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About Us
As the region's only academic medical center, UC Davis Health System is charged with discovering and sharing knowledge and providing the highest quality care to our community. Through its entities — UC Davis Medical Center, UC Davis Medical Group, UC Davis School of Medicine, and the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing — the health system works to advance health both in our local community and around the globe.
Mission
The mission of the UC Davis Health System is discovering and sharing knowledge to advance health. We pursue our mission through the education of physicians, medical investigators and other health-care providers; research into new medical knowledge and applying it to the health challenges that face our world; and patient care and public service for our local and global community.
Vision
UC Davis Health System aspires to be a health-care provider of choice for our community, offering leadership and achieving excellence in medical education, state-of-the-art research and high-quality, compassionate clinical care. We are a diverse community of faculty, staff, trainees and partners, collaborating to shape the future of medicine through innovative scientific discovery, continuous learning and state-of-the-art clinical care.
Distinction
UC Davis Health System is a community and national treasure, offering internationally recognized, leading-edge discovery; training the next generation of doctors and investigators; and providing outstanding comprehensive clinical care and public service.
- UC Davis Medical Center is accredited by the The Joint Commission. The commission is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising the level of safety and quality of care in all health-care settings, and its accreditation is recognized within the health-care industry as a symbol of quality. UC Davis Medical Center demonstrates an extraordinary commitment to provide safe, high-quality care and a willingness to be measured against the highest standards of performance.
- Community service is at the heart of UC Davis Health System's teaching, research and patient care missions. The Association of American Medical Colleges honored the health system with its "Outstanding Community Service Award" in 2005 in recognition of a longstanding commitment to local communities and surrounding regions.
- As the region's only academic medical center and inland Northern California's only level 1 trauma center, UC Davis Medical Center is at the forefront of the latest discoveries and best treatments.
- UC Davis has inland Northern California's only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center and one of the nations largest clinical trial programs.
- UC Davis School of Medicine has developed a national reputation for excellence in its primary care training program and ranks among the top medical schools in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report.
- UC Davis Health System's research program, marked by collaboration and partnerships, is rapidly expanding.
- UC Davis Health System enhances the quality of life and economic strength of the region by sponsoring health information forums, collaborating with other education institutions to help train needed health-care workers and acting as a catalyst through its research to foster the growth of innovative life sciences companies in the Sacramento area, operating five free student-run clinics for specific medically underserved populations, and providing more health care to the uninsured more than any other hospital in the region.