The Joint Commission, healthcare’s premier standards-setting and accrediting body, renewed certification of excellence in providing stroke care to the UCI Health Comprehensive Stroke & Cerebrovascular Center. It is The Joint Commission’s highest certification for stroke care and confirms that UC Irvine Medical Center offers the state-of-the-art infrastructure, staff and training…
UCI Health and Corona Regional Medical Center today announced the opening of a high-risk pregnancy clinic. The UCI Health high-risk pregnancy program provides the consultation services of perinatologists (high-risk pregnancy specialists) and neonatologists (experts in the care of high-risk newborns) in certain cases. “Because of our training as surgeons and…
UCI Health invites the public to learn more about the latest advances in laser techniques and lens replacement technology in cataract surgery. A cataract is a clouding of the eye’s natural lens, and is the most common cause of vision loss in people aged 40 and older. Dr. Sameh Mosaed…
Contact: Pat Harriman, 714-456-3673, pharrima@uci.edu A new app created at UC Irvine can improve a patient’s choice of a nursing home. This is important, because when it comes to rating quality measures for nursing homes, patients and experts at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) usually don’t agree…
IN THE NEWS: March is colon cancer awareness month. To raise awareness of the importance of screening and to demystify the process, two UCI Health gastroenterology experts participated in the first live stream doctor-to-doctor colonoscopy. In an interview with the Orange County Register, Dr. Gregory Albers, medical director of UCI…
IN THE NEWS: California hospitals and healthcare providers are developing policies to implement the End of Life Option Act, which takes effect June 9. One of the most important issues is how the request for life-ending drugs is handled, Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, director of the UCI Health Medical Ethics Program…
IN THE NEWS: Orange County has one of the highest rates of prescription drug use and deaths in California. UCI Health pain management expert Dr. Padma Gulur tells KNBC 4 that one person in Orange County dies every other day from an accidental overdose of prescription medication. “We prescribe these…
A program developed by UCI Health trauma/disaster psychology expert Merritt D. Schreiber, PhD is being used to help provide basic psychological support to those affected by the lead-tainted water crisis in Flint, Mich. Schreiber also trained the federal and state mental health services relief team members assigned to train local…
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