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Repealing Prop 47 would be a costly mistake, increasing recidivism, homelessness & racial inequities. ⁦UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative⁩ Dr ⁦Meghan Morris⁩ explains how in ⁦L.A. Times Opinion⁩

⁦The OpEd Project⁩ #PublicVoices latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Join us this Thursday (May 2) at NCRC as we welcome Lauren Hunt of UCSF IHPS to discuss hospice use trends and solutions for improving hospice care for people with dementia. Register now: ihpi.umich.edu/events/dying-d…

Daily Mail Online The AMA and I are deeply concerned and have briefed in this #SCOTUS case that could recklessly force doctors to ignore our ethical principles & sit on our hands, withholding vital emergency care. twitter.com/JackResneckMD/…

UCSF IHPS director Joanne Spetz shares thoughts about minimum nursing staffing rations in CA in
Maine Public bit.ly/3xMe0H7 #nursing #healthworkforce

UCSF IHPS faculty Leslie Suen was an expert witness testifying for CA AB 2115, Asm Haney - SF's bill on modernizing methadone requirements. It passed unanimously! She also testified for the Select Committee on Fentanyl Opioid Addiction and Overdose.

UCSF IHPS's Jennifer Yarger testified CA bill expanding telehealth - “In our research with young people, many also valued the privacy that telehealth visits offer, and feel more comfortable communicating with their provider and asking questions, compared to in-person visits'

“The more we can actually converse as equals in the clinical context where there’s a reciprocity in conversation and mindful listening and reflective listening, good things can happen.” UCSF IHPS's Dean Schillinger jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

The Supreme Court must consider science, not pseudo-science, in public health rulings - new opinion piece by UCSF IHPS faculty member Jack Resneck MD kevinmd.com/2024/04/the-su… via Kevin Pho, M.D.

“The challenge for any health care organization is figuring out how to pay for the higher wages' - UCSF IHPS director Joanne Spetz. California Health Workers May Face Rude Awakening With $25 Minimum Wage Law californiahealthline.org/NDgwMTYw via CaliforniaHealthline #healthworkforce

UCSF IHPS faculty Cynthia Harper shares her thoughts on the new over-the-counter birth control pill. Over-the-counter birth control pill now available in Oregon opb.org/article/2024/0…

Jennifer Yarger of UCSF IHPS testified in support of AB 2339 in the CA legislature, which 'ensures that Medi-Cal beneficiaries have the choice of an asynchronous visit, which may be the only way to access care for young people and other vulnerable populations.'

UCSF IHPS faculty Dean Schillinger talks with Alec Baldwin about the diabetes epidemic iHeartRadio iheart.com/podcast/1119-h… #diabetes

“To say that you’re addressing 49 deaths by saying ‘be careful’ is not addressing the problem at all.” - UCSF IHPS faculty Rita Redberg Heart Pump Tied to 49 Deaths—but FDA Says Docs Can Use It thedailybeast.com/impella-heart-… via The Daily Beast

UCSF IHPS faculty Mary Raven in @SFChronicle

UCSF IHPS faculty Theresa Cheng in The New York Times Times Health Concerns Mount for Migrant Children at Outdoor Holding Sites
nytimes.com/2024/03/28/hea…

Active Social Lives Help Dementia Patients, Caregivers Thrive. Prior research shows meaningful activities can be enjoyed as the disease progresses - UCSF IHPS's @KristaHarrison
hhttps://www.ucsf.edu/news/2024/03/427276/active-social-lives-help-dementia-patients-caregivers-thrive

Thrilled to have published this nature piece about how to promote gender equity in health sciences with my brilliant and dear colleague (and role model) Claire Brindis! UCSF School of Medicine UCSF Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UCSF IHPS UCSF CVP at ZSFG ELAM (Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine)
nature.com/articles/d4158…

A wider group of providers need to be trained on how to counsel patients regarding contraceptive care UCSF IHPS faculty Cynthia Harper shared. Contraceptive Counseling: Providers Need More Training, Experts Say medpagetoday.com/obgyn/pregnanc…

4- standardizing collection of data 5-support and train #CHWs to avoid burnout. Read here ➡️ healthaffairs.org/content/forefr… ImSatUCSF UCSF IHPS CPEHN