Our Story
In 1997, a coalition of business leaders and philanthropic organizations in Pittsburgh recognized the urgent need to enhance the healthcare sector, the region's largest economic driver. The Allegheny Conference on Community Development, led by Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD, and former Alcoa Chairman Paul O'Neill, established the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative (PRHI) in 1998. This pioneering collaborative aimed to tackle the pressing issues of quality and safety in healthcare, applying industrial improvement methods to transform patient care.