Orange, Calif. — UCI Health participated in the 2024 Orange County Heart & Stroke Walk and raised nearly $24,000 in support of heart and stroke awareness. The academic health system’s original fundraising target was $20,000. “The Heart and Stroke Walks are all about promoting the health and well-being of our…
Orange, Calif. — The first part of the construction of UCI Health ― Irvine is complete with the opening of the Joe C. Wen & Family Center for Advanced Care on April 30. On the Center for Advance Care’s first day in operation, approximately 500 patients sought world-class care from…
Nonsense-mediated RNA decay, or NMD, is an evolutionarily conserved molecular mechanism in which potentially defective messenger RNAs, or mRNAs (genetic material that instructs the body on how to make proteins), are degraded. Disruption of the NMD pathway can lead to neurological disorders, immune diseases, cancers, and other pathologies. Mutations in…
Orange, Calif. — UCI Medical Center, part of UCI Health, is honored to announce continued recognition with an 'A' grade in the spring 2024 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. This achievement highlights the academic health system’s ongoing commitment to top-tier patient safety and quality care, consistently placing it among the top…
IN THE NEWS: When UCI Health completed the acquisition of four hospitals and associated ambulatory locations of Tenet Healthcare’s Pacific Coast Network this March, it marked the beginning of an historic expansion of access to academic healthcare in the region. Chad T. Lefteris, president and CEO of UCI Health, spoke…
IN THE NEWS: Pivmecillinam, an antibiotic that has been used for decades in Europe, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women. UTIs are common, but the bacteria that cause them are evolving to resist the current antibiotic treatments. For that…
Orange, Calif. — UCI Health is proud to announce its selection for participation in the Age-Friendly System-Wide Spread Collaborative. This first-of-its-kind collaborative, led by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), has selected 30 U.S. health systems that will accelerate and spread adoption of evidence-based, high-quality care for older adults across…
