April 13, 2023
A new fellowship program has been established at UC San Diego through the generous support of Richard Merkin, MD, making it possible for graduate students to collaborate across continents to advance translational medicine.
May 4, 2023
UC San Diego Health is the first health system in the nation to pilot scanning health insurance card QR codes for easy patient check-in.
January 18, 2018
…an interview, background check, vaccinations, annual online hospital training and a four-hour training in the NICU. As one of the most popular volunteer services at UC San Diego Health, there is an 18-24 month long wait list. “It took me a year and a half to get the call,” said…
October 29, 2020
…services, including testing and vaccinations.Symptom and exposure screening information is not maintained in electronic health records. All students have an electronic health record in Epic so that the care they receive from Student Health Services, and any referrals to UC San Diego Health, are maintained in one place. Students can…
March 25, 2021
…to medications and now vaccinations. That hasn’t happened in Nicaragua.” Nicaragua didn’t get to this state by accident or bad luck, said Richard Feinberg, professor in the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego and an expert on U.S.-Latin American relations. Rather, he said, the lack of…
September 12, 2018
Researchers at the University of California San Diego say they have dramatically advanced the science of biometric identification, creating a novel technology that can capture the fingerprints of infants and children, even on the first day of birth.
April 27, 2020
Researchers at UC San Diego Health report in newly published findings that olfactory impairment suggests the resulting COVID-19 disease is more likely to be mild to moderate, a potential early indicator that could help health care providers determine which patients may require hospitalization.
November 12, 2020
UC San Diego was the first university in California to connect 40,000 student health records to the electronic health record platform of its top-ranked academic medical center, UC San Diego Health. The experience has created a model for other colleges.
October 12, 2021
Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health marks its fifth anniversary and celebrates achievements and milestones while providing the most advanced medical and surgical care in the region.
May 23, 2023
A $2.5 million initiative supported by philanthropists Irwin and Joan Jacobs has created the Stuart and Barbara L. Brody Endowed Chair in Circadian Biology and Medicine, along with a supporting research fund, to target largely unexplored areas related to circadian biology and patient health.
