UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento). UC Davis Medical Center is a 619-bed teaching hospital that serves a 65,000-square-mile area comprised of 33 counties and 6 million residents across Northern and Central California. The hospital maintains an annual budget of roughly $1.6 billion, admits more than 30,000 patients per year, handles more than 1 million annual visits and sees more than 180 patients in the emergency department per day, on average.
UC Davis was named the No. 1 hospital in the Sacramento area by U.S. News & World Report for 2014-15. It is also nationally ranked in 10 specialties.
The hospital was recognized by Leapfrog as one of the Top Urban Hospitals in the country in 2014, for the third consecutive year, and by The American Pain Society as a clinical center of excellence. UC Davis — a Magnet-recognized facility — also achieved Stage 7 HIMSS designation, the highest possible distinction in EMR implementation. UC Davis currently has 10 ongoing or recently completed clinical trials using stem cells, with another 18 in the works.
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