo by Oby Ojimba
The first stop on the tour in Chicago at the Davis Theater. Photo by Christian Heinzel
The Boston screening panel: Mike Eisenberg, Steven Wagner, Patricia McGaffigan, and Evan Benjamin. Photo by Oby Ojimba
The post-screening panel in Palo Alto: Mike Eisenberg, Mohammad Noshad, Robin Betts, Carole Ann Klove, and Reetam Ganguli. Photo by Russ Toth
The Chicago screening panel: Mike Eisenberg, Martin Hatlie, Steven Collens, Vineet Arora, and Kevin Wamala. Photo by Christian Heinzel
The Pitch star Reetam Ganguli at the Palo Alto screening. Photo by Russ Toth
Upcoming screenings of The Pitch are scheduled for various conferences and institutions across the country. Notable upcoming dates include D’Youville University in Buffalo, NY, on October 7; the Tennessee Academy of Physician Assistants in Gatlinburg, TN, on October 10; and the International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare in Orlando, FL, on January 12, 2025.
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