News & Podcasts

Sept. 1, 2016

Mobile Health Holds Promise and Challenges for Managing Heart Disease

By Diana Austin

Science of Caring

Mobile applications promise to help people take better care of their health. UCSF’s Linda Park is looking at ways to help patients with heart disease manage their condition and adhere to important medication therapy.

Sept. 1, 2016

Commentary: Addressing the Ethical Challenges of Noninvasive Prenatal Testing

By Marsha Michie

Science of Caring

In the first in a series of posts on bioethical issues in health care, Marsha Michie of the UCSF Bioethics team, explores some of the concerns raised by the emergence of noninvasive prenatal testing.

The proposed super alarm might have a dashboard that looks something like the above graphic. This dashboard displays a numeric score, which the super alarm algorithm generates and which represents the probability of risk for a patient. Users can then drill down into detailed patient information with one click.

Aug. 19, 2016

“Nerds and Nurses” Race to Develop Super Alarm to Combat Alarm Fatigue

By Andrew Schwartz

Science of Caring

With alarm fatigue causing concerns across the country, an interdisciplinary research team races to create a super alarm that would make optimal use of the abundance of clinical data available today.

Aug. 19, 2016

A Voyage Without a Map: Improving Alarm Safety at UCSF Medical Center

By Diana Austin

Science of Caring

Alarm safety is a significant problem with no easy solutions. UCSF Medical Center and UCSF San Francisco School of Nursing are approaching it as a team effort.

Jyu-Lin Chen (second from left) stands with colleagues from Central South University at a preschool research site visit.

Aug. 19, 2016

Jyu-Lin Chen Named Inaugural Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Presidential Chair in Global Health Nursing

By Diana Austin

Science of Caring

UCSF global health scholar Jyu-Lin Chen has been named the School of Nursing’s first Presidential Chair in Global Health Nursing.

August 19, 2016

New Mortara Fellowships to Explore and Improve ECG Monitoring

By Diana Austin

Science of Caring

The UCSF School of Nursing has created two new fellowships to support researchers exploring ECG monitoring.

Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame Inductee Amemiya

The UCSF School of Nursing is honored to share that former student Aiko “Grace” Obata Amemiya will be inducted into the Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame on August 20, 2016. Grace was instrumental in advocating that the UC…

Mortara Fellowship in Electrocardiology

In June of 2016 the UC San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing announced the creation of two new fellowships—the David Mortara Post-Doctoral Scholar Fellowship in Electrocardiology (ECG), as well as the David Mortara…

Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Presidential Chair in Global Health Nursing

Jyu-Lin Chen, PhD, RN, CNS, FAAN, has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Presidential Chair in Global Health Nursing.

Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Presidential Chair in…

Dayna Moore Selected for Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program

The School of Nursing is excited to announce that Dayna Moore, MA, has been selected for the Office of Diversity and Outreach’s Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program. Dayna is the operations manager in the…

Yoshimi Fukuoka with William Haskell (left) and Anil Aswani (photos by Elisabeth Fall)

August 1, 2016

Big Data, mHealth and the Pursuit of Precision Behavior Change

By Andrew Schwartz

Science of Caring

Yoshimi Fukuoka and her colleagues explore whether combining behavior science, big data, advanced analytics and mHealth applications can help people achieve the type of behavior change that can prevent or ease the burden of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other chronic illnesses.

Yoshimi Fukuoka (photo by Elisabeth Fall)

Aug. 1, 2016

Can the Quantified Self Deliver Sustainable Health Benefits?

By Yoshimi Fukuoka

Science of Caring

Mobile diet and exercise apps are all the rage. Nurse scientist Yoshimi Fukuoka offers one model for shaping these devices so they help individuals make lasting lifestyle changes for healthier lives.