UCSF Health’s hospitals at Parnassus Heights, Mission Bay and Mount Zion received the 2024 Top Hospital award from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog organization that sets standards for health care safety and quality.
Members of the UC Davis Health Veterans Employee Association took part in the annual Wreaths Across America event at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery and Camellia Memorial Lawn Cemetery.
Orange, Calif. — Internationally renowned UCI Health hematologist-oncologist Dr. Susan M. O’Brien has been honored with the Excellence in Scientific Service Award by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for her vast contributions to the field. The award, which was presented Dec. 8, recognizes scientists who have driven advancements in blood…
Orange, Calif. — In 2024, UCI Health embarked on a historic expansion of access to world-class, academic medicine that transformed the health system into one of the largest in the state, capable of serving more community members than ever before. In March, Orange County’s only academic health system announced the…
Researchers at UCSF and UCLA created an AI algorithm to analyze health records, identify patterns and flag potential AHP patients, aiming to enhance diagnosis of rare diseases.
IN THE NEWS: Hair loss can be devastating to a person’s mental health and treating it can be shockingly expensive. For example, a high-quality wig can cost upward of $1,500. California Assembly Bill 2668, which recently stalled, would have required insurers to cover up to $750 per wig for patients…
IN THE NEWS: The number of deaths from excessive alcohol consumption in the U.S. rose 29% between 2016 and 2021, according to the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Dr. Charles Vega, a family medicine physician at UCI Health, writes in Medscape about formally screening patients for problem…
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