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Hospitals face penalties for readmitting recently discharged Medicare patients, but in 27 percent of cases readmissions could be prevented, according to a UCSF-led study of 12 academic medical centers nationwide.
Over the last couple of decades, a proliferating number of studies on the incidence and impact of delirium are causing the health care community to sit up and take notice.
At a town hall meeting on Nov. 16, UCSF leaders described the goals of UCSF Health, a new health care system that expands the delivery of care throughout the Bay Area.
One in 20 survivors of gunshot violence in an urban area with high crime died within five years, mainly by homicide, according to the results of a study that tracked patients after hospital discharge.
Mary Naylor, UCSF’s Presidential Chair for 2015-16, will be visiting the campus in October to discuss her goals of catalyzing interdisciplinary research, education and practice on transitions in health and health care.
According to a study of California medical centers, not-for-profit hospitals do not always provide as much subsidized care for patients living in poverty as their for-profit counterparts.
Judith Hellman has won the 2015 Frontiers in Anesthesia Research Award to explore novel ways of understanding and combating sepsis.
UCSF Medical Center is one of the nation’s premier hospitals for the 14th consecutive year, ranking as the eighth best hospital in the country in the 2015-2016 Best Hospitals survey from U.S. News & World Report.
UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco have been named one of HealthCare’s Most Wired™ for 2015, in recognition of the focus on security and patient engagement through information technology.
A unique collaboration resulted in one of the nation’s first nine-way kidney transplant chains occurring in one city over a 36-hour period.
Withholding angiotensin receptor blockers for longer than two days after surgery is associated with a significantly increased risk of postoperative death, according to a study of more than 30,000 patients.
Personalized digital media walls. Push-button, custom dinner orders. Robot deliveries. New technology at UCSF Medical Center is improving both patient comfort and care.
