Alice Chen, MD
Clinical Professor
Education
Honors and Awards
- Telehealth Champion of the Year, California Telehealth Policy Coalition, 2020
- Invited Member, Women of Impact, 2019
- Annual Leadership Award, San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium, 2016
- Health Innovators Fellow, Aspen Institute, 2015
- Safety Net Award for Using Health Information Technology to Advance Performance Improvement, National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, 2010
- John F. Murray Award for academic excellence and dedication to the humanitarian mission of SFGH, University of California San Francisco SFGH Department of Medicine, 2008
- Award for Improvement in System-Wide Care Integration, California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, 2007
- Award for Innovation in Health Care Service Delivery, San Francisco Health Plan, 2007
- Richard J. Haber Excellence in Teaching Award, University of California San Francisco, SFGH Division of General Internal Medicine, 2006
- Annual Service Award, Emergency Room Interpreter Law Advisory Committee, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2001
- Arnold C. Dunne Award for Compassionate Patient Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, 1997
- Dean’s Award for Excellence in Clinical Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1996
Websites
Publications
Shete, PB
Vargo, J
Chen, AH
Bibbins-Domingo, K. Equity Metrics: Toward A More Effective And Inclusive Pandemic Response 2021. PMID:Lee TH, Chen AH. Last-Mile Logistics of Covid Vaccination - The Role of Health Care Organizations. 2021. PMID: 33503340
DeJong C, Lo B, Chen AH. Emergency use authorization for COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies: challenges and lessons learned 2020. PMID:
Sarkar U, Chen AH. Beyond Survival To Transformation: Investing In Safety-Net Innovation To Address The Impacts Of COVID-19 2020. PMID:
DeJong C, Chen AH, Lo B. An Ethical Framework for Allocating Scarce Inpatient Medications for COVID-19 in the US. 2020. PMID: 32412580
Chen AH, Chin MH. What if the Role of Healthcare Was to Maximize Health? 2019. PMID: 31728893
Kanzaria HK, Niedzwiecki M, Cawley CL, Chapman C, Sabbagh SH, Riggs E, Chen AH, Martinez MX, Raven MC. Frequent Emergency Department Users: Focusing Solely On Medical Utilization Misses The Whole Person. 2019. PMID: 31682499
Tuot DS, Liddy C, Vimalananda VG, Pecina J, Murphy EJ, Keely E, Simon SR, North F, Orlander JD, Chen AH. Evaluating diverse electronic consultation programs with a common framework. 2018. PMID: 30355346
Ulloa JG, Russell MD, Chen AH, Tuot DS. A cohort study of a general surgery electronic consultation system: safety implications and impact on surgical yield. Volume 17 of Issue 1. 2017. PMID: 28645288
Makaroun LK, Bowman C, Duan K, Handley N, Wheeler DJ, Pierluissi E, Chen AH. Specialty Care Access in the Safety Net-the Role of Public Hospitals and Health Systems. 2017. PMID: 28239019
Raven MC, Guzman D, Chen AH, Kornak J, Kushel M. Out-of-Network Emergency Department Use among Managed Medicaid Beneficiaries. Volume 52 of Issue 6. 2016. PMID: 27861836
Price EL, Sewell JL, Chen AH, Sarkar U. Minding the Gaps: Assessing Communication Outcomes of Electronic Preconsultation Exchange. Volume 42 of Issue 8. 2016. PMID: 27456415
Kruger JF, Chen AH, Rybkin A, Leeds K, Guzman D, Vittinghoff E, Goldman LE. Displaying radiation exposure and cost information at order entry for outpatient diagnostic imaging: a strategy to inform clinician ordering. 2016. PMID: 26740494
