UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals has announced the launch of the UCSF Child Passenger and Pedestrian Safety (ChiPPS) Program, a new injury prevention initiative based in the Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco Emergency Department. The program is supported by a $250,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Mental health, substance use, and other behavioral health care made up 40% of all health expenditures for U.S. children in 2022, according to a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco. That is almost twice what it was in 2011.
Electronic health records integration, infrastructure upgrades, and new hospital names reflect UCSF Health’s long-term investment in access, quality, and coordinated care across San Francisco.
The UC San Francisco Department of Emergency Medicine is pleased to announce the appointment of Craig D. Newgard, MD, MPH, FACEP, as Director of the Center for Emergency Care Research.
Ashley Foster, MD, an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics in the UC San Francisco Department of Emergency Medicine and and Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, is the UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies' Faculty Spotlight Conversation of the month!
The UC San Francisco Department of Emergency Medicine is pleased to announce that Aaron Kornblith, MD, MS, has been named the inaugural appointee of the Michael L. Callaham, MD, Endowed Professorship in Emergency Medicine.
