Quality & Safety of Patient Care
Hospitals and doctors are not all alike.
Across the nation and within your community, there're significant variations in the training and expertise of healthcare providers. The hospital and medical team you choose are important personal choices that affect you and your family.
Become an Informed Consumer
Medicare Care Compare
At UC San Diego Health, we are dedicated to delivering the highest quality, safest care for every patient, every time. We encourage you to compare the quality of hospitals, based on your individual health concern, and make an informed decision about where to get your care.
Quality & Transparency
In partnership with the California Hospital Association, the Hospital Quality Institute produces quarterly Quality Transparency Dashboards that contain publically available patient safety data for hospitals. This quantitative information is compiled and shared to help improve patient care and innovation.
Other Quality & Safety Highlights
Reports on the High Quality of Our Care
Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission
The Joint Commission signifies the highest level of quality care for our patients. Our Gold Seal Advanced Certification Programs include:
Study: Surgical Intervention Improves Quality of Life for Patients with Acoustic Neuroma
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that using an innovative ...
Innovative COVID-19 Analysis Supports Prevention Protocols in Health Care Settings
In early 2020, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a highly contagious and...
Karandeep Singh, MD, Named Inaugural Chief Health AI Officer at UC San Diego Health
Karandeep Singh, MD, has been recruited as the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Endowed Chair in Digital Health...