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Valleywise Health

Coordinates: 33°28′57″N 112°04′59″W / 33.482479°N 112.082961°W / 33.482479; -112.082961
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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

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Maricopa Integrated Health System was founded in 1991 in Maricopa County, Arizona. It is descended from the county health care system started in 1877 as a pest house, for persons afflicted with communicable diseases.[2] 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

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Facilities include:[3]

Hospital and emergency-trauma center
  • Valleywise Health Medical Center (Phoenix)
    • A replacement acute care teaching hospital is to open in February, 2024
Behavioral centers
  • Valleywise Behavioral Health Center – Phoenix
  • Valleywise Behavioral Health Center – Maryvale (Phoenix)
    • It opened in a former Abrazo Community Health Network facility in 2019
  • Valleywise Behavioral Health Center – Mesa
  • Valleywise Behavioral Health Center - Avondale
Comprehensive health centers
  • Valleywise Comprehensive Health Center – Phoenix
  • Valleywise Comprehensive Health Center – Peoria
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.[4]
  • Valleywise Community Health Center – Avondale
  • Valleywise Community Health Center – Chandler
  • Valleywise Community Health Center – Guadalupe
  • Valleywise Community Health Center – Mesa

References

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  1. ^ a b c "MIHS is Now Valleywise Health". Valleywise Health. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  2. ^ Innes, Stephanie. "Maricopa Integrated Health System has a new name". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "Locations". Valleywise Health. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  4. ^ "Valleywise Community Health Center – Maryvale is Moving". Valleywise Health. August 2, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
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33°28′57″N 112°04′59″W / 33.482479°N 112.082961°W / 33.482479; -112.082961