University of California Davis Medical Center (Sacramento). UC Davis Medical Center is a nationally recognized academic medical center that provides primary care for all ages and specialty care in 150 fields. The organization serves more than 6 million residents in a 65,000-square-mile area. Every year, UC Davis admits more than 40,000 patients and is handles nearly 1 million visits. The emergency room sees more than 210 patients per day on average.
The organization has won numerous awards. The Leapfrog Group awarded UC Davis Medical Center an A safety score for fall 2015 and named it a 2015 Leapfrog Top Urban Hospital. U.S. News & World Report named UC Davis the No. 1 hospital in the Sacramento area and ranked the hospital among the top 50 in the country in 10 adult specialties and five pediatric specialties. Healthgrades named UC Davis one of the nation's 100 Best Hospitals for coronary intervention in 2016.
UC Davis is also a Magnet-recognized facility and a 16-time winner of the National Research Corporation's Consumer Choice Award, which honors hospitals chosen by consumers for providing the highest quality care.