July 11, 2012
Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine are evaluating a new social media tool called Wellaho to treat patients with type I and II diabetes. The clinical trial will study whether the use of social networking can improve patient-physician interactions and the patient’s overall health and wellbeing.
April 5, 2012
The arguments have been made in the case of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Not only will the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling determine presidential powers and constitutional limits of government, but it will also set a course for healthcare, health law and economics for all Americans.
November 13, 2014
…p.m. in the Medical Education/Telemedicine auditorium on the School of Medicine campus. Jeste is senior associate dean for healthy aging and senior care (the university’s first) and director of the newly established Center for Healthy Aging and Senior Care, both announced earlier this year. UC San Diego will host its…
December 13, 2013
A network of 25 nationally recognized stroke centers has been created to rapidly address the three core features of stroke research and care: prevention, treatment and recovery. The regional coordinating centers (RCCs), working with nearby satellite facilities, will span the country and have teams of researchers representing every stroke-related medical…
April 28, 2015
UC San Diego faculty members will report on the first “Transformational Projects” completed with the help of the year-old Integrated Digital Infrastructure (IDI) program in three showcase events on May 6 and 7, and the campus community is invited to attend.
October 12, 2011
Today, around the world, more than two billion world citizens do not have access to emergency and essential surgical care. The results are devastating, leading to more than 500,000 maternal deaths and more than 5 million fatalities associated with everyday injuries such as road traffic accidents and burns. This lack…
March 19, 2013
From Saturday, April 6 to Sunday April 7, the Center for Integrative Medicine at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is hosting a landmark conference on integrative oncology. Participants will learn what can be done to foster an “anti-cancer” diet and lifestyle to help rectify health imbalances and…
April 18, 2019
…as innovative applications of telemedicine and mental health focused technology to broaden the reach of mental health interventions. “It has been a privilege to be a part of the growth of UC San Diego’s Department of Psychiatry as it has come to be recognized as one of the best psychiatry…
November 1, 2011
…resource-poor settings, advancement of telemedicine, and how to quantify epidemiological surgical issues. “Attendees to this conference will learn from and network with those who know how to close the gap to lifesaving surgical services, so that patients from all geographic areas can have access to safe and economically viable surgical…
October 3, 2014
With mobile devices in every back pocket and lab coat, it’s a given that patients and their physicians need not be in the same room to interact. But a proof-of-concept demonstration at the University of California, San Diego this week showed that with the right network and visualization technologies, patients…
