Valleywise Health

{{Short description|Healthcare network in Maricopa County, Arizona}}

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| location = 2601 E. Roosevelt St.

| region = Phoenix

| state = AZ

| country = US

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| beds = 658

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| former-names = Maricopa Integrated Health System

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Valleywise Health (formerly Maricopa Integrated Health System),{{Cite web |title=MIHS is Now Valleywise Health |url=https://valleywisehealth.org/maricopa-integrated-health-system-is-now-valleywise-health/ |access-date=2021-07-21 |website=Valleywise Health |language=en-US}} is a public hospital and healthcare system based in Phoenix with Community Heath Centers located throughout Maricopa County, Arizona. Valleywise Health includes the Valleywise Health Medical Center, the renowned Diane & Bruce Halle Arizona Burn Center, the Comprehensive Health Center, three Behavioral Health Centers and a network of Community Health Centers located throughout Maricopa County.{{Cite web |title=Arizona Safety Net |url=https://www.arizonasafetynet.org/clinics/valleywise-health |access-date=26 April 2025 |website=Arizona Safety Net}}{{Cite news |last=Vanek |first=Corina |date=7 January 2025 |title=Hawaii explosion burn victims will likely spend six months to a year recovering in Arizona |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2025/01/07/hawaii-fireworks-burn-victims-treated-in-az-could-be-here-for-months/77497054007/ |access-date=26 April 2025 |work=AZ Central Arizona Republic}}{{Cite web |title=Valleywise Health About Us |url=https://valleywisehealth.org/about/ |access-date=24 April 2025 |website=Valleywise Health}} The Valleywise Medical Center is recognized as a Level 1 Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons. The Diane & Bruce Halle Arizona Burn Center is the only Burn Center in Arizona recognized with Burn Center Verified status by the American Burn Association. Valleywise Health is the areas largest public teaching hospital and it is a founding partner in the Creighton University Arizona Health Education Alliance.{{Cite web |title=Creighton University Arizona Health Education Alliance |url=https://valleywisehealth.org/health-education-alliance/ |access-date=25 April 2025 |website=Valleywise Health}}{{Cite web |title=Arizona Health Education Alliance |url=https://www.creighton.edu/healthsciences/phoenix/alliance |access-date=25 April 2025 |website=Creighton University Arizona Health Alliance}} In 2024, Valleywise Health opened the new state of the art 10-story 240 bed Valleywise Medical Center on its Roosevelt Campus near downtown Phoenix.{{Cite news |last=Kavetsky |first=Joseph |date=27 November 2024 |title=Valleywise Health Medical Center nears 2024 Opening |url=https://chamberbusinessnews.com/2023/11/27/valleywise-health-medical-center-nears-2024-opening/ |access-date=5 May 2025 |work=Chamber Business News}}

History

Valleywise Health traces its roots back to 1877, when Arizona was still a territory. That year, Maricopa County opened a pest house to treat persons afflicted with communicable diseases. Valleywise Health is the direct descendant from this pre-statehood beginning of public health care in Phoenix and Maricopa County.{{Cite web |last=Innes |first=Stephanie |title=Maricopa Integrated Health System has a new name |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/health/2018/10/24/maricopa-integrated-health-system-change-name-valleywise-health/1756298002/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=The Arizona Republic |language=en-US}} {{Cite book |last=Wood |first=MacDonald |title=From a Pest House to a Hospital to a System: The Evolution of Maricopa Integrated Health System |publisher=Heritage Publishers |year=1999 |isbn=9780929690483 |language=English}}In October 2018, the organization announced that it would change its name from Maricopa Integrated Health System aka "MIHS" to Valleywise Health effective mid-2019.

Maricopa County's residents approved the formation of a Special Health Care District in 2003 which is the elected governing body that provides public oversight over Valleywise Health. The five members of the District's Board of Directors are elected by the citizens of Maricopa County and serve as public officials for a term of four years.A.R.S. §§ 48-5502; 48-5503.

Facilities

Facilities include:{{cite web|url=https://valleywisehealth.org/locations/|title=Locations|publisher=Valleywise Health|accessdate=2021-12-02}}

; Hospital and emergency-trauma center

  • Valleywise Health Medical Center (Phoenix){{Cite news |last=Innes |first=Stephanie |date=10 January 2024 |title=valleywise health medical center new hospital coming to phoenix |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2024/01/10/valleywise-health-medical-center-new-hospital-coming-to-phoenix/71964373007/ |access-date=22 April 2025 |work=Arizona Republic AZ Central}}

; Behavioral Health Centers

  • Valleywise Behavioral Health Center – Phoenix
  • Valleywise Behavioral Health Center – Maryvale (Phoenix) (After extensive reconstruction, opened in a former Abrazo Community Health Network Hospital 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.{{cite web|url=https://valleywisehealth.org/valleywise-community-health-center-maryvale-is-moving/|title=Valleywise Community Health Center – Maryvale is Moving.|publisher=Valleywise Health|date=2021-08-02|accessdate=2021-12-02}}
  • Valleywise Community Health Center – Avondale
  • Valleywise Community Health Center – Chandler
  • Valleywise Community Health Center – Guadalupe
  • Valleywise Community Health Center – Mesa

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