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  San Diego Hospice Announces Intent to Close

  San Diego Hospice announced today its plans to cease operations over the next 60 to 90 days as it seeks court approval for a plan that would allow for a smooth transition of patient care, and some of its employees to Scripps Health. The plan was part of a set of motions, the first of which will be ...

  • Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
  • Scripps Clinic, Scripps Coastal Medical Center, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Mercy Hospital

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  Scripps Health Named a Top Company for Executive Women

  Scripps Health has been named one of the top 10 nonprofit companies for executive women by the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE). The list recognizes organizations whose policies and practices encourage women’s advancement and whose numbers at the highest levels of leadership ...

  • Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

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  Scripps to Begin Offering Hospice Care

  Scripps Health announced today that it will begin offering hospice services to its patients and the community. This week, Scripps acquired Horizon Hospice (stock purchase), a licensed hospice providing in-home services countywide, based in Poway, Calif. Horizon will continue to operate under its ...

  • Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

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  Dr. Scott Eisman Voted as Chief of Staff at Scripps Encinitas

  The medical staff at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas has voted Encinitas resident Scott Eisman, MD to a two-year term as the facility’s chief of staff. Dr. Eisman is board certified in internal medicine, critical care medicine and pulmonary disease. In addition to his chief of staff duties, he ...

  • Monday, February 4th, 2013
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas

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  Scripps Health Campaign Spotlights Heartwarming Recoveries

  The first new television advertising campaign in more than 10 years from Scripps Health features ads with compelling and dramatic twists to the traditional approach to patient stories. The ad campaign positions Scripps as the provider of lifesaving and life-changing heart, cancer and trauma care by ...

  • Thursday, January 31st, 2013

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  Alvarado Medical Group Joins Scripps

  The Alvarado Medical Group has joined Scripps Coastal Medical Center in a deal completed today. “The addition of this well-regarded group to Scripps Coastal Medical Group strengthens our primary care patient services,” said Kevin Hirsch, MD, president of Scripps Coastal Medical Group. ...

  • Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
  • Scripps Coastal Medical Center, Scripps Coastal Medical Center Alvarado Court

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  Scripps Receives Prestigious Comprehensive Stroke Center Designation

  Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla has been designated one of the first Comprehensive Stroke Centers in the United States by The Joint Commission as part of the new Disease-Specific Care Advanced Certification Program for Comprehensive Stroke Centers, whi

  • Monday, January 28th, 2013
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla

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  Researchers at Scripps to Study Possible New Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease

  Scripps Clinic, in partnership with The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), has begun the research phase of a proposed clinical trial using induced pluripotent stem cells to halt or reverse the effects of Parkinson’s disease.

  • Friday, January 25th, 2013
  • Scripps Clinic, Scripps Green Hospital

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  SDSU's Coach Fisher and Scripps Take on the NCAA’s Best to Win $100,000

  San Diego State University’s men’s basketball coach, Steve Fisher, has nominated Scripps Health’s minimally invasive robotic surgery program as the beneficiary of the Infiniti Coaches’ Challenge. The coach with the most votes through the online challenges will be given a $100,000 donation for ...

  • Friday, January 18th, 2013
  • Scripps Mercy Hospital

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  Scripps and San Diego County Partner to Reduce Hospital Readmissions

  Scripps is part of an innovative countywide health care partnership that the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) just announced it has chosen to receive Medicare reimbursements over the next two years. That means the program can expand its efforts to improve patient care so fewer ...

  • Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Mercy Hospital