艾滋病毒/艾滋病项目

我们的服务

我们的 services include:

• 患者教育 about the disease
• Primary care for patients with 艾滋病毒 or 艾滋病, including extensive diagnostic tests and consultations with community doctors
• Body mass assessment and nutritional counseling
• Counseling to prevent transmission of 艾滋病毒
• Laboratory and radiology services
• 药物治疗服务
• Outpatient surgical services
• 疼痛管理
• 物理治疗
• 睡眠管理
• 戒烟
• 社会服务
• 支持团体

社会服务

Living with 艾滋病毒 or 艾滋病 can create challenges for people in the home and workplace. 我们的 licensed social workers are experts in services that can help. Each patient is offered an initial social service assessment and follow-up as needed.

Other services include counseling, support groups and assistance with enrollment in the 艾滋病 Drug Assistance Program, Social Security and Medi-Cal. 我们的 social workers have contacts with community mental health, 住房, 残疾, training and advocacy groups to connect patients with a full array of services.

期待什么

Appointment Reminders

You will receive a reminder phone call two to three days before your appointment. Please let the front desk or your doctor know if you don't have access to a phone or if you have other requests. If you can't make your scheduled appointment, please call to reschedule.

计费

We accept most insurance plans, including Medi-Cal and Medicare. Some plans require a copayment at the time of the visit. For your convenience, we accept cash, checks and credit cards.

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当你到达时, please register at the front desk so we can update your information and send your chart to nursing for check-in. Please let us know if you have moved, have a new telephone number or have an urgent problem. Your doctor or nurse will call you to begin your visit. Be sure to mention any problems you need addressed. After completing your appointment, our staff at the front desk will help you arrange other appointments or tests.

实验室结果

A nurse or doctor will review your lab results. You will be notified immediately if a test indicates an urgent problem. Routine lab results are typically provided during regularly scheduled appointments. If you're concerned about a test result, please tell your doctor or nurse, who can arrange to provide you with the results and any additional information you need. Some results may take up to two weeks. 艾滋病毒 screening results for antibodies are always provided during clinic visits.

药物

If you have an existing prescription for medication, your pharmacy can provide refills or can call us for refill authorization. You also can call your pharmacy to confirm that your medication is being prepared. Refilling restricted medications and initiating new prescriptions may require a clinic visit. If a written prescription is needed, please notify the clinic a week in advance, 如果可能的话, so the prescription can be prepared and your doctor or nurse can arrange to discuss the medication with you. At a minimum, we need two to three days to obtain written prescriptions.

特别的关注

Please tell your doctor or nurse if you have any concerns about the following:

• 酒精和吸烟
• 好处
• 生育
• 抑郁症
• 饮食
• 家庭暴力
• 药物使用
• Fears about your health
• 艾滋病毒传播
• Medication 副作用
• 疼痛
• 宠物
• Talking with your partner
• Transportation needs
• 旅行
• 体重增加或减少
• 你的工作场所

紧急的问题

从早上9点开始.m. 到5点.m., Monday to Friday, please call the clinic at (415) 353-2119 for urgent issues.

At all other times, call (415) 476-1000 and speak with the 艾滋病毒/艾滋病 doctor or nurse on call.

If you need help immediately, call 911 and indicate that you are a patient of the UCSF 艾滋病毒/艾滋病项目.

For urgent problems during business hours, a nurse will review your needs and schedule an urgent visit. If your doctor isn't available, we may recommend that you see another doctor or nurse with expertise in 艾滋病毒/艾滋病 or we may refer you to urgent care or the emergency room.

Not all problems are urgent, but certain conditions require prompt care. Please contact the clinic if you experience any of the following problems:

• 尿中带血
• Chest pain that is more severe or longer lasting than previous chest pains
• More than one day of diarrhea of more than three stools per day
• Fainting or loss of consciousness
• Fever greater than 103° F or 39° C
• Weakness or numbness in part of your body that you have not experienced before
• Severe headache that is more severe than previous headaches
• Trouble breathing that is new or more severe than previous breathing trouble
• Vomiting that prevents the intake of your medication