UCSF Scales Back Plans for Closer Collaboration With Dignity Health
Plans for UCSF-Dignity Health Expansion Put on Hold
Last Tuesday, UCSF Medical Center officials said they would no longer pursue a formal affiliation with Dignity Health, a large Catholic health care system that restricts care on the basis of religious doctrine. The decision follows months of heated protests from hundreds of UCSF faculty and staffers, who argue that such an arrangement would compromise patient care and threaten the health system’s famously progressive reputation as a provider of unbiased and evidence-based care.
UCSF Letter to Staff
UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood and UCSF Health President and CEO Mark Laret cited “strong concerns about a significantly expanded UCSF relationship with a health care system that has certain limits on women’s reproductive services, LGBTQ care, and end-of-life options.”
