Healthcare Construction & Operations
SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California San Francisco (UC San Francisco) has announced that after more than 10 years of planning and construction, UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay will open on Feb. 1, 2015.
SAN FRANCISCO — Patients admitted to a hospital located near another hospital with a closed emergency department have a greater chance of dying, according to a California study published in the August issue of Health Affairs.
Researchers believe that the closure of emergency departments puts pressure on nearby ERs as well as patients. This could be due to increased travel time to farther emergency departments, as well as increased wait times or crowding in ERs with bigger populations.
SAN FRANCISCO — Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) are presenting solutions to a potential upcoming shortage in health care providers.
By the year 2025, UCSF officials estimate that there will be a shortage of 52,000 primary care physicians in the United States. In a series of papers published in Health Affairs, doctors and administrators of UCSF offered potential solutions to close that shortage.
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