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Scripps Encinitas Rehab Center Earns Prestigious Reaccreditation
The Rehabilitation Center at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas has been reaccredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) for three years for its inpatient rehabilitation programs, including specialty programs for stroke and brain injury rehabilitation. This is ...
- Thursday, June 21st, 2012
- Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
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Scripps Hospitals Receive Award for Excellent Stroke Care
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas and Scripps Green Hospital have each received a performance achievement award for meeting strict, evidence-based guidelines related to stroke care during 2011. Both hospitals were granted the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The ...
- Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
- Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Scripps Green Hospital
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Scripps to Host Cancer Survivors Day Celebrations in June
Scripps Cancer Center will host free public celebrations throughout the month of June for local cancer survivors, their families, friends and the community at large at each of its four hospitals across San Diego County, in conjunction with the 25th annual National Cancer Survivors Day. The programs ...
- Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
- Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Mercy Hospital
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Scripps Announces Arrival of San Diego’s First 3-D Mammography Technology
Encinitas, Calif. – San Diegans now have access to a new, highly advanced breast cancer diagnostic tool that improves the clarity and reliability of test results, with Scripps Health’s recent acquisition of 3-D digital breast tomosynthesis technology. Scripps recently began using the software with ...
- Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
- Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
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Groundbreaking Marks Major Step for North County Hospital Expansion
Expansion plans at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas took a major step forward with today’s groundbreaking of a Critical Care Building, which will more than double the size of the hospital’s current emergency department and increase the number of medical-surgical beds by 43 percent. The Critical ...
- Friday, April 27th, 2012
- Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
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Scripps Participates in National Prescription Drug Take Back
Scripps as part of the nationwide prescription drug take back day will host five drop-off locations in San Diego County. On Saturday, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., personnel will be available to accept unused prescription drugs from people who want to dispose of their medications safely and ...
- Thursday, April 19th, 2012
- Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Clinic, Scripps Coastal Medical Center, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Scripps Mercy Hospital
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Be Smart About Medication Storage and Disposal
By Victoria Serrano Adams, PharmD, Scripps Health When used as directed, prescription medications can save lives. However, if they are used incorrectly, they also can be deadly. Improper use of medications—whether accidental or intentional—can be extremely dangerous. Brightly colored capsules or ...
- Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
- Scripps Clinic, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Mercy Hospital
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New Pap Guidelines: Is The Annual Exam Gone?
Cervical cancer was once the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in American women. In the 1930s, more American women died of cervical cancer than any other kind of cancer, including breast or lung. But in 1943, a new method for cervical screening was introduced. The Babeș-Papanicolaou test ...
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FDA to Examine Self-Screening to Treat Disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold public hearings on whether drugs commonly prescribed for high cholesterol, high blood pressure, migraine headaches and asthma should be available over the counter. Scripps cardiologist Matthew Lucks, MD, discusses the possible pitfalls of this ...
- Monday, March 19th, 2012
- Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
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Scripps Health Named to Fortune Magazine’s National "100 Best Companies to Work For" List in 2012
Scripps Health has been named to Fortune magazine’s 15th annual list of America’s “100 Best Companies to Work For.” Scripps ranked No. 56 on this year’s list and is the second San Diego-based company to make the list since the list’s inception in 1998, joining Qualcomm. “Scripps is honored to be ...