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The Better Lab retweeted
19 Jul 2025
Amazing job by @UCSFSurgery @UCSFGSResidency Dr. @hdecker731 sharing our early work with Project REACH - a partnership btw @SF_DPH WPIC & @ZSFGCare Surgery to improve surgical care access for people experiencing homelessness.
Meeting people where they are, safely 🤲
#ACSQSC25
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The Better Lab retweeted
20 Mar 2025
Noon PT today!
@TheBetterLab @AmCollSurgeon @NCSP_UCSF
17 Mar 2025
Join us on Thursday, March 20, for the Clinical Pilots webinar, “Using Human-Centered Design to Advance Trauma-Informed Care in Emergency Surgery” to learn how human-centered design principles can promote a trauma-informed hospital ecosystem.
Register at training.acesaware.org/aa/de….
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The Better Lab retweeted
1 Feb 2024
An incredible day of design to support trauma informed care for firearm injured people @TempleHealth @templemedschool @TempleTrauma! Thank you @healy_em @TheBetterLab @TheScottCharles for your partnership and to @ahephl for support. So many great ideas and so much ❤️!!
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The Better Lab retweeted
31 Jan 2024
@UCSFSurgery @amanda_sammann comes to @TempleHealth @TempleTrauma for collaborative design to support trauma informed care ❤️ @TheBetterLab @UCSFGSResidency @Oresanya_SurgEd
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4 Apr 2023
📢Join us this Wednesday, April 5th at 2pm PT/ 5pm ET for our next #DesignWednesdays journal club with
@rdietkus to discuss trauma-informed practices in design research and practice!
RSVP link in bio or DM us.
#traumainformed #humancentereddesign #designresearch
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The Better Lab retweeted
24 Jan 2023
2/2 In September 2022, Dr. Sammann and Willow partnered with @UCSFGSResidency alum @jessicahbeard and @PCGVR to use human-centered design methods to develop “prototypes” (solutions) to advance empathetic, ethical and impactful journalism around gun violence in Philadelphia👇
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The Better Lab retweeted
24 Jan 2023
1/2‼️Trauma Surgeon Dr. @amanda_sammann and her mentee Willow Frye (they/them) @willow_learns use human-centered design to develop novel strategies at @TheBetterLab to improve healthcare delivery and address health inequities in and out of the hospital👇
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The Better Lab retweeted
12 Jan 2023
@UCI_Trauma @UCIrvineSurgery lucky to have ⭐️ surgeon and healthcare human-centered design trailblazer Dr. Amanda Sammann of @UCSFSurgery & founder of the Better Lab. Everyone should invite her for grand rounds!!
@Jasosamd @JoeC_TraumaDoc @TraumaDocSF
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The Better Lab retweeted
12 Jan 2023
Truly unique, critical and outstanding work that is improving care delivery, team interactions, and outcome! We are truly fortunate to have Dr. Sammann as part of @UCSFSurgery @ZSFGCare
12 Jan 2023
@UCI_Trauma @UCIrvineSurgery lucky to have ⭐️ surgeon and healthcare human-centered design trailblazer Dr. Amanda Sammann of @UCSFSurgery & founder of the Better Lab. Everyone should invite her for grand rounds!!
@Jasosamd @JoeC_TraumaDoc @TraumaDocSF
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The Better Lab retweeted
20 Jan 2023
Big News‼️The Wraparound Project at @ZSFGCare has awarded a $3.77 million California Violence & Prevention (CalVIP) Grant to Drs. @amanda_sammann & Rebecca Plevin @rplevin, both of @UCSFSurgery, and Drs. Nancy Anaya & Lauren Chalwell, Department of Emergency Medicine @ucsfdem🥳
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8 Oct 2022
Finishing up a powerful week generating ideas to redesign end-of-life care for patients with dementia . Considering the complexity of their journey - and of their caregivers - is humbling but the ingenuity of @UCLA @UCLAHealth and @LizDzeng
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6 Oct 2022
Sharing our gratitude for the invitation to support this critical work to collaborate with community advocates, journalists, and public health professionals to move the conversation on gun violence reporting forward!
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The Better Lab retweeted
5 Oct 2022
Kicking off @acsTrauma pilot training in trauma-informed care with our first session with @TempleSurgRes. @miranda_haslam teaches us about trauma, trauma-informed care and the beloved community. @TempleTrauma @TempleHealth @rochelleami9 @RandiSmithMD @healy_em
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The Better Lab retweeted
1 Oct 2022
Appreciative of the Better Gun Violence Reporting Workshop #pcgvr22 at Wyck House in #Philly this week. Here are some snaps of collective work to improve news coverage @pcgvr @TheBetterLab
Meeting took place a day after four teens were shot at football scrimmage; 1 victim died
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The Better Lab retweeted
28 Sep 2022
#BGVR22 brainstorming solutions for how to create episodic stories with multiple sources @TheBetterLab @PCGVR
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The Better Lab retweeted
28 Sep 2022
👇👇 Our very own Dr. @amanda_sammann
28 Sep 2022
3/ The Better Lab by @amanda_sammann @UCSFSurgery ! Design Thinking via @ideo busy, mission driven health system = creative & impactful quality improvement. Weekly design journal clubs feature great emerging methods & interventions.
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The Better Lab retweeted
28 Sep 2022
#BGVR22 keynote speaker @cthompsonmorton delivers a moving and interactive talk about reimagining gun violence reporting @PCGVR @TheBetterLab @MrErnestOwens
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