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Scripps Health and Downtown Partnership Launch Healthy Living Program
Scripps in the News | July 11, 2014

Scripps Health and Downtown Partnership Launch Healthy Living Program

Scripps Health and the Downtown San Diego Partnership teamed up to launch “Healthy Living in the City,” a wellness initiative.
Scripps Patients Benefit from New Medical Group Partnership
Scripps in the News | July 7, 2014

Scripps Patients Benefit from New Medical Group Partnership

Scripps Health is responding to changes in health care by building stronger partnerships with three of its affiliated medical groups.
Scripps provides new parents the option of banking their baby’s cord blood privately, for their own possible future use, or they can donate it to a public bank.
Scripps in the News | June 30, 2014

Options Exist When Saving a Newborn’s Cord Blood

Scripps OB/GYN Dale Mitchell, MD, discusses options available to new parents when it comes to saving card blood.
U-T San Diego Covers Scripps Encinitas Hospital Expansion
Scripps in the News | June 30, 2014

U-T San Diego Covers Scripps Encinitas Hospital Expansion

Scripps celebrated the grand opening of the Leichtag Foundation Critical Care Pavilion at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas.
Scripps Health CEO Chris Van Gorder posing for a photo
Scripps in the News | June 29, 2014

Case Study Looks at Scripps Health Turnaround

A case study by The Governance Institute on Scripps Health’s successful turnaround was featured in Becker’s Hospital Review and FierceHealthcare articles.
Steven Steinhubl, MD, Scripps Health's director of digital medicine.
Scripps in the News | June 26, 2014

NPR Program Features Scripps Digital Medicine Director

With wireless health devices and smartphone apps becoming increasingly commonplace, doctors and others continue to debate their potential.
Dulce Digital is a new text message program, which may help patients control their diabetes.
Scripps in the News | June 17, 2014

Scripps ‘Project Dulce’ Tries New Ways To Manage Diabetes

With diabetes becoming more common, Scripps experts are looking at innovative ways to manage diabetes, including a text messaging program called Dulce Digital.
Diabetes is a growing health problem in the U.S. In San Diego County, additional hospital costs for patients with diabetes run up to $120 million a year.  Dr. Athena Philis-Tsimikas of the Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute discusses this alarming trend.
Scripps in the News | May 20, 2014

Study Shows Impact of Diabetes on San Diego Health Care Costs

A 2014 UCLA study finds that diabetes is adding significantly to health care costs in California. Scripps experts discuss this alarming trend with KPBS.
Scripps Recognized for Wireless Health Innovation
Scripps in the News | May 19, 2014

Scripps Recognized for Wireless Health Innovation

The Wireless Foundation honored Scripps Health for its work in wireless health during the 20th annual VITA Achievement Awards Dinner.
Scripps CEO Nominated for "Most Influential People in Healthcare" List
Scripps in the News | May 19, 2014

Scripps CEO Nominated for "Most Influential People in Healthcare" List

Once again, Scripps CEO Chris Van Gorder has been nominated for Modern Healthcare’s list of the most influential people in health care.