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- Patient Care
- February 10, 2015
UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus and Mount Zion to Expand Care

As UCSF celebrates the successful opening of UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, there's excitement also brewing at its other clinical care campuses.
- Research
- December 17, 2014
Top Trends in Health and Science for 2015

With advances in technology and better understanding of people, the health sciences are constantly pushing toward more effective treatments and cures. The question is, where will we see the next breakthroughs in 2015?
- Research
- October 6, 2014
Program to Reduce Hospital Readmissions Doesn’t Have Impact

Researchers at UC San Francisco have found that a nurse-led intervention program designed to reduce readmissions among ethnically and linguistically diverse older patients did not improve 30-day hospital readmission rates.
- Patient Care
- August 26, 2014
A Team-Based Approach to Primary Care

In a U.S. health care system that’s often fragmented and costly for the consumer, this approach is streamlining primary care by treating the whole person with a collaborative team.
- Patient Care
- November 5, 2013
UCSF Researchers Offer Solutions to Looming Health Care Provider Shortage

The United States faces a severe shortage of primary health care providers. In a series of papers published in Health Affairs, UCSF researchers advocated a number of potential solutions to the problem.
- Patient Care
- September 10, 2013
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.
- Patient Care
- May 7, 2013
Chancellor’s TEDMED Talk Promotes Patient Empowerment

UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann sees a future in which health care consumers drive treatments and innovation, sharing that vision in a recent TEDMED talk.
- April 19, 2013
Nearly Half of Adolescents Lack a Patient-Centered Medical Home

Adolescence is a unique period of change when many mental health disorders are known to first emerge, yet nearly half of adolescents are lacking coordinated and continuous health care that could identify symptoms early, according to a new UCSF study.
- Education
- January 4, 2013
Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Providers

At the San Francisco VA Medical Center’s primary care clinic, nurse practitioners and medical residents are training together in teams in what is an emerging trend in health care called patient-centered medical homes.
- October 26, 2012
UC Open Enrollment Period for 2013 Set to Begin

The University of California’s Open Enrollment period begins next week, with some important changes coming to Health Net coverage affecting employees in San Francisco.
- October 22, 2012
First-Ever Partners in Primary Care Summit Shares Lessons From the Field

The first-ever UCSF and Partners Primary Care Summit brought key players to the table to discuss how to improve patient-focused care in San Francisco as part of national health reform.
- Research
- October 2, 2012
Helping Women Make Informed Decisions About Reproductive Health

Although it’s proven that contraception prevents pregnancy, it’s also clear that many women who don’t want to get pregnant don’t use or don’t have access to contraception. Christine Dehlendorf, MD, MAS, a family physician based at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, used implementation science to help women navigate this issue.
- March 27, 2012
Intel Fellow to Talk About Health Innovation

The UCSF community is invited to hear Eric Dishman, director of Health Innovation and Policy for Intel’s Digital Health Group, talk about Intel's approach to health care at UCSF on April 5.
- Patient Care
- March 23, 2012
Family Medicine Residency at SFGH: Past, Present and Future

The UCSF Family and Community Medicine Residency Program at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (SFGH) celebrates its 40th anniversary. It has trained more than 400 family doctors who have cared for tens of thousands of underserved patients and advocated for millions more.
- Education
- March 22, 2012
Medical Students Mark 2013 'Match Day' at UCSF

UCSF medical students participated with their peers around the country in the annual rite of passage known as Match Day, when they found out which residency program they have been assigned and where they will work.
- March 21, 2012
UC to Verify Family Member Eligibility for Health Coverage

The University of California is requiring that all faculty, staff and retirees who have one or more family members enrolled for coverage to provide documentation verifying their family members’ eligibility.
- Patient Care
- February 23, 2012
Hepatitis C, a Leading Killer, Is Frequently Undiagnosed But Often Curable

Hepatitis C virus has overtaken the AIDS virus, HIV, as a cause of death in the United States. About 3 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with hepatitis C, but more than half with the disease are undiagnosed, according to new research. Some advocate screening all baby boomers for the virus.
- February 13, 2012
Glide Health Services Recognized as National Model

UCSF’s Patricia Dennehy, director of the nurse-managed Glide Health Services center, is among five Californians to receive the 2012 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards today for applying proven, innovative approaches to some of the state’s most difficult problems.
- December 7, 2011
Study Aims to Understand Adolescent Risky Behavior

A new study has found that providing information about ways to prevent injury and illness to adolescents in a primary care setting can lessen certain kinds of risky behavior.
- December 2, 2011
Program Empowers the Community Through University Partnership

Projects involving UCSF and community partners that encourage children to learn about medical careers, maintain proper dental hygiene and lose weight by learning to swim were recently celebrated for improving the health and well-being of San Franciscans.
- December 1, 2011
San Francisco Health Improvement Partnerships Tackle Public Health Problems

UCSF and an array of community, academic and civic collaborators are wrapping up the first year of an ambitious effort to build partnerships to enhance the well-being of San Francisco residents and eliminate health disparities.
- Patient Care
- November 30, 2011
New Generation Clinic Helps Disadvantaged Teens With Family Planning

The New Generation Health Center, which seeks to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections among high-risk youth in San Francisco, is hosting a fundraiser on December 1 to support its community outreach activities.
- November 23, 2011
Health Disparities Research Continues to Grow at UCSF

UCSF’s faculty and students are taking a wide-ranging look at the inequities that exist in the Unites States, in terms of both health itself and the quality of health care, across racial, ethnic and socioeconomic lines.
- November 17, 2011
UC's Open Enrollment Period Ends November 22

Employees should take note that the annual Open Enrollment period ends November 22 at 5 p.m.
- Patient Care
- November 15, 2011
UCSF Works to Improve Lives of Oakland Middle-School Students

UCSF, the Oakland Unified School District and an array of community-based partners are embarking on a quest to improve the lives of disadvantaged middle-school students, thanks to a $1.75 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies.
- October 10, 2011
UCSF Offers Free Flu Shots to Faculty, Staff and Students

UCSF continues to offer free flu shots to faculty, staff, students and volunteers through October 21.
- August 10, 2011
Sepulveda Delivers Commencement Address to Global Health Scholars

Jaime Sepúlveda, who will join the University as executive director of UCSF Global Health Sciences on September 1, delivered a commencement address to the 2011 Class of Masters of Sciences in Global Health.