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According to UCSD Health, the Senior Behavioral Health Inpatient Unit discharged more than 1,100 patients between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2024, primarily aged 65 and older.
UPDATED: May 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM PDT UC San Diego Health plans to close its 14-bed mental health unit for patients age 65 and older in August, a move that is expected to affect about 30 jobs.
With no discussion, Palomar Health directors approved borrowing $20 million from UC San Diego Health Friday, in a move that both sides said was about shoring up the public health care district’s ...
SAN DIEGO — Thousands of UC San Diego Health workers from two separate unions are on strike for the second day in a row Thursday, joining tens of thousands of colleagues across California.
KEY TAKEAWAYS UCSD Health integrated remote video monitors into its telesitting program in 2012, and now has 30 cart-based cameras in five healthcare sites. Over the past decade, the health system ...
UC San Diego Health is recognized as a 2023-2024 High Performing Hospital for Maternity Care, which is the highest award a hospital can earn by U.S. News & World Report for obstetric and infant care.
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — UC San Diego Health has signed an agreement to buy Alvarado Hospital Medical Center by the end of the year, according to a press release from Prime Healthcare.
During a digital health symposium this week, Christopher Longhurst, MD, with UC San Diego Health, pulled up a QR code from his phone's digital wallet, scanned it at a check-in kiosk and instantly ...
Emergency room nurses at UC San Diego Health’s La Jolla hospital held a rally to point out what they said are unsafe and overcrowded conditions.
UC San Diego Health established a call center to answer questions regarding the breach, at 1-800-909-1243 from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.