Media Coverage

Media from across the country - and around the world - regularly cover news at UCSF. Below read recent summaries of some of the top coverage of UCSF's excellence and innovation, with links to stories published in newspapers and online, and covered by television and radio.

Recent Media Coverage

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Overcrowded ER Points to Larger Problems
August 06, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle
Minorities Hit Hardest by Calif. Hospital Overcrowding: Study
August 06, 2012
KNTV NBC Ch 11, SF Bay Area
Minorities Hit Hardest by Hospital Overcrowding, Study Finds
August 06, 2012
California Watch
Does Palliative Care Belong in the ER?
July 24, 2012
Reuters
Why Did Her Husband's End-of-Life Care Cost So Much?
May 28, 2012
The Daily Beast
The Fluctuating Costs for Medical Procedures
April 26, 2012
KGO AM 810, SF Bay Area
How Much Does an Appendectomy Cost? Somewhere Between $1,529 and $186,955
April 24, 2012
Washington Post
Hospital Computer Kiosks Effective, But Value Questioned
April 23, 2012
InformationWeek
Study: Appendix Surgery Costs Differ Around U.S.
April 23, 2012
CBS News
Emergency Rooms Preparing for Busy New Year's Eve
December 29, 2011
Fox News
What Doesn't Kill You...
December 28, 2011
GigOm
Emergency Rooms Preparing for Busy New Year's Eve
December 27, 2011
San Francisco Chronicle
ERs Fill with Intoxicated at Year's End
December 26, 2011
United Press International (UPI)
Why Heart Attacks May Peak on Christmas
December 22, 2011
United Press International (UPI)
Strategies to Stay Safe from Sexual Assault
December 14, 2011
Misison Local
Long Transfer Delays for STEMI Patients at Most Hospitals Without Primary PCI
November 28, 2011
Forbes
EDs Serving Medi-Cal, Minority Patients at Higher Risk of Closing
November 17, 2011
California Healthline
Emergency Room Closures Hit Minorities, Poor Hardest
November 16, 2011
NPR - Shots
Report: Closure of MLK Facility Led to Negative Effects in Community
November 15, 2011
California Healthline
Study: 69 million must travel longer to a trauma center
October 06, 2011
USA Today
Oakland Effect: Mass Trauma, Similar to that After 9/11, is Widespread in Cities Like Oakland
September 13, 2011
Contra Costa Times
Emergency Care at Hospitals, Who Waits While Others Assault Staff?
September 03, 2011
San Francisco Examiner
Laurie Barkin's Memoir 'Comfort Garden' on Trauma
August 16, 2011
San Francisco Chronicle
Pedestrians Hit By Cars Account for Big Chunk of SF Trauma Cases
August 09, 2011
Bay Citizen
Judge Orders San Francisco Circumcision Ban Off Ballot
July 29, 2011
Los Angeles Times
ER Online Check In
July 28, 2011
KNTV Ch 11, NBC Bay Area
Trial-by-Fire: Training New Medical School Students as EMTs
July 22, 2011
Time Healthland
Neighborhood Women Write from the Heart: The Comfort Garden
July 12, 2011
The Noe Valley Voice
The Waits That Matter
June 16, 2011
New England Journal of Medicine
Heart Attack Victims Face Greater Risk of Dying When Ambulances Are Diverted
June 12, 2011
US News & World Report

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