IHPS faculty are responding to policy challenges raised by the COVID-19
pandemic with rapid-cycle researchand technical assistance. A compilation
of their work to date can be found here and will be updated regularly.
This project is an extension of some early work done in California and other states. The project will examine California and 3-4 additional states that have established alternative care settings to learn about the purpose of the settings, job actions (descriptions), staffing strategies, training, and personnel and staffing plans. (PI: Susan Chapman)
Using data from the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics, this project will examine patterns of holding multiple jobs among workers in the long-term care sector, with a focus on those employed in congregate housing and low-income workers. Those holding multiple positions may be at greater risk for SARS-CoV2 infection and thus increase their patients’ risk of infection; this rapid analysis will shed light on this concern and assess whether there are differences by type of care setting, geography, gender, and race-ethnicity. (PI: Joanne Spetz)
Adding to currently existing work in California to study roles and the shifting scope of practice for community paramedics practicing in long term care or with alternate destinations. (PI: Janet Coffman)
The San Francisco Department of Public Health is in the vanguard of communities deploying a case investigation and contact tracing program as a strategy to slow the spread of the coronavirus which causes Covid-19. San Francisco is training a cadre of individuals who are working in teams to help contacts of cases know that they are at risk for infection, get testing, and safely quarantine to minimize further spread to others. Dr. Andy Bindman is providing clinical support to non-clinical experts who have been trained by the San Francisco Department of Public Health to conduct the outreach to contacts. In this role he engages with contacts who have symptoms that might be related to Covid-19 and helps to get them to the appropriate care settings. (PI: Andrew Bindman)
PRIORITY (Pregnancy CoRonavIrus Outcomes RegIsTrY) is a nationwide study of people under investigation for or with confirmed COVID-19 who are pregnant or recently pregnant, and their newborns. PRIORITY is enrolling participants nationwide at https://priority.ucsf.edu to provide information to help patients and healthcare providers better understand how COVID-19 impacts pregnant people and their newborns. Mother and infant participants will be followed for 12 months after delivery to assess both immediate outcomes associated with acute COVID-19 and subsequent consequences including ongoing respiratory, neurological or systematic symptoms, mental health concerns and receipt of preventive services including contraception and immunization. (PI: Valerie Flaherman)
PUBLICATIONS
Julie Ann Sosa and Elizabeth Wick published in New England Journal of Medicine
Developing Perioperative Covid-19 Testing Protocols to Restore Surgical Services
Andy Bindman published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
The primary care response to COVID-19 in England's National Health Service
Marissa Raymond-Flesch published in Journal of Adolescent Health
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Rapid Implementation of Adolescent and Young Adult Telemedicine: Challenges and Opportunities for Innovation
Gabby Schmajuk, Patti Katz, Stephanie Rush, Laura Trupin and Jinoos Yazdany published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Characteristics associated with hospitalisation for COVID-19 in people with rheumatic disease: data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry
Jahan Fahimi and Maria Raven published in JAMA
Correlation Between N95 Extended Use and Reuse and Fit Failure
in an Emergency Department
Julia Adler-Milstein published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
Barriers to Hospital Electronic Public Health Reporting and Implications for the COVID-19 Pandemic
Stan Glantz published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research
Smoking Is Associated With COVID-19 Progression: A Meta-analysis
Marissa Raymond-Flesch published in the Journal of Adolescent Health
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Rapid Implementation of Adolescent and Young Adult Telemedicine: Challenges and Opportunities for Innovation
Patty Katz and Gabriela Schmajuk published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Characteristics associated with hospitalisation for COVID-19 in people with rheumatic
disease: data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry
Jahan Fahimi and Maria Raven published in the Emergency Medicine Journal
Emergency department preparation for COVID-19: accelerated care units
Elizabeth C. Wick and Julie Ann Sousa published in the Annals of Surgery
Operationalizing the Operating Room
Ensuring Appropriate Surgical Care in the Era of COVID-19
Ralph Gonzales published in JAMA Internal Medicine
Patient Portal Reminders—Easy but Ineffective
Ralph Gonzales published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
Rapid Design and Implementation of an Integrated Patient Self-Triage and Self-Scheduling
Tool for COVID-19
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo published in Annals of Internal Medicine
This Time Must Be Different: Disparities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Andy Bindman published in JAMA Forum
Avoiding a Health Care Financial Meltdown
Joanne Spetz published in The New England Journal of Medicine
Ensuring and Sustaining a Pandemic Workforce
Megha Garg published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine
Hospital Medicine Management in the Time of COVID-19: Preparing for a Sprint and a Marathon
Elizabeth Wick and Julie Ann Sosa published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Rapid Response of an Academic Surgical Department to the COVID-19 Pandemic:
Implications for Patients, Surgeons, and the Community
Patti Katz published in ACR Open Rheumatology
Experiences of Patients with Rheumatic Diseases in the US During Early Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Marissa Raymond-Flesch on KGO
Virtual doctor visits likely to continue after pandemic despite insurance coverage cuts
Renee Hsia in the New York Times
Most Coronavirus Tests Cost About $100. Why Did One Cost $2,315?
