Making it Through the Wilderness

“Wandering around in the wilderness.” That’s how Teresa Simms, regional director of operations at North County Health Services, described her early experiences as a health care leader before she joined Clinic Leadership Institute (CLI) Emerging Leaders, a leadership training in health care program.

Leadership Program Spurs Transformation in Physician

Healthforce Center’s leadership development programs help leaders navigate change — and improve patient outcomes — through a process of individual transformation. Stanford University Professor Alan Glaseroff, MD, alum of one of our first leadership development cohorts, experienced that...

Community Paramedicine Project Shows Early Success

An independent study by Healthforce Center at UCSF has shown that California’s community paramedicine pilot projects have improved patient well-being and generated savings for insurers and hospitals.

Executive Leadership Program Announces Sixth Cohort

We're proud to introduce future health care leaders of America, the sixth cohort of the Clinic Leadership Institute's (CLI) New Executive Transitions program (nEXt). Recognized for their commitment to California's underserved and readiness to embark upon a path that will enhance their leadership...

Healthcare Leaders and Activism: A Conversation with Perri Morgan of Duke

Perri Morgan, PhD, PA-C, is professor and the director of research in the Physician Assistant Division in the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. She is a practicing PA, specializing in hypertension, and an educator of PAs at Duke.

The Affordable Care Act’s Bipartisan Support

The Affordable Care Act is personal for me. As a young adult under the age of 26, ACA allows me to stay on my parents' insurance plan. Though I've been lucky to avoid costly medical treatment, the coverage has provided me with peace of mind and delivered thousands of dollars in savings.

Aiming to Make California the Healthiest State

Could California become the healthiest state in the nation by 2022? That is the goal of Let’s Get Healthy California, a public-private initiative started in 2012 with the purpose of advancing the triple-aim, promoting health equity and leveraging innovation through collective impact. The...

Why Is Nursing Leadership and Management Important?

As the health care system continues to undergo rapid change, the nature of nurses’ roles are changing as well, according to Healthforce Center faculty research. As the largest licensed health professional group in the US, nurses are four times more prevalent than physicians.

Foreign-born Clinicians Essential to Underserved Populations

As a first-generation immigrant and political refugee from Russia, I understand the impact of federal policy on individual lives first-hand. While the transition from post-perestroika Moscow to San Francisco came with considerable challenges, my family encountered a general sentiment of acceptance...

ACA Repeal and Replace: Where Do We Stand?

Information overload or not enough information? These days it feels like both. Each morning brings a fresh news cycle, every week another report and each meeting we attend presents new stories and opinions. We are inundated with headlines and data, yet are still trying to understand the...