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DPH announces two buildings for cooperative housing; EPIC goes live in jail health; COVID indicators improving

San Francisco Health Commission · October 5, 2021
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Director Grant Colfax reported acquisition of two buildings to create cooperative housing for 26 adults in the city—s mental-health cooperative living program, announced EPIC went live in Jail Health Services Oct. 2, and delivered a COVID-19 update showing falling cases, hospitalizations well below recent peaks, and high vaccination rates.

The San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) director, Grant Colfax, told the Health Commission the city has acquired two buildings that will be converted to cooperative housing for 26 adults with mental-health and substance-use disorders as part of the city—s cooperative living model.

Colfax also announced a technology milestone: DPH—s EPIC electronic health record system went live in Jail Health Services on Oct. 2, a change he said will improve internal information sharing and coordination across…

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