Tuot DS, Leeds K, Murphy EJ, Sarkar U, Lyles CR, Mekonnen T, Chen AH. Facilitators and barriers to implementing electronic referral and/or consultation systems: a qualitative study of 16 health organizations. Volume 15. 2015. PMID: 26687507
Scheibe MM, Imboden JB, Schmajuk G, Margaretten M, Graf JD, Chen AH, Yelin EH, Yazdany J. Efficiency Gains for Rheumatology Consultation Using a Novel Electronic Referral System in a Safety-Net Health Setting. Volume 67 of Issue 8. 2015. PMID: 25623810
Tuot DS, Murphy EJ, McCulloch CE, Leeds K, Chan E, Chen AH. Leveraging an electronic referral system to build a medical neighborhood. Volume 3 of Issue 4. 2015. PMID: 26699344
Schwei RJ, Del Pozo S, Agger-Gupta N, Alvarado-Little W, Bagchi A, Chen AH, Diamond L, Gany F, Wong D, Jacobs EA. Changes in research on language barriers in health care since 2003: A cross-sectional review study. 2015. PMID: 25816944
McGeady JB, Blaschko SD, Brajtbord JS, Sewell JL, Chen AH, Breyer BN. Electronic Preconsultation as a Method of Quality Improvement for Urological Referrals 2014. PMID:
Mukhtar NA, Toy BC, Burman BE, Yu A, Chen AH, Berman P, Nguyen T, Chan D, Hammer H, McCulloch CE, Khalili M. Assessment of HBV preventive services in a medically underserved Asian and Pacific Islander population using provider and patient data. 2014. PMID: 25324148
Tuot DS, Sewell JL, Day L, Leeds K, Chen AH. Increasing access to specialty care: patient discharges from a gastroenterology clinic. Volume 20 of Issue 10. 2014. PMID: 25365684
Hines JZ, Sewell JL, Sehgal NL, Moriates C, Horton CK, Chen AH. "Choosing wisely" in an academic department of medicine. 2014. PMID: 24970279
Kaplan CP, Livaudais-Toman J, Tice JA, Kerlikowske K, Gregorich SE, Pérez-Stable EJ, Pasick RJ, Chen A, Quinn J, Karliner LS. A randomized, controlled trial to increase discussion of breast cancer in primary care. 2014. PMID: 24762560
Kruger JF, Chen AH, Rybkin A, Leeds K, Frosch DL, Goldman LE. Clinician perspectives on considering radiation exposure to patients when ordering imaging tests: a qualitative study. 2014. PMID: 24764135
Bailey SC, Wolf MS, Lopez A, Russell A, Chen AH, Schillinger D, Moy G, Sarkar U. Expanding the Universal Medication Schedule: a patient-centred approach. Volume 4 of Issue 1. 2014. PMID: 24413344
Kruger JF, Chen AH, Rybkin A, Leeds K, Frosch DL, Goldman E. Clinicians' views on displaying cost information to increase clinician cost-consciousness. 2014. PMID: 25495110
Burman BE, Mukhtar NA, Toy BC, Nguyen TT, Chen AH, Yu A, Berman P, Hammer H, Chan D, McCulloch CE, Khalili M. Hepatitis B management in vulnerable populations: gaps in disease monitoring and opportunities for improved care. 2013. PMID: 24052195
Chen AH, Murphy EJ, Yee HF. eReferral--a new model for integrated care. 2013. PMID: 23802515
Sewell JL, Day LW, Tuot DS, Alvarez R, Yu A, Chen AH. A brief, low-cost intervention improves the quality of ambulatory gastroenterology consultation notes. Volume 126 of Issue 8. 2013. PMID: 23791206
Sewell JL, Guy J, Kwon A, Chen AH, Yee HF. Preconsultation exchange for ambulatory hepatology consultations. 2013. PMID: 23597797
Dowdy D, Bishai D, Chen AH. Setting clinical priorities: a framework for incorporating individual patient preferences. 2012. PMID: 23073315
Chen AH, Rittenhouse D. The un-managed system of Medicare referrals. 2012. PMID: 22374409
Bailey SC, Sarkar U, Chen AH, Schillinger D, Wolf MS. Evaluation of language concordant, patient-centered drug label instructions. Volume 27 of Issue 12. 2012. PMID: 22451015
