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A diabetes educator at Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute teaches patients how to help manage diabetes.
News Releases | May 30, 2018

Scripps Invests $398 Million into Community Benefits in Region

Scripps Health, a nonprofit health system, invested $398 million into community benefit programs in San Diego County during fiscal year 2017,
A female doctor explains the results of a CT scan with a stroke patient.
News Releases | May 25, 2018

All Scripps Hospitals Recognized for Excellent Stroke Care

All five Scripps Health hospital campuses earned AHA/ASA Gold Plus Quality Achievement Awards for meeting high treatment standards for stroke treatment.
Cardiologist Thomas Heywood, MD, and patient Darla Calvet sat down with San Diego Health host Susan Taylor to discuss how Calvet overcame heart failure with help from a heart device known as LVAD.
Health and Wellness | May 22, 2018

LVAD Buys Time, Saves Lives When Heart Failure Strikes (video)

A heart device known as LVAD helped keep Scripps patient Darla Calvet alive while she waited for a heart transplant to overcome her heart failure condition.
The interatrial shunt device is an experimental device designed to relieve symptoms from heart failure.
News Releases | May 18, 2018

Scripps Enrolls First Local Patient for Heart Failure Device Trial

Scripps enrolled the first local patient in an international clinical trial of an interatrial shunt device designed to relieve heart failure symptoms.
Scripps honored its volunteer pet therapy teams during National Volunteer Week. A pet volunteer is featured in photo taken at Scripps La Jolla.
Scripps in the News | April 18, 2018

Pet Therapy Teams Honored

During National Volunteers Week, Scripps honored its pet therapy teams with an event at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla.
Health and Wellness | April 17, 2018

When Is It Time to Get Hip Replacement Surgery? (podcast)

Christine Burke suffered hip pain for years until she was referred to Dr. Rina Jain, an orthopedic surgeon at Scripps La Jolla who performed a hip replacement.
Fortune magazine has named Scripps to its annual Best Companies to Work For list for the 11th year in a row. Scripps ranked No. 41, up from No. 45 last year.
Scripps in the News | April 11, 2018

Scripps Named Among Top Places to Work in Health Care

Becker's Hospital Review recently named Scripps Health to its annual Top 150 Best Places to Work in Healthcare.
KUSI anchor Lisa Remillard and Scripps Health VP Lisa Thakur discuss the Scripps Opioid Stewardship Program.
Scripps in the News | April 10, 2018

News Media Feature Scripps Opioid Management Program

News media focused attention recently on the new opioid stewardship initiative at Scripps Health, which aims to reduce use of potentially addictive medications.
The opioid epidemic has been linked to opioid-based painkiller prescription pills.
News Releases | April 5, 2018

Scripps Health Launches Opioid Stewardship Program

Scripps Health has launched a program that aims to significantly reduce the use of opioids and help to prevent patients from overdosing or becoming dependent.
Christina Adams, MD, cardiologist at the Scripps Women's Heart Center at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, uses visuals to explain heart disease to patients.
Health and Wellness | March 27, 2018

Why Heart Disease is the Single Biggest Health Threat to Women (video)

Scripps Women’s Heart Center doctors discuss the early signs of a heart attack in women and how women can reduce their risk factors.