Physician Resources

Domestic Violence

The SFMS Community Service Foundation provided funds for the development of the first SFMS guidelines on domestic violence screening and intervention. This brochure represents a concise and clinically based approach to this complex issue, distilljng knowledge from existing, longer documents. The brochure has been widely distributed and well received by clinicians citywide and beyond, and it was cited in the Journal of the American Medical Association as one of the best such resources. Printing for the first version was kindly underwritten by Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. 

Click here to see the SFMS Domestic Violence Brochure. Printed copies are also available from the SFMS; please contact Steve Heilig at (415) 561-0850 extension 270 or heilig@sfms.org.

Emergency Preparedness

In 2008, the SFMS dedicated an issue of San Francisco Medicine to emergency preparedness in San Francisco. Click here to find out what every physician should know.

Improving Palliative Care: A Community-Wide Initiative

The SFMS and Sutter Health Institute for Research and Education have a community-wide initiative to improve palliative care.  Click here to download a PDF about this initiative.  

Click here to read about a recent meeting of physician champions on opportunities to increase utilization of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST). More information on this effort is forthcoming and we welcome participation by physicians and other clinicians in our initiative.  For more information, contact Jeffrey Newman, MD, NewmanJM@sutterhealth.org  or Steve Heilig at the SFMS, heilig@sfms.org.

Medical Leadership Council on Cultural Proficiency

The Medical Leadership Council on Cultural Proficiency (MLC) has developed a website to be used by all MLC members and others interested in the issues of cultural proficiency, language access, and the health care workforce. SFMS is an active member of the thirty-three-member Council and is pleased to link the MLC website to our own.  MedicalLeadership.org has been designed to allow easy access to information for participating organizations, their members, and other health care professionals.

On the site you will find:

• Information about the MLC: Member organizations, participation agreements, and policies
• News and information: MLC reports, meeting summaries, and an events calendar
• Educational tools: CME courses, tools, and patient education materials
• Resource center
• Language Access Database, MLC presentations, and links

The Language Access Database is a county-by-county database providing information on interpretation and translation services, patient education materials in languages other than English, and community resources for patients. The database is updated regularly, and listings may be sent to the CAFP for inclusion.

It includes:

• Interpretation resources by phone, VMI, or onsite
• Language lines
• Community resources
• Interpretation equipment
• Training for physicians and staff members
• Websites in languages other than English

For more information, contact Shelly Rodrigues at srodrigues@medicalleadership.org.

SFMS Member Directory and Desk Reference

Every year the SFMS publishes a member directory and desk reference. To find out about ordering copies of this valuable resource, contact the SFMS front desk at (415) 561-0850 extension 0.

Physician Referral Service

Local Health Care News

The SFMS Community Service Foundation

The San Francisco Medical Society Community Service Foundation, a tax-exempt 501(c)3 charitable foundation, is the conduit for funded projects in research, education, and advocacy. Click here to learn more.