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News Releases | April 5, 2018

Scripps Health Launches Opioid Stewardship Program

The opioid epidemic has been linked to opioid-based painkiller prescription pills.
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.
News Releases | March 30, 2018

Moody’s Affirms Scripps Aa3 Rating with Stable Outlook

Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed Scripps Health’s Aa3 rating and stable outlook, citing Scripps' “history of strong and stable management."
News Releases | March 30, 2018

Advisory Board Names Scripps a National Workplace of the Year

Scripps Health has been named an Advisory Board 2018 Workplace of the Year for the second consecutive year.
News Releases | March 29, 2018

Scripps Health Joins Apple Health App

Apple today announced that Scripps Health is among nearly 40 health systems across the country that have joined the Apple Health app platform.
News Releases | March 13, 2018

Scripps Encinitas Launches Robotic Surgery Services

The da Vinci Surgical System is now available at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas.
Scripps has expanded its Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Program to Scripps Memorial Encinitas, bringing the da Vinci Surgical System to the hospital.
News Releases | March 8, 2018

Scripps Health Appoints Physician as Chief Experience Officer

Ghazala Sharieff, MD, corporate vice president and chief experience officer at Scripps Health
Scripps emergency medicine physician Ghazala Sharieff, MD, has been named to the new position of corporate vice president and chief experience officer.
News Releases | March 7, 2018

Scripps La Jolla Named Among Top 100 Hospitals in the U.S.

Scripps La Jolla, 2017 Truven Top 100 Hospitals
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla has been named among the top 100 hospitals in the nation by the Truven Health Analytics division of IBM Watson Health.
News Releases | March 5, 2018

Scripps Health Names New Physician Executives at Hospitals

As part of an ongoing redesign of the way Scripps Health delivers health care, five physicians have named to new executive positions at Scripps hospitals.
News Releases | February 27, 2018

Scripps Clinic Cardiologist First in Nation to Use Smallest Drug-Eluting Stent Following FDA Approval

A Scripps Clinic cardiologist became the first in the nation to use the smallest drug-eluting stent available in the U.S. market following FDA approval.
News Releases | February 22, 2018

Scripps Dermatologist Receives National Volunteer Award

Erik O. Gilbertson, a dermatologist at Scripps Clinic, has been named Health Professional Volunteer of the Year by the National Psoriasis Foundation.