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News Releases | November 19, 2018

Scripps Reports Opioid Prescription Sizes Fall by 25 Percent

Scripps Health has achieved a 25 percent reduction in the average number of tablets per opioid prescription ordered for patients at its hospitals and...
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.
Scripps in the News | March 6, 2018

Scripps Physicians Promoted to Executive Positions

The San Diego Union-Tribune recently published a story that announced that six Scripps physicians have been promoted to help lead the systemwide reorganization.
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 | October 19, 2017

Scripps Physician Leader Receives National Supply Chain Award

M. Jonathan Worsey, MD, Scripps medical director of value analysis, has been recognized for his work on supply chain initiatives by Healthcare Purchasing News.
News Releases | January 14, 2016

New Chief of Staff Named at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla

Physicians at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla elected Richard Unger, MD, as the new chief of staff for the 444-bed campus.
News Releases | January 5, 2014

New Chief of Staff Named at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla

Physicians at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla have elected Michael Worsey as the new chief of staff, taking over on January 1.
News Releases | August 2, 2011

U.S. News & World Report Names Scripps Physicians to Top Doctors List

See how rapidly lowering body temperature can help patients survive heart attacks.
36 physicians from Scripps Health were name Top Doctors in 2011, including 19 named top one percent in the nation in their respective specialties.