IN THE NEWS: Artificial intelligence is appearing in a variety of sectors to mixed reactions. Dr. Deepti Pandita, the chief medical information officer for UCI Health, says the technology holds promise for streamlining often time-consuming tasks for clinicians, such as responding to messages, charting, billing and prior authorizations. Despite that…
Orange, Calif. — UCI Medical Center has again earned The Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval® for its Advanced Heart Failure Program Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects the academic health system’s commitment to providing safe and…
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…
IN THE NEWS: The UCI Health Eye Mobile for Children as been roaming throughout Orange County since 2015, detecting treatable eye problems in preschool and elementary school students. Iliana Molina, the program’s director, talks about how such vision issues are often missed with Fountain Valley Living Magazine. “Standard eye charts…
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…
