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Scripps is only California organization to be recognized in the "large" system category SAN DIEGO, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Scripps Health has been named among the 15 top health systems in the nation by the international business research firm Truven Health Analytics, formerly Thomson Reuters. This is Scripps' second appearance on the Top Health System's list. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121018/LA95241LOGO) Researchers from the Truven 100 Top Hospitals®...
Emerald extends agreement with Scripps, as their exclusive linen and laundry services provider. San Diego, California (PRWEB) March 13, 2013 Emerald Textiles, Southern California’s environmentally responsible commercial healthcare laundry, is pleased to announce that Scripps Health has signed a multi-year contract extension with Emerald to serve as their exclusive linen and laundry services provider through 2017. “We are very proud of our relationship with Scripps Health, and the...
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The first new television advertising campaign in more than 10 years from Scripps Health features ads with compelling and dramatic twists to the traditional approach to patient stories. The ad campaign positions Scripps as the provider of lifesaving and life-changing heart, cancer and trauma care by showcasing the dramatic stories of three real patients and survivors. In addition to television, the new campaign includes print ads, outdoor,...
LA JOLLA, Calif., Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It was a banner day for Gilbert Manderscheid. The 70-year-old Las Vegas resident not only survived a risky heart procedure, but he also was the first person on the West Coast to be treated with the newest version of the world's smallest heart pump. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121018/LA95241LOGO) The Impella heart pump was used for the first time in the United States in three locations on Sept. 26, including Scripps...
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Scripps Health announced today that it has been awarded a $3.75 million grant from the Qualcomm Foundation, to be used for the Scripps Translational Science Institute, which was established by Scripps Health in collaboration with various parties to support the development of breakthrough digital technologies designed to revolutionize the practice of medicine. The funding will advance clinical trials of cutting-edge wireless biosensor systems,...
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Healing touch combined with guided imagery (HT+GI) provides significant clinical reductions in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms for combat-exposed active duty military, according to a study released in the September issue of Military Medicine. The report finds that patients receiving these complementary medicine interventions showed significant improvement in quality of life, as well as reduced depression and cynicism,...
NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Scripps Health, a recognized leader in health care excellence and innovation, has named DeVito/Verdi West to serve as its advertising agency for a fully integrated program, including branding, creative development and traditional and digital media campaigns. Scripps Health, a $2.5 billion private, non-profit integrated health system, treats more than a half-million patients annually at its network of five acute-care hospital...
LOS ANGELES, July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego (Scripps) have entered into an agreement focusing on the design of an innovative system in which algae consume carbon dioxide (CO(2)) emissions from natural gas combustion and cost-effectively convert it into valuable byproducts such as biomethane, biodiesel and animal feed. For several years, researchers at Scripps, a member organization of...
SAN DIEGO, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling on the health care reform bill later this week - but San Diego-based Scripps Health asserts the legislation will have far less impact on improving the nation's care delivery system than the steps already under way by private-sector health care providers. "Regardless of what the court decides, health care in this country is already changing and must keep evolving, because it's broken," said...
SAN DIEGO, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A study conducted at Scripps Health has found that a novel new heart monitoring device helped emergency room patients avoid unnecessary follow-up care. Scripps Health electrophysiologist Steven Higgins, MD, presented findings of the study titled, "Prevalence of Arrhythmias in Emergency Department Patients Discharged Using a Novel Ambulatory Cardiac Monitor," today at the Heart Rhythm Society's 33rd Annual Scientific Sessions in Boston....
