UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica

UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica

1250 16th St.
Santa Monica, CA 90404

Join a healing community of unparalleled legacy: providing world-class care to the Westside of Los Angeles since the 1920s.
Exceptional care. It’s no exception here.

The legendary UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica has revitalized, revamping historic buildings and adding state-of-the-art facilities including the 16,000-square-foot Nethercutt Emergency Center.

This new ER serves as a STEMI receiving center for heart-attack patients and is currently the only ER in Santa Monica approved to receive pediatric patients. UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica is also the inpatient home of the UCLA Geriatrics Program, ranked #2 by 'U.S. News and World Report', as well as UCLA's highly regarded orthopaedic and spine programs.

At UCLA Health System, we achieve excellence in patient care consistently by following the steps outlined in CICARE.

CICARE is an acronym that describes specific behaviors that are guaranteed to result in excellent communication with patients, families and colleagues.

Every UCLA Health System employee, physician and volunteer holds themselves and their colleagues accountable for practicing these six steps with everyone on every encounter.

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Connect with the patient and their family members by addressing them as Mr./Ms., or by the name they prefer.

Introduce yourself and your role.

Communicate what you are going to do, how long it is going to take, and how it will impact the patient.

Ask permission before examining the patient and anticipate patient and/or family needs, questions or concerns.

Respond to patient and/or family questions and requests with immediacy.

Exit courteously and/or with an explanation of what will come next (or when you will be back to check on them).