Our mission is to cultivate a digital health technology ecosystem, realizing innovation at scale with impact through testing at UC San Diego Health and beyond. We strive to empower and inspire people to make more informed decisions about their health by leveraging the power of technology and data to create a healthcare landscape that is more inclusive.
Our Mission
Using technology to bridge the divide between healthcare and the human experience
Our Work
The next frontier of health is here
Mission Control Center
The Joan & Irwin Jacobs Center for Health Innovation is developing a Mission Control Center powered by AI that orchestrates and optimizes various facets of patient care.
Student Mental Health & Wellness App
JCHI has created a new mental health and wellness app that provides personalized resources and incentives to empower students to understand and learn how to take charge of their mental health.
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The goal is to foster a healthcare environment where individuals with chronic conditions and mental health challenges receive the comprehensive support they need.
Impact
We believe that successful innovation comes from cross-sector collaboration
Working together with patients, providers, industry leaders, and public companies, our team of digital experts and health specialists co-design solutions to meet real-world needs and unlock our full potential for health.
Improve the patient and provider experience
Increase health equity for whole communities
Optimize the cost of care
Together we move healthcare forward
Leadership Team
Chris Longhurst, MD, MS
Executive Director, Jacobs Center for Health Innovation; Chief Medical Officer & Chief Digital Officer, UC San Diego Health
Chris Longhurst, MD, MS
Executive Director, Jacobs Center for Health Innovation; Chief Medical Officer & Chief Digital Officer, UC San Diego Health
Passionate about transforming healthcare through innovation, Dr. Chris Longhurst is the visionary leader at the helm of the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Center for Health Innovation. With a rich background in medicine and informatics, he spearheads groundbreaking initiatives that drive positive change in the digital healthcare landscape, ultimately helping to improve the patient experience.
As combined Chief Medical Officer and Chief Digital Officer, he leads UC San Diego Health’s technology strategy, driving initiatives that advance the infrastructure across UC San Diego and the UC Health system, while also overseeing the clinical activities of the academic medical center.
Dr. Longhurst is also a key faculty member in the Departments of Biomedical Informatics and Pediatrics in the UC San Diego School of Medicine, maintaining an active clinical practice as a newborn hospitalist and pursuing scholarship in care quality, patient safety, and health informatics.
Before joining UC San Diego Health, Dr. Longhurst served as chief medical information officer for Stanford Children's Health, where he led strategic efforts to improve children's health and provider workflow using information technology. He founded and led the nation's first accredited clinical informatics fellowship at Stanford, where he was a clinical professor of pediatrics and biomedical informatics.
As an advocate for digital health on a broader scale, he has contributed his expertise to industry forums, collaborated with policymakers to shape healthcare legislation, and mentored emerging leaders in the field of digital health.
Dr. Longhurst - an elected fellow of the prestigious American College of Medical Informatics - has authored several publications on using technology and data to improve quality of care.
Karandeep Singh, MD
Chief Health AI Officer, UC San Diego Health; Joan and Irwin Jacobs Endowed Chair in Digital Health Innovation, UC San Diego School of Medicine
Karandeep Singh, MD
Chief Health AI Officer, UC San Diego Health; Joan and Irwin Jacobs Endowed Chair in Digital Health Innovation, UC San Diego School of Medicine
Nicole May
Co-Director, Jacobs Center for Health Innovation; Senior Director, IS Project Management Office
Nicole May
Co-Director, Jacobs Center for Health Innovation; Senior Director, IS Project Management Office
Jeffrey Pan
Co-Director, Jacobs Center for Health Innovation; Director, IS Value Based Population Health
Jeffrey Pan
Co-Director, Jacobs Center for Health Innovation; Director, IS Value Based Population Health
Josh Glandorf
Chief Information Officer, UC San Diego Health
Josh Glandorf
Chief Information Officer, UC San Diego Health
Kevin Patrick, MD, MS
Professor, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health at UC San Diego
Kevin Patrick, MD, MS
Professor, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health at UC San Diego
Our Sponsor
Joan & Irwin Jacobs
