Scripps Health

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founder = Ellen Browning Scripps
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Scripps Health is a $2 billion, not-for-profit, community-based health care delivery network in San Diego, California, that includes four acute-care hospitals on five campuses, more than 2,600 affiliated physicians, an extensive ambulatory care network, home health care and associated support services. Scripps treats a half-million patients annually through the dedication of 2,600 affiliated physicians and 11,600 employees among its five acute-care hospital campuses, home health care services, and an ambulatory care network of clinics, physician offices and outpatient centers.

Scripps Health has a rich history in San Diego, dating back to 1924 when publishing heiress and philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps founded Scripps Memorial Hospital and Scripps Metabolic Clinic in La Jolla. Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego's longest operating hospital, was founded in 1890 by the Sisters of Mercy and joined the Scripps system in 1995. In October 2004, Scripps Mercy Hospital joining operations with Scripps Memorial Hospital Chula Vista, creating a second Scripps Mercy campus - Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista. Today, in addition to the two campuses of Scripps Mercy Hospital and Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (formerly Scripps Memorial Hospital), the Scripps' acute-care hospital system also includes Scripps Green Hospital and Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas.

In 2007, Scripps committed more than $150 million in capital and facility improvements across the San Diego region, while providing significant charity care to the community -- more than $236 million in uncompensated care in 2007. Scripps Health Foundation generated $74 million in charitable donations in 2007 to support the Scripps mission.

Recognized as a leader in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, Scripps is also at the forefront of clinical research and graduate medical education.

Hospital locations:

• Scripps Green Hospital
• Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
• Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
• Scripps Mercy Hospital with two campuses:
  • Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego
  • Scripps Mercy Chula Vista
• Scripps Clinic [http://www.scripps.org/locations/scripps-clinic] is a multi-specialty, integrated medical group with more than 400 physicians representing 50 medical and surgical specialties with 10 locations throughout the San Diego region. Scripps Clinic strives to provide effective care for every health concern. Whether you are in need of preventive screenings, routine lab work, or more specialized treatment for an illness or injury, you will find the comprehensive services you need from local experts who are dedicated to getting you healthy and keeping you well.

Scripps Health Foundation [http://www.scripps.org/about-us__giving] supports the Scripps Health mission through memorial gifts, tribute gifts, and annual gifts that fund new medical technologies, health facilities and programs and clinical research and medical education.

Key service lines, technologies and centers vary depending on the hospital location:
Scripps Mercy:

• Minimally invasive surgery
• Cardiology
• Spine
• Orthopedics
• Neonaids
• Bariatric
• Prostate cancer
• DaVinci system – robotic surgery

Scripps Encinitas:

• OB/GYN
• Imaging
• Surgery
• Neurology services
• Rehab services – largest hospital-based rehab services in area
• Stroke-certified – primary stroke center
• Midwife program/natural childbirth (unique within Scripps)
• STEMI – Designated to treat heart attacks that require cath lab intervention
• Emergency services
• Standard acute care

Scripps La Jolla:

• Imaging
• Orthopedics
• Cardiac
• Diabetes
• Executive Health Center
• Eye Center
• Outpatient Imaging
• McDonald Center
• Bariatrics
• Plastic surgery
• Trauma centers

Scripps Green Hospital and Scripps Clinic:

• Cancer Treatment
• Neurologic Disorders
• Organ Transplantation
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Treatment of Kidney Disorders
• Laser Technology for Surgery
• Management of Orthopaedic Problems

Plastic surgery

A Rich History

San Diego's premier health care provider, Scripps is a community-based health care system with a proud legacy of providing excellent care for the people of San Diego. Now with four acute-care hospitals on five campuses, a network of clinics, home health and 2,600 affiliated physicians, Scripps continues to raise the bar for quality care, as it has for more than 80 years.

1890Sisters of Mercy, led by Sister Mary Michael Cummings, open a five-bed dispensary, St. Joseph's, on Sixth Avenue and Market Street in downtown San Diego. The hospital moves to Eighth and University Avenues in Hillcrest the following year.

