October 2021 - California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems

How South LA County doctors at MLK Outpatient Center talk with patients to increase vaccine confidence

Article by: Aisling Carroll A patient was on the phone with Dr. Atul Nakhasi, internist at Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Outpatient Center in Los Angeles, after a routine surgery in the summer of 2021. She was recovering well, and she didn’t want anything to mess with that. The vaccine for COVID-19 might, she thought. Similar to the hundreds of

Caring for San Francisco’s most at-risk residents during COVID-19 and lessons from leadership along the way

Article by: Aisling Carroll When Dr. Susan Ehrlich took over as CEO at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG) in 2016 after leading San Mateo Medical Center, her life and career had already “touched on this hospital in a number of different ways going back to the 80s,” she said. Before completing medical school at UCSF, Ehrlich worked at the

Month: October 2021

How South LA County doctors at MLK Outpatient Center talk with patients to increase vaccine confidence

Caring for San Francisco’s most at-risk residents during COVID-19 and lessons from leadership along the way