University of California San Francisco
Division of General Internal Medicine
Box 1364
San Francisco,
CA
USA
94143
Email:
afernandez@medsfgh.ucsf.edu
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Fernandez interests include improving care of low-income patients with chronic disease, language and cultural barriers in health care, racial/ethnic health care disparities, and chronic disease care in patient with substance abuse or mental illness.
Recent publications:
Saba GW, Wong, S.T., Schillinger, D, Fernandez, A, Somkin, CP, Wilson, C, Grumbach, K. Shared Decision Making and the Experience of Partnership in Primary Care. Under review.
Rosenthal A, Wang F, Schillinger D, Perez Stable EJ, Fernandez A. Measures of Physician Spanish Proficiency. Under review.
Fernandez A, Chen H. Perspective: On Teaching in a Public Hospital. Under review.
Wilson E, Chen AH, Grumbach K, Wang F, Fernandez A (corresponding). The Effects of English Proficiency and Physician Language on Health Care Comprehension. Journal of General Internal Medicine. In press
Bodenheimer T and Fernandez A. Cost Containment and Quality Improvement. Annals of Internal Medicine. In press.
Pletcher MJ, Fernandez A, May TA, Westphal JR, Gamez CA, Hersh DF, Gonzales R. Unintended consequences of a quality improvement program designed to improve treatment of alcohol withdrawal in hospitalized patients. Jt Comm J Qual Saf 2005; 31(3): 148-157.
Fernandez A, Schillinger D, Grumbach K, Rosenthal A, Stewart A, Wang F, Perez-Stable EJ. Physician language ability and cultural competence: An exploratory study of communication with Spanish –speaking patients. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2004 19 (2), 167-174.
Pignone M, Phillips CJ, Elasy T, Fernandez A. Physicians' ability to predict the risk of coronary heart disease. BMC Health Services Research 2003, 3:13
Fernandez A, Grumbach K, Vranizan K, Osmond DH, Bindman AB. Primary Care Physicians’ Experience with Disease Management Programs. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2001;16 (3): 163-167 This article was cited as among the 20 best recent articles of JGIM in Bass E. Best of JGIM 2003. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2003; 18 1062-1065
Fernandez A, Grumbach K, Gotein L, Vranizan K, Osmond DH, Bindman AB. Friend or Foe: How Primary Care Physicians Perceive Hospitalists. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2000;160:2902-2908
Schillinger D, Fernandez A, Wheeler M. The populations and quality improvement seminar
for medical residents. Academic Medicine, 2000 May, 75(5):562-563.
Fernandez A and Goldschlager N. Anticoagulation in Patients with Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation. Heart Failure 1997;1:36-42