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  Scripps Enters Exclusive Talks for El Centro Regional Medical Center Affliation

  The City of El Centro today announced the execution of an exclusive negotiating agreement with Scripps Health, a private, nonprofit health system in San Diego, California. This 90-day agreement begins exclusive negotiations for the possible acquisition and management of El Centro Regional Medical ...

  • Monday, November 4th, 2013

• Health and Wellness

  Is it Safe to Travel with a Newborn?

  Traveling can be challenging under the best circumstances, and traveling with an infant only increases that difficulty. But even before you start considering the logistics of going from point A to point B, I recommend waiting until your child is at least 3 months old before going on a trip — ...

  • Thursday, October 31st, 2013
  • Scripps Mercy Hospital, Scripps Coastal Medical Center

• News Releases

  Scripps Hospitals Ranked as ‘Top Performer on Key Quality Measures’ Recognition from The Joint Commission

  Scripps Health today was named Top Performer on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America. Scripps was recognized by The Joint Commission for exemplary performance in using evidence-based clinical processes shown to improve care in ...

  • Wednesday, October 30th, 2013

• Scripps in the News

  Scripps Physicians Make Case for Mobile Health in JAMA Article

  Wireless technology has the potential to transform health care by improving patient outcomes and lowering costs, but the path to that future remains uncertain, wrote three Scripps Clinic physicians in guest column in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). “There is substantial ...

  • Thursday, October 24th, 2013

• News Releases

  Two-level Artificial Disc Replacement Offers Increased Mobility over Spinal Fusion

  Scripps neurosurgeon Frank Coufal, M.D., is the first in San Diego to perform a newly approved two-level artificial disc replacement surgery for the treatment of cervical spinal degenerative disc disease. An alternative to spinal fusion, the procedure was

  • Thursday, October 24th, 2013
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla

• News Releases

  Scripps and Kaiser Physicians First in San Diego to Study Dissolvable Stent

  For the past two decades, physicians have routinely used tiny metal stents to open up the blood vessels of patients suffering from a mild coronary blockage. These devices become permanent fixtures in the patients’ hearts and a forever reminder of their mortality. But now cardiologists at Scripps ...

  • Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013
  • Scripps Clinic, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla

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  NIH Awards Scripps Translational Science Institute $29 Million Grant

  The National Institutes of Health has renewed its prestigious Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) with the Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) in the amount of $29 million over the next five years to support innovative research in genomics, wireless technology and ...

  • Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013
  • Scripps Clinic, Scripps Green Hospital

• Scripps in the News

  Generational Training: What's In It for Boomers?

  Employers across the country are increasingly offering generational awareness training programs to help cool tensions among the cohorts and let each group better understand the others. In this recent article from PBS’s website for the 50+ crowd, nextavenue, Scripps trainer Juergen Deutzer ...

  • Friday, October 18th, 2013

• Scripps in the News

  Staffing the Hospital of Tomorrow

  More than 87 percent of healthcare leaders responding to a recent U.S. News survey said they planned to reduce reliance on independent physicians in favor of a staff model. But the challenges of such a staffing shift are not insignificant. Meanwhile, shortages of skilled healthcare workers are a ...

  • Thursday, October 17th, 2013

• Health and Wellness

  What Happens After Plastic Surgery for Wound Treatment?

  Severe wounds can cause pain, loss of function, be aesthetically unappealing, or all of the above. Fortunately, there are a number of plastic surgery techniques that can help. Skin grafts take tissue from one part of the body and suture it over the wound. They are often used for burn patients. ...

  • Thursday, October 17th, 2013
  • Scripps Clinic, Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla