Chris Van Gorder news and information

The 300 nominees for Modern Healthcare's 12th annual 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare competition.
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Chris Van Gorder, president and CEO, Scripps Health, talks about the challenges facing Scripps and the rest of the industry with Merrill Goozner, editor of Modern Healthcare, at the American College of Healthcare Executives Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago.
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San Diego-based Scripps Health has entered hospice care as the area's biggest hospice provider continues to scale down its operations under bankruptcy protection.
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You never know who you might see jumping out of an ambulance to provide emergency care. It could be a rock star, a former teen heartthrob or even a hospital executive.
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The nation's political forces are bitterly divided over issues ranging from raising the country's debt ceiling to the use of energy-efficient light bulbs, so it's no surprise that the government's role in healthcare is also the source of intense debate.
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This year's ranking of the 100 Most Influential People includes 27 newcomers as well as 10 honorees who have been on every list since it started in 2002.
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LA JOLLA, Calif.—Scripps Health has broken ground on a new $456 million cardiovascular center. The 383,000-square-foot, seven-story Scripps Cardiovascular Institute will have 168 beds, six operating rooms and four cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology labs. The institute is...
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A year ago, I took part in a Scripps Health medical mission to Haiti to aid victims of the devastating earthquake. When we arrived in the middle of the night, we were driven to our accommodations in the hills overlooking Port-au-Prince. The next morning, as I looked to the valley below, the view...
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