Under the agreement, UC San Diego Health and ERCMC will align administrative expertise and business and clinical initiatives. Patients of ERCMC will have access to tertiary and quaternary care services at UC San Diego Health, such as specialized diagnostic, imaging, surgical, transplant, oncologic and cardiac services.
ECRMC is affiliated with UC San Diego Health Care Network, which includes UC San Diego Health and faculty physicians, community hospitals, medical groups and physicians based in San Diego, Riverside and Imperial counties. The affiliates in the network collaborate to develop systems, infrastructure, care pathways and quality initiatives to provide high-value healthcare.
ECRMC and UC San Diego Health are legally and financially independent and maintain separate hospital licenses. Under the agreement, ECRMC will continue to be governed by its board of trustees.
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