Internal Medicine
In addition to the more than 180 primary and specialty care offices throughout the greater Los Angeles region, UCLA Health also has physicians who specialize in caring for hospitalized patients in
Community healthcare works best when patients can access medical care in a location that is easy to get to and close to where they live or work. UCLA Health now has more than 170 community practices located throughout the greater Los Angeles region, and more than three dozen primary care offices.
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- Prestigious Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) award acknowledges exceptional use of health care information technology.
- Multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, social workers, and professionals in IT, behavioral health, communications and performance excellence join forces to improve patient care.
- A combination of integrated technologies has resulted in a four-fold increase [...]
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- UCLA Health has more than 170 medical offices throughout greater Los Angeles.
- A wide variety of services are offered in Santa Clarita, including primary care, cardiology, obstetrics & gynecology, pain management, radiology and cancer care.
- Santa Clarita's Tourney Road office offers weekend and evening hours and urgent care services.
About three [...]
Jim Frost, 57, is an avid hiker, who spends hours each week on local trails. He is also a [...]
Colon cancer is highly preventable and treatable. Yet more than 140,000 people are diagnosed with—and more than 50,000 people die from—colon cancer each year in the United States. The key to improving these statistics is to ensure that every person completes a routine colon cancer screening test, which can [...]
About 30 million people in the United States, or 1 in 10, have diabetes. Most have Type 2 diabetes, which may be preventable and takes years to develop as blood sugar levels increase.
On the path to Type 2 diabetes, many people are first diagnosed with a reversible [...]
Health care today is a complex enterprise, best delivered by a team. And at the head of this team is a primary care physician, or PCP, who acts as head coach.
In this important role, PCPs maintain an open [...]
It was September, about three years ago, when Carl Link realized that something was seriously wrong with his health. For years, Link, then 36, had been dealing with chronic back [...]
When it comes to achieving optimal health, research shows that following preventive care guidelines for vaccinations, disease screenings and cancer screenings is the best way to get there.
The following graphic shows some of the vaccinations, lab tests and screenings recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services [...]