August 4, 2022
Health Risks of COVID-19 Spurred More Smokers to Quit New UC San Diego Rady School of Management study is first to track smoking behavior at the individual level during the pandemic Being a smoker makes it more likely for a person to have severe COVID-19 symptoms, require hospitalization or die,…
November 12, 2015
…Help Students Facing Mental Health Challenges According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one in every four young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 has a diagnosable mental illness, including depression, anxiety, eating disorders and addictive behaviors, among others. At the University of California, San Diego, a…
October 27, 2011
UC San Diego Health System has been recognized by the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) as a top performing hospital in California. Out of over 200 physician organizations, UC San Diego Health System was recognized as a “Top Overall Physician Performing Organization” with honorable mentions in “Diabetes Care” and “IT Enabled…
March 17, 2016
…Cancer Patients Back to Health Each spring, the UC San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences co-host a memorial service to honor and thank the people who donate their bodies for study in anatomy class. Last year, the event featured several first-year pharmacy students…
August 2, 2016
Ranked No. 1 in San Diego, UC San Diego Health and its hospitals have been recognized among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for 2016-17. The annual U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” rankings distinguish hospitals that excel in treating the most challenging health…
January 4, 2024
UC San Diego has received a $5 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to establish a Center for Learning Health Systems Science. The new center will train clinicians and researchers in the science of optimizing health care.
April 2, 2014
…Hospital Review, a publishing group that conducts hospital and healthcare news and analyses, which described the honorees as “some of the most prominent, forward-thinking and focused healthcare facilities in the nation.”
February 7, 2017
UC San Diego Health and the San Diego Padres reached an agreement on a multi-year partnership to become the Major League Baseball team’s Official Health Care Provider.
November 24, 2021
Communications and public relations professionals from UC San Diego Health and UC San Diego’s University Communications were among those recognized in this year’s Bernays Awards, presented by the San Diego/Imperial Counties Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.
February 6, 2018
UC San Diego Health has been selected by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as one of 561 Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), ensuring as many as 10.5 million Medicare beneficiaries across the United States have access to high-quality, coordinated care.
