University of California San Francisco
Give to UCSF<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, patient-friendly online resource called PREPARE helps people make complex medical decisions.
A team of UCSF researchers have conducted the most comprehensive retrospective study ever conducted comparing how the major types of prostate cancer treatments stack up to each other in terms of saving lives and cost effectiveness.
A new study suggests preparing doctors to be better communicators may help improve medication adherence and ultimately health outcomes.
<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>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>