University of California San Francisco
<p>UCSF's Molly Cooke has won an inaugural award recognizing the best articles in medical professionalism for her paper titled "Cost Consciousness in Patient Care - What is Medical Education's Responsibility," which was published in the <em>New England Journal of Medicine.</em></p>
<p>UCSF is offering a new mobile app to keep news and information about the University handy for people on the go.</p>
A new collaboration has begun between the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula that will enhance patient care and access to clinical trials.
<p>Seeking to improve care for people with brain tumors, neuro-oncologists at UCSF Medical Center are beginning to look beyond the patient to engage a patient’s family, friends and other caregivers.</p>
<p>The <em>San Francisco Business Times</em> recognized several members of the UCSF and San Francisco General Hospital communities and a diabetes outreach clinic in its inaugural "Health Care Heroes" edition. </p>
<p> </p><p>The University of California is proposing a revision to the University’s layoff policy clarifying that performance is one of the key factors that managers should use when deciding employee layoffs or reductions in time.</p>
<p>NBC Nightly News profiled UCSF's longest tenured professor Ephraim P. Engleman, a centenarian who remarkably still treats patients at UCSF.</p>
<p>A 15-month audit called to “uncover the extent of the waste, fraud, and abuse within the UC” found no evidence of waste, fraud or abuse and calls for more transparency in financial matters, according to a report by the Bureau of State Audits.</p>