1924Ellen Browning Scripps establishes the 44-bed Scripps Hospital and Scripps Metabolic Clinic on Prospect Street in La Jolla. St. Joseph's Hospital moves to its current location on Fifth and Washington and is renamed Mercy Hospital.

1944The Guadalupe Clinic, a one-room clinic for the underserved, opens in Barrio Logan. Mercy physicians and nurses donate their services.

1946The American Medical Association approves Mercy Hospital's new Graduate Medical Education program.

1956Scripps Metabolic Clinic is renamed Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation.

1961Guadalupe Clinic moves to Mercy Hospital and is rededicated as Mercy Clinic.

1964The new 240-bed Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla opens on Genesee Avenue.

1966Mercy dedicates a new 11-story hospital on Fifth Avenue.

1971Scripps Memorial Hospital adds the seven-story Copley Tower and Kelsey Surgical Pavilion.

1976The Cancer Center, later renamed Stevens Cancer Center, is established at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla.

1977Scripps Clinic moves to its current site on Torrey Pines Mesa.

1978 San Dieguito Hospital becomes Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas.

1980Scripps Clinic opens satellite clinics across San Diego County.

1981The Scripps Well Being Center, later renamed Mende Well Being, the first storefront health education center of its kind in the United States, opens at University Town Center in La Jolla. Well Being Centers are later expanded to Encinitas and Chula Vista

1982
The Whittier Institute for Diabetes and Endocrinology opens on the Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla campus.

1983Scripps Clinic opens the Anderson Outpatient Pavilion. The McDonald Center, a chemical dependency recovery facility, opens on the Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla campus.

1984Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla becomes part of the county's new trauma care system. The Cardiovascular Institute and Mericos Eye Institute are established on the Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla campus.

1986Bay General Hospital Medical Center becomes Scripps Memorial Hospital Chula Vista. Scripps creates Home Health Care Services.

1987Green Cancer Center and the Musculoskeletal Center open at Scripps Clinic.

1989The Mercy Hospital Family Birth Unit opens. The Heart, Lung and Vascular Center opens at Scripps Green Hospital.

1990Scripps Green Hospital starts San Diego's first successful liver transplant program.

1995Mercy Hospital joins Scripps, adding 520 beds, eight health care centers, more than 2,400 employees and 943 physicians to the Scripps network.

1998Scripps Center for Women's Health, which includes 12 state-of-the-art birthing suites, opens at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla.

1999Scripps Health, Scripps Clinic and The Scripps Research Institute join forces to create the Scripps Cancer Center, integrating basic research, clinical research, cancer care and community outreach. Scripps establishes the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, providing complementary therapies to traditional medical care. Construction is completed for Scripps Memorial Hospital Chula Vista's Emergency Room, ICU and lobby expansion and upgrade.

2000The Scripps Breast Care Center, San Diego’s first comprehensive breast center, opens on the campus of Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. Mercy Clinic relocates to a newly renovated facility on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Washington Street in Hillcrest.

2002Scripps opens Mercy Gardens to house AIDS/HIV patients on the campus of Scripps Mercy Hospital. Scripps opens the City Heights Wellness Center to enhance the health of residents in the neighborhood.

2004Scripps Memorial Hospital Chula Vista consolidates operating licenses with Scripps Mercy Hospital, becoming Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista. Together with the Scripps Mercy facility in Hillcrest, the hospital provides care to San Diego's Metro and South Bay communities. Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine adds the Dickinson & Gooding Center for Early Detection. Scripps also opens the Ambulatory Surgery Pavilion at Scripps Mercy Hospital, the Scripps Chula Vista Cardiac Catheterization Lab and Scripps Carmel Valley.

2005Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla becomes the first hospital in San Diego to receive Magnet Designation for excellence in patient care, from the American Nurses Association.

2006Scripps President and CEO Chris Van Gorder announces the creation of the Scripps Cardiovascular Institute as part of the $360 million first phase replacement of Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. The institute will include the cardiac programs of Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital and Scripps La Jolla.

2006Scripps announces a new Translational Science Institute and Genomic Medicine program to support basic research and clinical programs focusing on defining the genes that underlie susceptibility to disease, and take these findings into drug discovery programs and, ultimately, into clinical trials.

External links

* [http://www.scripps.org ScrippsHealth.org]