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Valleywise Health
FormerlyMaricopa Integrated Health System
Founded1877 Edit this on Wikidata
Headquarters
United States Edit this on Wikidata
Websitehttps://valleywisehealth.org/

Valleywise Health (formerly Maricopa Integrated Health System)[1] is a network of taxpayer-funded hospitals and medical facilities in Maricopa County, Arizona.

History

Maricopa Integrated Health System was founded in 1991 in Maricopa County, Arizona. The county's residents approved the formation of a special health care district in 2003. The members of the board of directors are appointed through elections and serve as county public officials.[1]

In October 2018, the organization announced that it would be renamed Valleywise Health effective mid-2019.[1]

Facilities

Facilities include:[2]

Hospital and emergency care center
  • Valleywise Health Medical Center (Phoenix)
Behavioral centers
  • Valleywise Behavioral Health Center – Phoenix
  • Valleywise Behavioral Health Center – Maryvale (Phoenix)
    • It opened in a former Abrazo Community Health Network hospital facility in 2019.[3] Valleywise paid $60 million to acquire the former Maryvale Hospital.[4]
  • Valleywise Behavioral Health Center – Mesa
Comprehensive health centers
  • Valleywise Comprehensive Health Center – Phoenix
  • Valleywise Comprehensive Health Center – Peoria
    • It had a cost of $70 million. The Valleywise board in 2017 decided to have the facility built.[5]
Emergency care center (only)
  • Valleywise Emergency – Maryvale (Phoenix)
Community health centers
  • Valleywise Community Health Center – McDowell
  • Valleywise Community Health Center – North Phoenix
  • Valleywise Community Health Center – South Central Phoenix
  • Valleywise Community Health Center – South Phoenix/Laveen
  • Valleywise Community Health Center – West Maryvale (Phoenix)
    • The clinic moved to its current West Maryvale location on October 28, 2021.[6]
  • Valleywise Community Health Center – Avondale
  • Valleywise Community Health Center – Chandler
  • Valleywise Community Health Center – Guadalupe
  • Valleywise Community Health Center – Mesa

References

  1. ^ a b c "MIHS is Now Valleywise Health". Valleywise Health. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  2. ^ "Locations". Valleywise Health. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "Closed Maryvale hospital to reopen in 2019". KSAZ-TV. March 1, 2018. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  4. ^ Alltucker, Ken (February 28, 2018). "Taxpayer-funded health district to buy, reopen Maryvale Hospital in $60 million deal". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  5. ^ Alltucker, Ken (September 28, 2017). "Maricopa Integrated Health System board OKs construction on $70M clinic in Peoria". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  6. ^ "Valleywise Community Health Center – Maryvale is Moving". Valleywise Health. August 2, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021.

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