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The Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) was well-represented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting, held in Phoenix, Arizona, from May 14-17.

A study led by Robert M. Rodriguez, MD, finds a systematic approach and positive messaging can help reduce health disparities.

Leapfrog recognizes UCSF medical centers at Parnassus Heights, Mount Zion for quality of care as top teaching hospitals.

A year-long study led by Juan Carlos Montoy, MD, PhD, in partnership with the CDC finds long COVID symptoms wax and wane, and 16% of adults have them for at least one year.

Over the last decade, the number of emergency departments fell while demand for acute care, especially from the sickest patients, went up, according to new research authored by Renee Y. Hsia, MD, and colleagues.

Distributing pro-COVID-19 vaccination information in English and Spanish in emergency departments (EDs) increases the likelihood that patients will choose to be vaccinated, according to research led by Robert M. Rodriguez, MD.

Research from UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley and the SF Department of Public Health co-authored by Maria Raven, MD, MPH, and Hemal Kanzaria, MD, MSc, finds that noncongregate shelter with supportive services in SIP hotels during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with reduced use of acute health services among people with prior high use. 

Researchers led by corresponding author Renee Hsia, MD, MSc, show race, income, and location play a role in who gets optimal treatment. 

COVID-19 caused no deaths among people experiencing homelessness, but the pandemic reduced contact with substance use services, according to a study co-authored by Maria Raven, MD, MPH, and Hemal Kanzaria, MD, MSc.

Renee Hsia, MD, MSc, professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Policy, and associate chair of Health Services Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine  receives one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.

A study led by Leslie Suen, MD, MAS, shows emergency visits and hospitalizations made by patients with addictions increased 30 percent from 2014-2018.

Jahan Fahimi, MD, is co-first author of a national guideline on educational priorities on firearm injury prevention for health professionals.