From the doctor to the DMV: Trans people rush to change IDs under Trump
By Marissa Ortega-Welch, KALW Local Public Radio, February 21, 2017 Read the article on KALW’s website Kris Gambardella rushed to update the “gender marker” on his driver’s license after Trump was elected. MARISSA ORTEGA-WELCH Kris Gambardella is visiting the doctor today in order to get a new driver’s license. Kris is 26 and does social […]
SF working on ambitious plan to eliminate hepatitis C
By Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle February 19, 2017 Read the article on the San Francisco Chronicle’s website Photo: Santiago Mejia, The Chronicle Dr. Andrew Desruisseau checks the eyes of Sonia Hernandez at Tenderloin Health Services in San Francisco. Hernandez is a hep\atitis C patient. San Francisco is trying to become the first city in the […]
VisionSF Spotlight: HealthRIGHT 360
By Eleni Gastis, San Francisco Chronicle, February 16, 2017 Read the article on the San Francisco Chronicle’s website Now, more than ever, HealthRight360 CEO Vitka Eisen is prepared to fight for the communities she serves. Anticipating the opening of a new five-story, 50,000 square-foot facility on Mission Street this fall, there is a lot for […]
Haight Ashbury’s Free Health Clinic: Middle-Aged And Still Groovy
By Laurie Udesky, from Kaiser Health News, January 22, 2017 Read the article on NPR’s website A large collage decorates a wall of one exam room at the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic in San Francisco, Calif. Dr. David Smith, founder of the clinic, says patients and staff call the mural the Psychedelic Wall of […]
HealthRIGHT 360 Statement on the Surgeon General’s Report: Facing Addiction in America
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 17, 2016 HealthRIGHT 360 Statement on the Surgeon General’s Report: Facing Addiction in America By Vitka Eisen, MSW, Ed.D, Chief Executive Officer SAN FRANCISCO — Today, HealthRIGHT 360, one of California’s largest community health care providers and addiction treatment pioneers, issued a statement in response to the Surgeon General’s groundbreaking report, Facing […]
Surgeon general’s addiction report calls for better integrated care
By Whitney McKnight, Frontline Medical News, November 22, 2016 Read the article on the Clinical Psychiatry News website Primary and emergency care providers must step up prevention efforts and the use of state-of-the-art medicine when treating patients with addiction, according to the first-ever U.S. Surgeon General’s report on alcohol, drugs, and health. In the report, “Facing […]
Trans patients get help from afar thanks to telemedicine
By Victoria Colliver, November 5, 2016 Read article on SF Chronicle site A young doctor from Delaware with a transgender patient wanted to know how his medications for bipolar disorder would affect his hormone therapy. The physician, still in a residency program, contacted TransLine, an e-consultation service that operates out of San Francisco’s Lyon-Martin Health Services, which serves women and […]
Healthright360 moves ahead with HQ revamp
Oct 3, 2016, Chris Rauber Reporter San Francisco Business Times Homeless health care nonprofit continues renovation of main building. HealthRight 360, a San Francisco nonprofit that provides health care services to the homeless and other vulnerable low-income populations, is roughly two-thirds of the way through revamping its new $51 million headquarters at 1563 Mission St. […]
HealthRIGHT 360 and Prototypes Merge July 1
In Mid-April, HealthRIGHT 360 announced plans to merge with Los Angeles-based Prototypes, a provider of addiction treatment and mental health services. Today, we are proud to share the official start of our relationship with the newest member of the HealthRIGHT 360 family, as the merger goes into full effect July 1. For the last two and a half months, […]
National Council Welcomes Four New Regional Directors
Read Press Release on National Council Site FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Liane Kluge, LianeK@TheNationalCouncil.org, 202.684.7457 National Council Welcomes Four New Regional Directors June 29, 2016 (Washington, DC) – The National Council for Behavioral Health welcomes four, newly-elected regional directors committed to promoting excellence and sharing their unique expertise within mental health and addictions treatment services in regions across […]
S.F. health nonprofit preps for $51M HQ and clinic after two groups merge
New 50,000-square-foot facility wins financing as health groups in S.F. and L.A. merge April 22nd, 2016 by Chris Rauber, San Francisco Business Times HealthRight 360, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that provides health care services to homeless and other vulnerable low-income people statewide, has closed $51 million in financing for a new headquarters center and clinic, […]
HealthRIGHT 360 and Prototypes to Merge, Combining Two Leading Providers to California’s Most Vulnerable Populations
SAN FRANCISCO, April 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — HealthRIGHT 360, one of California’s largest community health care providers, and Prototypes, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit provider of residential and outpatient addiction treatment and mental health services, today announced plans to merge. The merger will bring together two of California’s most dynamic community providers, combining Prototypes’ services in Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties with HealthRIGHT 360’s burgeoning statewide network of primary […]