From primary and specialty care to mental and behavioral health, we are taking active steps through partnerships and investment for all communities in the region. Some examples:
Access to Affordable, Quality Health Services
Circumstances we’re helping to improve:
Leveraging the power of digital
Digital access and health solutions to address health disparities, with the opportunity for wider impact
Serving the medically underinsured
Physical and mental health services and support for medically underinsured individuals
Care for vulnerable populations
Providing care to vulnerable populations, including refugees and those who are unhoused
Some examples of our efforts:
IN THE COMMUNITY
Community health center collaborations
We collaborate with the region’s community health centers (FQHCs) on neighborhood-based care, providing a comprehensive mix of primary, specialty and behavioral health care through in-person and telemedicine services.
IN THE COMMUNITY
Digital health equity
UC Davis Health is creating a regional digital public health platform to improve access and continuity of care for vulnerable populations in Northern California.
IN THE COMMUNITY
Student-run clinics
For more than 50 years, the nationally recognized UC Davis Health affiliated student-run clinics along with our nonprofit partners have provided free health care to thousands of uninsured, low-income, and other under-resourced communities throughout Sacramento.
More Believe in Better Highlights
Some recent examples of our ongoing efforts to advance health for all.
Medical school awarded grant to share best practices on socially accountable admissions reform
UC Davis School of Medicine and UMass Chan Medical School have partnered to create a toolkit on socially conscious admissions to change the landscape of medicine.
UC Davis Children’s Hospital provides life-saving care to Lodi baby
Ruthie Eyer was born with Down syndrome and a heart defect. Coming to UC Davis Children’s Hospital helped save her life.
UC Davis Health offers Lung Cancer Screening Day on Saturday, Nov. 9
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and UC Davis Health is making it easy for eligible patients to get screened.
UC Davis medical residency programs expand to Central Valley
UC Davis resident physicians training in OB-GYN and cardiothoracic surgery are caring for patients in Modesto under a new partnership with Doctors Medical Center.