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7 Ways UCSF is Improving Safety at the Point of Care
<p>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.</p>
UCSF Works to Identify and Treat Sepsis Patients Earlier
<p>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.</p>
Pediatric Residents Training in New 'Handoff' Curriculum
<p>In response to mounting evidence that serious errors in hospitals often could be prevented by enhancing communication, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital is participating in the nine-center <a href="https://www.ipasshandoffstudy.com/">I-PASS study</a> to determine how to best teach residents to properly hand off pediatric patients to reduce errors.</p>
New Patient Safety Strategies Outlined in Report Based on Decade of Research
<p>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.</p>
Radiation Dose Symposium at UCSF to Highlight Patient Safety
<p>A first-of-its-kind interactive and virtual radiology symposium will be based at UCSF’s Mission Bay campus in May, pulling together professionals at every level of hospital care to improve the safety of diagnostic imaging.</p>
How Much Will I Be Charged at the Emergency Room?
Emergency departments play a critical role in health care, yet consumers typically know little about how medical charges are determined and often underestimate their financial responsibility -- then are shocked when the hospital bill arrives.
Parents of Teen Girls More Accepting of Birth Control Pills than Other Contraceptive Methods
Parents are more accepting of their teenage daughters using birth control pills than any other form of contraception, including condoms, according to a recent study from UCSF.