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Can Health Care Learn from Startups?

04-04-16
Kevin Rodondi, PharmD
April 4 marks National Public Health Week and the challenge currently being addressed by the American Public Health Association is to make our nation healthier in one generation. According to the APHA, Americans live shorter lives and suffer more health problems than peers in other high-income...

Breaking Down Leadership Stereotypes on International Women's Day

03-07-16
Sunita Mutha, MD, Director
On International Women's Day I want to make the case for advancing women as leaders in health care, but not in the way you might expect. I don’t want to complain about the fact that women make up just 34 percent of executives at the top 100 hospitals or 21 percent of board members at Fortune 500...

Q&A: Health Economist on Supreme Court, Affordable Care Act and more

02-24-16
Peter Buerhaus, RN, PhD, FAAN is a nationally recognized health services and workforce researcher and health care economist. He is widely known for his research on health workforce forecasting and development of quality of care measures. He currently is a professor at Montana State University...

Yearlong Community Clinic Initiative, "Managing to Leading," Kicks Off at Cedars-Sinai

02-22-16
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is sponsoring an intensive leadership development program for local community clinic managers, hoping to prepare a pipeline of leaders well-equipped to guide their organizations through a challenging new healthcare landscape. The 29 participants in the "Managing to...

S.F. General Hospital Appoints California Health Care Foundation Program Graduate as CEO

02-04-16
Following an extensive nationwide search, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital named Susan P. Ehrlich, MD, MPP as the new chief executive officer of the city’s only trauma center and primary safety net hospital.

The Center for the Health Professions at UCSF Changes its Name

01-28-16
New Name Better Reflects Mission of Helping Health Organizations Drive Progress The Center for the Health Professions at UCSF announced today that the organization will change its name to Healthforce Center at UCSF effective immediately. The new name better reflects its mission to equip health...

Introducing Healthforce Center at UCSF

12-28-15
UCSF's student newspaper Synapse covered Healthforce Center's identity and website launch:  On Thursday, Jan. 28, the Center for the Health Professions at UCSF will officially have a new name: Healthforce Center at UCSF.

ACA will Lead to the Development of New Skills

12-02-15
Contact: Jennifer O'Brien, Assistant Vice Chancellor/Public Affairs, (415) 502-6397, [email protected]

Major NIH Grant Awarded to Healthforce Center

10-19-15
Healthforce Center Faculty Elizabeth Mertz has been awarded a $4.8 million dollar grant aimed at improving dental care quality and outcomes through evidence-based prevention and treatment. Read more about UCSF's awards to reduce childhood oral health disparities.

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