The UCI Health Regional Burn Center has received a $5,594 grant from SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Services and Fireman's Fund Insurance Company to fund training for emergency responders about effectively providing emergency care of burn patients. This training program will encompass a series of lectures, case studies and simulations to reinforce assessment…
UCI Health otolaryngologist Dr. Hamid Djalilian and his team tested more than two dozen popular toys to determine which had the highest sound levels in three scenarios: at the ear with no tape over the speaker, at the ear with tape over the speaker and at a child's arm's length…
UCI Health and Corona Regional Medical Center are pleased to announce a comprehensive affiliation that will enhance the depth and variety of specialty healthcare services available in Corona and nearby communities. A major hospital expansion project will accompany this affiliation. “Our goal is to transform healthcare in west Riverside County,”…
More than 500 people from Tustin, Orange, Santa Ana and Irvine visited Saturday’s grand opening celebration of two new, state-of-the-art UCI Health Medical Group primary care offices in Tustin and Orange. The family-friendly event was held at Tustin office, 1451 Irvine Boulevard, and featured free flu shots, blood pressure screenings…
In October, Orange County became the state’s largest to implement Laura’s Law, which authorizes court-ordered outpatient treatment for people with severe mental illness. UCI Health psychiatrist Jody M. Rawles, MD, who is active in efforts to reform existing mental health laws, says that the psychiatric community views the law as…
IN THE NEWS: California is in the midst of a whooping cough epidemic and infants too young to be vaccinated are most vulnerable to this disease, also known as pertussis. To protect them, the state health department, as well as the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the American College…
The University of California, Irvine Medical Center has been recognized as a 2013 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States. UC Irvine was recognized as part of The Joint Commission’s 2014 annual report “America’s Hospitals: Improving…
UCI Health has received the Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for excellence in stroke care. This designation signifies that UCI Health has achieved the goal of delivering prompt, appropriate stroke treatment that saves lives and reduces the likelihood…
The spotlight may be on the deadly Ebola virus, but UCI Health experts want to remind people to protect themselves against a far more common and dangerous agent: seasonal influenza. Unlike Ebola, there is an effective vaccine for influenza that is widely available as fall marks the onset of the…
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