UCLA Health System

UCLA Health System
Logo of UCLA Health System as per their corporate identity page
Motto it begins with U
Type Healthcare provider
Headquarters Los Angeles, California
Services 4 hospitals
CEO, Vice Chancellor, UCLA Health Sciences
 John Mazziotta, MD, PhD
President
 Johnese Spisso, MPA
Website www.uclahealth.org

UCLA Health System is an Academic medical center which comprises a number of hospitals and an extensive primary care network in the Los Angeles region. Together, the network aims to achieve coverage for 2 million lives: "every 4 miles 4 PCPs plus a 50,000 sq. ft. hub within 15 miles".[1] As a regional health provider, it benefits from the academic affiliation offered by the UCLA 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.[2]

A 2013 report by the California State Auditor [3] 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 recent study by the Rand Corporation about leadership structures at UCLA Health again addresses the ambiguous position of UCLA Health as both an academic and a commercial entity.[4] More recently, the UCOP has scheduled an 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 to compete and collaborate more effectively in the health services marketplace.

The governance structure includes a non-fiduciary Board of Overseers,[5] a Community Engagement Committee that is made up of faculty and staff and reports to the Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences.[6] In addition there is a UCLA Health Sustainability Steering Committee.[7]

Budgetary information for bondholders (2013)[8] and the 2014/2015 Financial Report[9] are available through the University of California Office of the President.

Hospitals

Other Entities

References

  1. ↑ https://www.uclahealth.org/business-strategy/Pages/about-our-business-strategy.aspx
  2. ↑ https://www.aamc.org/download/360982/data/uclaprofile.pdf
  3. ↑ https://www.bsa.ca.gov/pdfs/reports/2013-111.pdf
  4. ↑ http://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/july15/h1attach.pdf
  5. ↑ https://www.aamc.org/download/360982/data/uclaprofile.pdf
  6. ↑ http://strategy.healthsciences.ucla.edu/pages/dt-community
  7. ↑ http://sustainability.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?id=49
  8. ↑ http://www.ucop.edu/bondholder-information/_files/medical-center-quarterly-report-march-2013.pdf
  9. ↑ http://finreports.universityofcalifornia.edu/index.php?file=med_ctr/14-15/Med-Centers-14-15-report.pdf

External links

Further reading

Michelli, Joseph: Prescription for excellence : leadership lessons for creating a world-class customer experience from UCLA Health System. New York: McGraw Hill 2011

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