The clinical complex includes a 466-bed acute care hospital, an Ambulatory Care Center offering 148 specialty and subspecialty clinics and ambulatory facilities, the Family Medicine Center, the Primary Care Center, the Internal Medicine Group Practice, and the Cancer Center. The UCSD Emergency Department is the first ED in a teaching facility with a completely electronic patient record . All patient care data is entered into 17 terminals throughout the department. This system also interfaces with an electronic monitoring system.
Medical informatics is one of many expanding areas of research in the residency program.
The Medical Center offers a full range of primary, secondary, and tertiary care services. It serves as the Level I Trauma Center for both San Diego and Imperial Counties, and offers numerous highly specialized services including the Regional Burn Center, the Infant Special Care Center, the Regional Transplant Center, the Comprehensive Central Nervous System Injury Center, and the General Clinical Research Center. Since then it has consistently ranked among the best hospitals in the nation by national surveys. The Hillcrest Emergency Department is the only Licensed Comprehensive Emergency Department in San Diego, Imperial or Riverside Counties. It is also one of only four Comprehensive Departments in the State of California.