UCLA Health is a health system which comprises a number of hospitals, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and an extensive primary care network in the
Los Angeles
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region. As a regional health provider, it benefits from the academic affiliation offered by the
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California ...
campus, as this increases its status in the medical marketplace. For instance, the symbiotic relationship with the campus allowed the creation of nominal assistant professor-level appointments for primary care physicians, but this practice has now been limited because of opposition from the academic community.
In 2007, UCLA Health founded
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, a program for treating military veterans who were wounded in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2016 Operation Mend received a grant from
Wounded Warrior Project
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to expand its offering to include
PTSD
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treatment and became part of the
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.
A 2013 report by the California State Auditor has suggested that the financial transactions from the health system to the medical school, which have grown threefold over the reporting period, deserve more transparency. A study by the
Rand Corporation
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about leadership structures at UCLA Health again addresses the ambiguous position of UCLA Health as both an academic and a commercial entity. More recently, the UCOP has scheduled a bylaw amendment for the Committee on Health Services with a view to change the composition of the leadership structure to enable the UCLA Health System (then so called) to compete and collaborate more effectively in the health services marketplace.
The governance structure includes a non-fiduciary Board of Overseers and a Community Engagement Committee that is made up of faculty and staff and reports to the Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences. In addition, there is a UCLA Health Sustainability Steering Committee.
Budgetary information for bondholders (2013) and the 2014–2015 Financial Report are available through the
University of California
The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, University of Califor ...
Office of the President.
Hospitals
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Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (also commonly referred to as ''UCLA Medical Center'', "RRMC" or "Ronald Reagan") is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, Unit ...
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UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
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Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA
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Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
The Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) is a cancer research center at University of California, Los Angeles.
History
The center was originated by UCLA scientists and volunteers who began working together in the late 1960s.The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is an accredited medical school located in Los Angeles, California, United States. The school was renamed in 2001 in honor of media mogul David Geffen who donated $200 million in unrestricted funds.
* UCLA Faculty Practice Group, a system of more than 1,200 full-time clinical faculty physicians, who work in primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the
Greater Los Angeles Area
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UCLA Health Training Center
UCLA Health Training Center is an indoor arena and basketball practice facility located in El Segundo, California. It hosts the South Bay Lakers of the NBA G League. The facility also serves as the training center for the Los Angeles Lakers of ...
, an arena and a training center for the
Los Angeles Lakers
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* Tiverton House, a 100-room hotel facility for patients and their families
* Michelli, Joseph: ''Prescription for excellence : leadership lessons for creating a world-class customer experience from UCLA Health System.'' New York: McGraw Hill 2011
Health System
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