Most  Latino/a/x patients have not heard of the term "Latinx", and < 3% actually prefer to use it is the finding of UCSF IHPS faculty Melanie Molina, MD MAS & colleagues in their multi-site study of ED patients. bit.ly/4cWMXIM #emergencydepartment #latinx Anita Chary, MD PhD James Ford, MD

UCSF IHPS' taking Philip R. Lee Postdoc Fellow applications! For 50+ years, we've prepared the next generation of scholars in health policy & health services research, focusing on equity & interprofessional collaboration. More info & to apply: bit.ly/3W6BKj3 #postdoc

Tweens, #screens, and #sleep: How #parents can help kids get their 🛌💤 Pleased to share #parenting tips for better sleep in preteens with Maria Godoy NPR based on our recent UCSF Benioff SF UCSF Pediatrics UCSF IHPS Journal of Adolescent Health study npr.org/sections/shots…

UCSF IHPS post-doc Lei Chen & colleagues at UCLA find CA adults needing long-term services & supports 3x more likely to report their health as “fair/poor”. https.://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/california-adults-lack-access-long-term-services-ltss-resources #aging #longtermcare

'In the long term, we need “a multi-pronged approach” to fix the medical pipeline outside of well-funded and centrally located programs like Hopkins' - UCSF IHPS faculty Janet Coffman vox.com/future-perfect… #drshortage #healthworkforce #Doctors

UCSF IHPS faculty Renee Hsia reveals hospitals in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities are 42% less likely to obtain stroke center certification. Equitable access to stroke care is crucial for reducing health disparities. #HealthEquity #StrokeCare bit.ly/3zZZBsc

UCSF IHPS' Dean Schillinger Dean Schillinger on diabetes & amputations: Amputations are known as a “mega-disparity” in healthcare deliverance. “It is perhaps the most stark disparity in black versus white health in America.” theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int… #disparities #diabetes

New JAMA Health Forum viewpoint by UCSF IHPS faculty Anthony DiGiorgio (Anthony DiGiorgio, DO, MHA) Reforming 340B to Serve the Interests of Patients, Not Institutions jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-… #drug #PatientCare

Touched by the kind UC San Francisco profile re: my recent UCSF IHPS mentoring award. So sweet of Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo, MD for her kind words, and of course Chuan-Mei Lee, Marilyn Thomas, & Paul Wesson for nominating me! It's an honor to join an incredible group of prior awardees! ucsf.edu/news/2024/07/4…

UCSF IHPS faculty Anthony DiGiorgio's (Anthony DiGiorgio, DO, MHA) new piece in The Hill. How ‘overlapping’ surgery helps patients #surgery thehill.com/opinion/health…

"We need to understand why charges are so high in the first place so we can start addressing these issues at the root level, " UCSF IHPS faculty Renee Hsia in @forbes. $22,789 For Appendicitis . . . And I Didn’t Even Have Surgery #medicalcost forbes.com/sites/reneehsi…

See our JGIM Journal of General Internal Medicine study led by UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine at SFGH colleague & former NCSP at UCSF fellow Lurit Bepo with Oanh Kieu Nguyen, MD link.springer.com/article/10.100…

UCSF IHPS faculty Hilary Seligman discusses Food Is Medicine @Time. Nutritious food is as critical to health as other medical treatments like prescription drugs & should be included in health care coverage. #foodismedicine #HealthyFood #HealthcareForAll time.com/7005880/americ…

UCSF IHPS's @drdeancommx on his new book & "the alchemy of science & story" - hearing patients' stories & how poverty, racism, food/housing insecurity & exposure to pollution & violence shape many American's health. nytimes.com/2024/08/03/hea… #poverty #patients

#sleep tips for kids from UCSF IHPS affiliated faculty Jason Nagata, MD

Congrats to UCSF IHPS faculty member Beth Mertz (Dr. Beth Mertz), new member of the planning committee for the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine's Advancing #OralHealth Across the Lifespan: A Workshop nationalacademies.org/our-work/advan… via National Academies #dentistry #Dentist

Learn more about the work of UCSF IHPS faculty Valerie Flaherman on long Covid. ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-news/… #COVID #LongCovid

New commentary in JAMA Network Open by UCSF IHPS faculty Lisa Rotenstein MD and Melanie Molina, MD MAS #electronichealthrecord

Congratulations to affiliated UCSF IHPS faculty member A Jay Holmgren on his new position as director of CLIIR-UCSF! #informatics

Please join us for our first IHPS Health Policy Grand Rounds session of the academic year with Dorry Segev on 9/4!