University of California San Francisco
<p>At the San Francisco VA Medical Center’s primary care clinic, nurse practitioners and medical residents are training together in teams in what is an emerging trend in health care called patient-centered medical homes.</p>
A new study suggests preparing doctors to be better communicators may help improve medication adherence and ultimately health outcomes.
<p>A singing professor is using music to teach medical students the fine details of human health and disease as they progress in their specialties at UCSF.</p>
<p>Since receiving a life-saving liver transplant at UCSF, Alfonso Garcia has made it a mission to spread the word about the value of organ donation. He will ride on the Donate Life float at the 2013 Tournament of Roses Parade in honor of his donor, George Becker.</p>
<p>UCSF is initiating a process to identify real estate opportunities for its Laurel Heights campus to help create a compelling vision for the 10-acre site that will benefit the neighborhood, the City and County of San Francisco and UCSF.</p>