Scripps Encinitas Named Among Top 100 Hospitals in the US

The 100 Top Hospitals study used independent, quantitative research to evaluate the five-year trending performance of 2,601 short-term, acute care, non-federal hospitals across the country. PINC AI researchers measured clinical and operational performance in 10 areas, using publicly available information from Medicare cost reports, Medicare Provider Analysis and Review data, and core measures and patient satisfaction data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Care Compare website. Hospitals do not apply for consideration, and winners do not pay to market this honor.

PINC AI, a division of health information services company Premier Inc., provides industry intelligence based on more than two decades of cost, quality and operation data drawn from hospital discharges, hospital outpatient encounters and physician office visits. 

Opened in 1964, Scripps Encinitas offers a wide range of clinical, surgical and specialty services. In 2014, Scripps opened the Leichtag Foundation Critical Care Pavilion at the hospital, which included a new emergency department and 36 inpatient rooms. In 2016, the hospital expanded its surgical services department by adding two new state-of-the-art operating rooms, bringing the hospital’s total to six. And in 2023, Scripps began construction of the $530 million acute care Lusardi Tower and Lusardi Pulmonary Institute, which is set to open in early 2026. The tower will include 64 private inpatient rooms, 16 intensive care unit beds and multiple hybrid operating rooms. The expansion will bring the hospital’s total bed count above 230. 

Learn more about Scripps Health, a nonprofit integrated health system in San Diego, Calif.