Stanford Health Care faces criticisms for poor patient care measures Anne-Marie Hwang February 17, 2016 1 Comment Stanford Health Care is facing criticism and concern regarding its patient safety due to its recent poor Medicare ratings and older C. difficile infection rates. Members of the Quality team at... Read More »
Fad diets change how society approaches health, Stanford graduate student writes in dissertation Fiona Kelliher January 18, 2016 0 Comments Fad diets reveal a societal obsession with pre-modern times, according to new research by Stanford doctoral candidate Adrienne Rose Johnson. Her dissertation, Diet and the Disease of Civilization,... Read More »
County Health Inspections show campus eateries safe despite temporary challenges Caleb Smith January 15, 2016 0 Comments Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health restaurant inspection reports indicate that, although all on-campus eateries have been cleared as safe, the most recent inspection scores varied... Read More »
Stanford violates federal law requiring disclosure of clinical trial data Anne-Marie Hwang January 12, 2016 0 Comments A recent STAT News investigation stated that Stanford has violated a federal law requiring the disclosure of applicable clinical trials and observational studies involving human subjects on... Read More »
Stanford takes action after pollutant found at planned faculty housing Caleb Smith January 5, 2016 0 Comments Stanford University has decided to shift the location of some housing and take other safety measures after the pollutant trichloroethylene was discovered at Stanford’s planned faculty housing... Read More »
Vaden Health Center names new executive director Jacob Nierenberg January 5, 2016 1 Comment Today, Stanford’s publication The Dish announced that James R. Jacobs will be the new executive director for the Vaden Health Center. Jacobs, who assumes his position on March 7, replaces Dr. Ira M.... Read More »
Mariann Byerwalter ’82 elected as Stanford Health Care interim CEO Francesca Lupia November 11, 2015 0 Comments Mariann Byerwalter ’82, a longtime member and former chair of the Stanford Health Care Board of Directors, has been selected as interim president and CEO of Stanford Health Care (SHC). Byerwalter... Read More »
Q&A with Dr. Ian Crozier, ebola survivor and physician Fangzhou Liu October 21, 2015 0 Comments Three months after his evacuation from Sierra Leone, Dr. Ian Crozier found Ebola in his eye. This was after he was declared cured of the illness he had fought first as a volunteer doctor with the... Read More »
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