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.
UC Davis Health ramps up work with small, diverse local businesses by 23%
As part of its Anchor Institution Mission, UC Davis Health has increased its local spending on small and diverse businesses by 23%.
School of Medicine hosts Merced County teenagers and encourages them to become physicians
Nearly 20 high school students from Merced County visited the UC Davis School of Medicine to learn what it takes to become a doctor.
New study points to racial and social barriers that block treatment for multiple myeloma
Socioeconomic factors are preventing some patients from accessing common treatment to stop progression of multiple myeloma.
New study confirms community pharmacies can help people quit smoking
New study by UC Davis researchers shows how pharmacies may provide crucial access to tobacco cessation tools that help people successfully quit smoking.