Tucker JD, Chen AH, Glass RI. Foreign language assessment and training in U.S. medical education is a must. 2012. PMID: 22373612
Bailey SC, Hasnain-Wynia R, Chen AH, Sarkar U, Schoua-Glusberg A, Lindquist LA, Schillinger D, Wolf MS. Developing multilingual prescription instructions for patients with limited english proficiency. Volume 23 of Issue 1. 2012. PMID: 22643463
Straus SG, Chen AH, Yee H, Kushel MB, Bell DS. Implementation of an electronic referral system for outpatient specialty care. Volume 2011. 2011. PMID: 22195195
Dowdy DW, Horton CK, Lau B, Ferrer R, Chen AH. Patient Follow-up in an Urban Resident Continuity Clinic: An Initiative to Improve Scheduling Practices. 2011. PMID: 22655154
Kim-Hwang JE, Chen AH, Bell DS, Guzman D, Yee HF, Kushel MB. Evaluating electronic referrals for specialty care at a public hospital. Volume 25 of Issue 10. 2010. PMID: 20512531
Chen AH, Kushel MB, Grumbach K, Yee HF. Practice profile. A safety-net system gains efficiencies through 'eReferrals' to specialists. Volume 29 of Issue 5. 2010. PMID: 20439891
Chen AH, Yee HF. Improving the primary care-specialty care interface: getting from here to there. 2009. PMID: 19506170
Kim Y, Chen AH, Keith E, Yee HF, Kushel MB. Not perfect, but better: primary care providers' experiences with electronic referrals in a safety net health system. Volume 24 of Issue 5. 2009. PMID: 19308334
Chen AH, Youdelman MK, Brooks J. The legal framework for language access in healthcare settings: Title VI and beyond. 2007. PMID: 17957427
Karliner LS, Jacobs EA, Chen AH, Mutha S. Do professional interpreters improve clinical care for patients with limited English proficiency? A systematic review of the literature. 2007. PMID: 17362215
Chen AH, Jacobs E. Providing care to patients who speak limited English 2007. PMID:
Hardt E, Jacobs EA, Chen A. Insights into the problems that language barriers may pose for the medical interview. 2006. PMID: 16995888
Grubbs V, Chen AH, Bindman AB, Vittinghoff E, Fernandez A. Effect of awareness of language law on language access in the health care setting. Volume 21 of Issue 7. 2006. PMID: 16808766
Chen A. Doctoring across the language divide. 2006. PMID: 16684747
Smith WR, Bussey-Jones J, Horowitz CR, Whitehurst-Cook M, Chen, AH. Case studies in multicultural medicine and health disparities 2006. PMID:
Jacobs E, Chen AH, Karliner LS, Agger-Gupta N, Mutha S. The need for more research on language barriers in health care: a proposed research agenda. 2006. PMID: 16529570
Wilson E, Chen AH, Grumbach K, Wang F, Fernandez A. Effects of limited English proficiency and physician language on health care comprehension. 2005. PMID: 16117746
Jacobs EA, Chen AH, Karliner L, Fortier JP, Mutha S. Legal and regulatory obligations to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate emergency department services 2004. PMID:
Schillinger D, Chen AH. Literacy and language: disentangling measures of access, utilization, and quality. 2004. PMID: 15009787
Donohoe MT, Kravitz RL, Wheeler DB, Chandra R, Chen A, Humphries N. Reasons for outpatient referrals from generalists to specialists. 1999. PMID: 10337037
Beckett WS, Pace PE, Sferlazza SJ, Perlman GD, Chen AH, Xu XP. Airway reactivity in welders: a controlled prospective cohort study. 1996. PMID: 8978514
Raftery KA, Smith-Coggins R, Chen AH. Gender-associated differences in emergency department pain management. 1995. PMID: 7574121