March 28, 2022
UC San Diego Health receives “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader” designation by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for policies and practices dedicated to the equitable treatment and inclusion of LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and employees.
April 13, 2022
UC San Diego Health physician recognized for her humanistic approach to medicine and delivery of care for patients and their families.
June 6, 2022
UC San Diego researchers report that the causes and death rates of liver cancer are changing around the world.
January 11, 2023
The new UC San Diego Shiley EyeMobile for Children is driving to schools in San Diego County to serve low-income families in need of eye exams. The EyeMobile, a program of UC San Diego Health, will visit approximately 250 preschools to provide vision care to low-income students.
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.
