UC administers three statewide health-related helplines: the CTIS Pregnancy Health Information Line: (800) 532-3749; the California Smokers’ Helpline: (800) NO-BUTTS; and the California Poison Control System: (800) 222-1222.

The University of California’s Center for Health Quality and Innovation launched in October 2010. The center is designed to promote, support and nurture innovations at UC medical center campuses and hospitals to improve quality, access and value in the delivery of health care.

UC Health — UC’s five academic medical centers and 16 health professional schools — plays a major role in UC’s economic contribution to California, generating about 117,000 jobs in the state, $12.5 billion in contribution to gross state product and $16.7 billion in economic activity.

The University of California has 16 health professional schools – five in medicine; three in nursing; two each in dentistry, pharmacy and public health; and one each in optometry and veterinary medicine. Next in line: the UC Riverside School of Medicine, whose opening has been delayed for a year until 2013 because of state funding issues.

The University of California again has the West’s top two hospitals and all five medical centers rank among the nation’s best hospitals, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual survey.

The University of California had 685 students graduate from medical school this year — UC Davis: 101, UC Irvine: 105, UCLA: 187, UC San Diego: 149, UCSF: 143.

UC trains 60 percent of medical students and nearly half of all medical residents in California.

UC medical centers have more than 3,100 licensed beds.

UC’s innovative PRIME program aimed at training doctors for underserved communities has resulted in the first substantial increase in UC medical student enrollment in 40 years.

UC medical centers had 268,000 emergency room visits last year.

UC Health runs 10 hospitals.

More than 500 UC faculty members are involved in some aspect of global health.