Karin

Rush-Monroe

Deputy Director, Public Affairs

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Karin Rush-Monroe, interim deputy director at UCSF, is the lead for clinical initiatives and the UCSF Medical Center. She also covers health policy, women’s health and palliative care.  She previously directed internal and external communications for Aetna’s national clinical programs and its chief medical officer, and handled communications and special events for non-profit organizations including the American Cancer Society. Rush-Monroe holds a degree from Temple University (BS, Journalism).

Recent articles by Karin Rush-Monroe

Strike Impacts Medical Services at UCSF

May 21, 2013
UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, which treat some of the most critically ill patients, has prepared for the two-day strike by working to reduce the number of patients in the hospitals by half.

7 Ways UCSF is Improving Safety at the Point of Care

March 06, 2013
UCSF Medical Center, including the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, has made increasing the safety of health care one of its highest priorities. Here are just some of the ways it is working toward that.

UCSF Works to Identify and Treat Sepsis Patients Earlier

March 06, 2013
Teams of UCSF clinicians each took shifts inside a bus set up to simulate the room of a patient showing signs of sepsis, as part of a Bay Area mobile initiative to improve the ability to identify and treat sepsis patients as early as possible.

New Patient Safety Strategies Outlined in Report Based on Decade of Research

March 06, 2013
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a new report that identifies the top 10, evidence-based patient safety strategies available to clinicians.

Electronic Health Communications Often Unavailable to Lower-Income Patients

February 26, 2013
Lower-income patients want to communicate electronically with their doctors, but the revolution in health care technology often is not accessible to them, due to inadequate health information services within the health care clinics they frequent, according to a survey by UC San Francisco researchers.

New Marketing Campaign Reinforces UCSF's Strengths in Pioneering Care

February 21, 2013
In the coming months, residents throughout Northern California will hear why UCSF Medical Center is the place to come for the latest, most effective health care.

Maternal Exposure to Air Pollution Linked to Low Birth Weights Worldwide

February 06, 2013
Mothers who are exposed to particulate air pollution of the type emitted by vehicles, urban heating and coal power plants are significantly more likely to bear children of low birth weight, according to a UCSF-led international study.

UCSF Faculty Awarded Fellowships to Improve Health Quality

February 04, 2013
Two UCSF faculty have been awarded fellowships from the University of California’s Center for Health Quality and Innovation to support projects to improve the quality and value of health care.

Media Advisory: Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle to Outline Challenges of Affordable Care Act

October 02, 2012
 WHAT: As part of the UCSF Chancellor’s Health Policy Lecture Series, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle will discuss the challenges that lie ahead for the Affordable Care Act and what’s needed to ensure its success. The lecture is titled “The Affordable Care Act: A New Paradigm for Health Care in America.”WHEN:  Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, 12 – 1 PMWHERE:Cole Hall UCSF 513 Parnassus Avenue

UCSF Medical Center CEO Looks to the Future

July 30, 2012
Mark Laret, chief executive officer of UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, reflects on recent success and challenges ahead in a new video message.