On March 13, 2015, officials at UC Irvine Medical Center discovered that an employee, whose job required access to some patient records, had looked at additional records without a job-related purpose between June 2011 and March 2015. As far as it is possible to determine, the employee did not access…
IN THE NEWS: Toddler Mikaela Halvorsen is lucky that she'll recover from severe burns caused by an accidental tumble into a smoldering fire pit, suffering third-degree burns on her back and second-degree burns on her left hand. UCI Health burn specialist Dr. Victor Joe and Mikaela's parents, Damon and Grace…
With a family history of prostate cancer and an elevated PSA level, 57-year-old Paul Kroger was not content to follow the “wait and see” approach a urologist advised for his early stage diagnosis. The Los Alamitos resident sought a second opinion and a prostate biopsy from UCI Health experts. Using…
Every morning at 4:15, Dominic Valentine, began preparing for the boot camp classes she ran out of her garage. Afterward, the personal trainer would follow up with a walk of several miles. It was during one of those walks near her Eastvale home last January that Valentine, 48, suffered a…
UCI Health breast cancer surgeon Dr. Alice Police recently performed Orange County’s first lumpectomy using a new process to improve tumor location. UC Irvine Medical Center is the only hospital in Orange County to participate in a national, multicenter clinical trial of the system, which is designed to make breast-conserving…
Who would choose to drive 500 miles every week for their chemotherapy treatments? When Henderson, Nevada resident LeeAnn Brill was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer, she and her husband Mike were determined that she would be treated at the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center in Orange, Calif…
UCI Health invites the public to meet the doctors, tour the facilities, get free health screenings, enjoy a light breakfast, and more to celebrate the addition of specialty care services in Tustin. The family-friendly festivities will take place from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 27, at 1451 Irvine…
UCI Health and Angels Baseball are partnering in a series of blood drives at Angel Stadium throughout June to increase the supply for people in need at Orange County’s only Level I trauma center and Level II pediatric trauma center. Donors will receive vouchers that can be exchanged at the…
Thanks to advances in acute intervention, more patients are surviving strokes and require specialized nursing care. UCI Health Comprehensive Stroke & Cerebrovascular Center nurses Nilfy Cooper and Rosemarie Murillo recently earned the Stroke Care Registered Nurse® credential, in recognition of the necessary skills, knowledge and experience unique to the practice…
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