Meningitis Outbreak Fuels Calls For More Oversight The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that eight people have died and 105 people in nine states have been sickened by a type of fungal meningitis they were exposed to when they received tainted spinal steroid injections. October 10, 2012 News, Public Health Fast-Track Drugs, fungal meningitis , Meningitis 0 0 Comment Read More »
Doing Something Right SFMS Resident Member Receives Prestigious AAP Advocacy Award October 5, 2012 Advocacy, News, UCSF AAP Advocacy Award, Adam Schickendanz, UCSF Resident 0 0 Comment Read More »
Call for Advisory Committee Nominations – California Health eQuality Initiative IPHI seeking nominations for a statewide CHeQ HIE Advisory Committee. October 3, 2012 News, Technology CHeQ, California Health eQuality Initiative, IPHI 0 0 Comment Read More »
Reports Find Drop in Physician Visits, Rise in Health Care Spending U.S. adults ages 18 to 64 made an average of 3.9 visits to physicians and other health care providers in 2010, down from an average of 4.8 visits in 2001, according to a report released Monday by the Census Bureau. October 3, 2012 News, Payment Health care spending, Patient Visits 0 0 Comment Read More »
Ryan Padrez, MD: SFMS October 2012 Member of the Month Ryan Padrez, MD is a second-year pediatric resident at UCSF Pediatric Leadership for the Underserved (PLUS) program. He is the SFMS Member of the Month for October 2012. October 2, 2012 SFMS Member, UCSF Ryan Padrez, UCSF Resident 0 0 Comment Read More »
