Our department's mission is to educate students and residents in family
medicine with an emphasis on meeting the needs of the economically disadvantaged
and the medically underserved; to advance knowledge in family and community
medicine; and develop methods of primary care that are effective, efficient,
and accessible to all people.
Family and Community Medicine faculty Diane Rittenhouse had a commentary on the patient-centered medical home published in the May 20th issue of JAMA. The article, The Patient-Centered Medical Home. Will It Stand the Test of Health Reform? discusses a widely endorsed model of health care delivery system reform in the context of the current health policy debates. Dr. Rittenhouse is a health policy researcher focused particularly on the organization, delivery and financing of primary care.
The book Improving Primary Care: Strategies and Tools for a Better Practice by Tom Bodenheimer and Kevin Grumbach has just been published by McGraw-Hill/Lange series. The book has chapters on new models of primary care, patient-centered care, the chronic care model and self-management of chronic illness, advanced access, e-health, and primary care teams. The book also contains 14 appendices, most of which are tools for primary care practice improvement. The book is available on Amazon.com for $29.95.
Annals of Family Medicine: Offering Annual Fecal Occult Blood Tests at Annual Flu Shot Clinics Increases Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates
Faculty member and first author Michael Potter, MD, and department researcher La Phengrasamy are contributing to improving cancer screening and to developing a model for interdisciplinary work in a family medicine practice by researching and reporting the effectiveness of linking FOBT with annual flu shots for increasing screening rates. Article >>
Nov 2009
Congratulations to CSDH which placed 1st in the Laurel Heights Halloween Door Decorating Contest! View photos >>
Jennifer A. Burnett, MS, MD - an Assistant Clinical Professor in the UCSF Fresno Department of Family and Community Medicine - selected to receive the 2000 Chancellor's Award for Gay, lesbian, Bisexual, and/or Transgender (GLBT) Leadership. Read more >>
Family and Community Medicine faculty Diane Rittenhouse had a commentary on the patient-centered medical home published in the May 20th issue of JAMA. The article, 
