Acupuncture Helps Pediatric Patients Manage Pain and Nausea
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco one of a very few academic medical centers to offer acupuncture to both inpatients and outpatients to manage pain.
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Short-Term Physical Inactivity Impairs Vascular Function
Researchers from the UC San Francisco-affiliated Vascular Integrated Physiology and Experimental Therapeutics (VIPERx) Lab found that only a few days of being physically inactive may have detrimental effects on vascular function, in a pilot study recently published in the Journal of Surgical Research.
2 UCSF Projects Win Grants to Improve Health Care, Lower Costs
Two UCSF faculty members have won grants to develop their proposals for improving health care while lowering costs at UC medical centers.
Reimagining Pharmacy Care
UCSF is changing the way you think about your neighborhood drugstore by putting the pharmacist front and center – not just in the store, but also on your health care team.
Bridging the Inpatient-Outpatient Divide
In this editorial, two physicians with the UCSF Division of Geriatrics address the importance of delivering patient-centered care through collaboration between inpatient and outpatient providers. Specifically, the editorial discusses whether the hospital is an appropriate place to start long-term medications for chronic conditions.
Special Grand Rounds Address Children's Hospital Affiliation Inquiries
Leaders of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland spoke at a special grand rounds to discuss the nature of the affiliation between the two hospitals.
How Much Does it Cost to Have a Baby in a Hospital?
Women giving birth in California can face a huge cost difference in their hospital bills, according to a new UCSF study that highlights the need for more price transparency in health care.
Nurse-Midwives, Physicians Collaborate for High-Quality Maternity Care
A collaborative model of maternity care between UCSF’s certified nurse-midwives and obstetricians that began at San Francisco General Hospital almost 40 years ago allows each to learn from one another and practice to their unique strengths.
Sustainable Science to Promote Health in Africa
Over more than two decades in Africa, UCSF researchers have approached their scientific work with a dual aim: treat disease while helping to sustainably build up the local health care system.
Court Injunction Limits Striking Employees at UC Medical Centers
A Sacramento County Superior Court judge has issued an injunction limiting the number of UC patient care employees that can strike on Wednesday, Nov. 20.
For Type 1 Diabetes, Islet Transplantation Gains Momentum
For the worst cases of type 1 diabetes, islet transplantation has freed hundreds of people from complete insulin dependence. UCSF is leading a push to bring this experimental procedure into the mainstream.
UCSF Announces Establishment of UCSF Health Workforce Research Center
UCSF has been awarded one of three Cooperative Agreements from the U.S. Bureau of the Health Professions to establish the UCSF Health Workforce Research Center.
Battling Alarm Fatigue: Nursing School Leads Research on Rising Problem in Hospitals
Barbara Drew is leading research to solve the dangerous problem of alarm fatigue, in which clinicians turn down, turn off or tune out the alarms because they're exhausted by their frequency and false readings.
Innovative ‘Pay for Performance’ Program Improves Patient Outcomes
Paying doctors for how they perform specific medical procedures and examinations yields better health outcomes than the traditional “fee for service” model.
Pediatric Readmission Rates Aren’t Indicator of Hospital Performance
A new UCSF study shows that hospital readmissions rates for children are not necessarily meaningful measures of the quality of their care.
