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Joanne Spetz has been appointed the inaugural Brenda and Jeffrey L. Kang Presidential Chair in Healthcare Finance

We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Joanne Spetz has been appointed the inaugural Brenda and Jeffrey L. Kang Presidential Chair in Healthcare Finance, by Dean Talmadge King and simultaneously, she will immediately assume the role of Associate Director for Research at the Philip R. Lee...

Coronavirus May Change Patient Appointments to Videoconference Permanently

The coronavirus has prompted many medical centers to switch from in-person appointments to video visits. A new study from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals suggests that for some hospitals, video visits may become a permanent feature of the patient-provider landscape.

Ask the Experts: Advice about the Coronavirus

Interview with Claire Brindis, DrPH, Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy and Director, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies Q: What are the best measures authorities can take to ensure the safety of its citizens?

Major challenges for doctors to access patient records

A number of medical record companies blossomed, in large part because hospitals needed a vendor to manage their patients’ medical information. Rather than build technologies that would be interoperable, many of these companies built vast empires by hoarding that information. 

The effect of California's paid family leave policy on parent health: A quasi-experimental study

Rapid Response of an Academic Surgical Department to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Patients, Surgeons, and the Community

Elizabeth M. Lancaster, Julie A. Sosa, Amanda Sammann, Logan Pierce, Wen Shen,  Michael C. Conte, Elizabeth C. Wick

New California nurses have become jobless during coronavirus pandemic

The health care workforce landscape looks different now with elective surgeries postponed, hospitals cross training health care workers to do several jobs, and preparations put into place for surges of COVID-19 patients. “The entire health care system has become disrupted,” UCSF Professor Joanne...

Implementing Community Resource Referral Technology: Facilitators And Barriers Described By Early Adopters

Yuri Cartier, Caroline Fichtenberg, and Laura M. Gottlieb Implementing Community Resource Referral Technology: Facilitators And Barriers Described By Early AdoptersHEALTH AFFAIRS VOL. 39, NO. 4: INTEGRATING SOCIAL SERVICES & HEALTH https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.01588

More nurses will needed to be freed to move into intensive care units

Joanne Spetz appointed as the inaugural Brenda & Jeffrey L. Kang Presidential Chair in Healthcare Finance

We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Joanne Spetz has been appointed the inaugural Brenda and Jeffrey L. Kang Presidential Chair in Healthcare Finance, by Dean Talmadge King and simultaneously, she will immediately assume the role of Associate Director for Research at the Philip R. Lee...