Patient Guide
Respecting patients and families as a health care provider means making them confident when they seek care: confident talking with their doctors and nurses, and comfortable with the process, from making appointments to finding a facility and understanding bills.
The goal of this patient guide is to familiarize Scripps patients and families with the process they might experience, to clarify some of the “unknown” and offer tips and practical information.
Patient Essentials Magazine

- Answers to your billing questions
- Safe medical care: How you can participate
- About Advance Directives
See also Escenciales Para Pacientes (PDF, 6.2 MB).
Universal Medication Form
Keep track of all the medications you are taking, as well as immunization history and allergies. See our:- Universal medication form (PDF, 98.8 KB), or
- Formulario universal de medicamentos (PDF, 98.6 KB)
Scripps News
| 02.09.2011 | The Savvy Patient - Patient Advocates Can Make a Difference |
In Our Guide
Directions to facilities, and hours of operation
Help understanding your bill, and answers to frequently-asked billing questions
An introduction to patient-centered health care decision-making
Essential patient rights and privacy information
How you can get involved by giving to Scripps
Quality health care: What does this mean?