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The medical center has also been named one of the nation's top hospitals for quality and safety by the Leapfrog Group. [22] Located in the City of Orange, 13 miles from the UCI campus, UC Irvine Medical Center has 411 licensed beds and is the principal clinical facility for the teaching and research programs of the UC Irvine School of Medicine.
UCI Medical Center Irvine–Newport is an acute care, ambulatory care, and cancer research facility on the northern end of the University of California, Irvine campus. The center will be a part of the larger Presidential Gateway, a 202-acre area of the campus that will also house therapeutic gardens, nature trails, and a research preserve. [1]
On February 1, 2024, UCI Health which is part of the University of California, Irvine agreed to purchase Fountain Valley Regional Hospital from Tenet Healthcare. [27] [28] [29] On March 27, UCI Health officially took over the management of Fountain Valley Hospital [30] [31] [32] and rebranded it to UCI Health – Fountain Valley. [32]
On February 1, 2024, UCI Health, part of the University of California, Irvine agreed to purchase Lakewood Regional Medical Center from Tenet Healthcare. [22] [23] [24] On March 27, UCI Health officially took over the management of Lake Regional Medical Center [25] [26] [27] and rebranded it to UCI Health – Lakewood.
In December late 2012, Los Alamitos Medical Center was dropped by Health Net, after Tenet Healthcare wanted a higher reimbursement rate. [2] [3]On September 20, 2019, registered nurses from the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee went on a one-day strike at the hospital, they protested that there were not enough nurses to take care of patients.
An audit found that Frank P.K. Hsu, who makes $1.2 million a year, bought the equipment with university funds, often using 'suspicious' or 'unauthorized' means.
The Wound Care Center began operations in 2012. In 2013, the Emergency Room was renovated. [4] Healthcare workers picketed at the hospital in October 2022, protesting against low wages and understaffing. [6] On February 1, 2024, UCI Health, part of the University of California, Irvine, agreed to purchase Placentia-Linda Hospital from Tenet ...
UCI is the first public university to have two Nobel laureates (Rowland and Reines) who received their prizes in the same year (1995). UCI's faculty are also members of the following U.S. learned societies: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (39 members) [15] American Association for the Advancement of Science (105 members) [16]