Rapid Implementation of a Volunteer-Run Service to Combat Social Isolation in Hospitalized Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA Division of General Internal Medicine and Center for Vulnerable Populations, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, CA.

Zoe M Lyon et al. Am J Med Qual. 2021 Jan-Feb.

. 2021 Jan-Feb;36(1):63.

doi: 10.1097/01.JMQ.0000733452.79287.c2.

¹ School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA Division of General Internal Medicine and Center for Vulnerable Populations, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, CA.

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