Hospital Medicine UCSF Health

K01 Award Recipient

James Harrison was awarded a 5-year K01 by the National Institute of Aging. His research "Placing patient preferences at the center of care plans for older adults transitioning from the hospital at a skilled nursing facility" will involved embedded research at UCSF Health and the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living.

April Publications

 

This collaboration between the DHM and the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology showed that the electronic health record could be successfully used to determine the severity of acute on chronic liver failure in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis. Read More

March DHM Publications

Michelle Mourad published "A Piece of My Mind" in JAMA sharing her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic; exploring how the isolation of the pandemic facilitates the hiding of serious illness but also complicates disclosing the news to colleagues and friends.