University of California San Francisco
Give to UCSF
Timeline of Health Care Law
<p>This timeline reflects the highlights over the past three years that culminates with the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.</p>
UCSF Goes to Washington
<p>UCSF takes its mission of advancing health worldwide seriously and so do the leaders of the free world. That's why UCSF scientists and scholars are regularly called to nation's capitol to get their expert advice.</p>
Media Advisory: UCSF Panel to Address Impact of Health Care Reform Decision
UCSF will hold a panel discussion titled, “What Now? Health Reform in the Aftermath of the Supreme Court Decision,” addressing the impact of the upcoming ruling on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Moving Toward a National Health Record System
<p>UCSF Medical Center's recent adoption of a new electronic health record system, not only advances patient safety, it enables UCSF to comply with a federal mandate requiring all health providers and hospitals to shift to electronic medical records as part of national health care reform.</p>
Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer Among Asian Americans
<p>Liver cancer is expected to become more common in the United States in coming years. “It’s deadly and it’s preventable,” says UCSF physician and researcher Tung Nguyen, MD.</p>
Hepatitis: UCSF and San Francisco at Ground Zero
<p>Viral hepatitis chronically infects between 3.5 and 5.2 million people in the U.S. and more than 30,000 in San Francisco, alone — but only about one in three people who are infected know it, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.</p>
Hepatitis C: Urgency to Fight Viral Foe Grows in the Suburbs and on the Streets
<p>At the edge of a San Francisco neighborhood that has been riddled with drug addiction for decades, UCSF epidemiologist Kimberly Page, PhD, MPS, leads a research team that provides outreach, screening and prevention programs for drug users, those who are especially vulnerable to hepatitis C infection.</p>
