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Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic, as it was described in 1967

Mar 09, 2017

By David Pearlman, The San Francisco Chronicle, March 10, 2017 Read on the San Francisco Chronicle website When kids from all over the country flocked to San Francisco for the Summer of Love five decades ago, the Haight was a street bazaar for drugs...

From the doctor to the DMV: Trans people rush to change IDs under Trump

Feb 20, 2017

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...

SF working on ambitious plan to eliminate hepatitis C

Feb 18, 2017

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...

VisionSF Spotlight: HealthRIGHT 360

Feb 15, 2017

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...

Haight Ashbury's Free Health Clinic: Middle-Aged And Still Groovy

Jan 22, 2017

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...

Surgeon general’s addiction report calls for better integrated care

Nov 22, 2016

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...

HealthRIGHT 360 Statement on the Surgeon General’s Report: Facing Addiction in America

Nov 17, 2016

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...

Trans patients get help from afar thanks to telemedicine

Nov 05, 2016

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...

Healthright360 moves ahead with HQ revamp

Oct 11, 2016

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...

HealthRIGHT 360 and Prototypes Merge July 1

Jul 01, 2016

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...