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo in Vox, The Mercury News, Daily Democrat and Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle
How California went from a coronavirus success story to a worrying new hot spot
Recklessness or reopening: Why are more young people getting coronavirus?
California’s slide from coronavirus success to danger zone began Memorial Day
After 100 days of sheltering in the Bay Area, what have we learned about the coronavirus?
Kim Rhoads in San Francisco Bay View
COVID-19, more reality than myth: Dr. Kim Rhoads breaks down the virus
Jahan Fahimi in the San Francisco Chronicle
‘There’s no way we can go back to what we were before’: The Bay Area is learning to live with the coronavirus
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle
UCSF studying stem cells as possible coronavirus treatment
Jahan Fahimi interviewed in SF Gate
These are the riskiest activities to do during the coronavirus pandemic
Margot Kushel interviewed in the San Francisco Chronicle
Hundreds of homeless people in southeast SF tested for coronavirus
Rita Hamad in The New York Times
How 132 Epidemiologists Are Deciding When to Send Their Children to School
Margot Kushel interviewed on KJZZ
Grappling With Homelessness In The Time Of Coronavirus
Joanne Spetz interviewed in Time
'It's Getting Worse.' Nursing Home Workers Confront Risks in Facilities Devastated by Coronavirus
Jim Kahn interviewed in Between the Lines
Columbia University Study Finds Trump Delay in Social Distancing Cost Tens of Thousands of Lives
Marissa Raymond-Flesch interviewed in Health Europa
COVID-19 telehealth adoption could reduce disparities in healthcare
Joanne Spetz interviewed in Mother Jones
Why the Pandemic Means Unprecedented Pay for Some Nurses and Unemployment for Others
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo interviewed on KQED
13 People, 1 Bathroom: How a Bay Area Immigrant Mom Is Surviving COVID-19
Margot Kushel quoted in Shareable
Angelenos claim empty housing to shelter the storm during the pandemic
Julia Adler-Milstein interviewed for CNBC
Why, in the midst of a U.S. health crisis, there are major challenges for doctors to access patient records
Margot Kushel interviewed in Mother Jones
If a Pandemic Can’t Force San Francisco to Reckon With Homelessness, Nothing Can
Marissa Raymond-Flesch interviewed in UCSF News
Coronavirus May Change Patient Appointments to Videoconference Permanently
Stan Glantz interviewed for KTVU News
Study says smoking can double your chances of severe COVID-19 outcomes
Margot Kushel interviewed in the New York Times
The Bay Area Billionaires Are Breaking My Heart
Margot Kushel interviewed on WGRX
Public health experts say COVID-19 has exposed the ugly truths of health disparities in the U.S.
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo interviewed in The Press Stories
What researchers can learn from younger COVID-19 patients
Jahan Fahimi interviewed in the San Francisco Chronicle
‘Learning on the run’ as Bay Area doctors find ways to ease coronavirus recovery
Rob Lustig interviewed in The Trumpet
The Underlying Cause of COVID-19
Joanne Spetz interviewed for CBS Sacramento
Most California Health Corps Enlistees Not Eligible To Join
