PROSPECT Lab @ ZSFG

Pioneering Research and Organizational Solutions to Promote Equitable Care through Technology

We are the digital innovation team at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital with the mission of applying technology and digital tools to improve health outcomes and equity in vulnerable and underserved populations. Our team is composed of experts in machine learning, artificial intelligence, data science, informatics, building and analytics within the electronic health record, health equity and social determinants of health. We utilize Lean and implementation science to deploy our technology in healthcare environments serving vulnerable and underserved populations. For more details, read the ZSFG Predictive Analytics Report.

Contact us at <team acronym>@sfdph.org.

News

  • December 2024: Congrats to Luke and the team for recieving the CAPH/SNI Quality Leaders Award in Health Equity Award for the work in using AI and EHR automation tools to improve health outcomes at ZSFG and the San Francisco Health network. The Equity Award addresses inequities in underserved populations by advancing organizational and/or health equity improvement efforts. Read the press release here and watch the video here.
  • October 2024: Dr. Luke Zier was interviewed by ABC7 News on PROSPECT Lab’s recently completed initiative using of AI to improve heart failure outcomes. The initiative reduced readmission rates, reduced heart failure mortality rates and closed equity gaps in care between the Black/African American patients with heart failure and the general heart failure population. View the video here (starts at 29:24)
  • May 2024: Congrats to Luke and the team for recieving the ZSFG Performance/Quality Improvement Award for the work on standardizing inpatient heart failure care! Read about it here.