HonorHealth history

In 1984, Scottsdale Shea Medical Center opened to serve north Scottsdale.

In 1989, Jerry M. Walker, Phillip Rollins, and Paul Contris were hired as troubleshooters by Samaritan Senior Services Inc., which formerly operated the subacute and long-term healthcare divisions of Samaritan Health System.

Three years later, in July 1992, Rollins and Contris convinced Walker, a former certified public accountant who was working as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Samaritan Senior Services, to leave Samaritan in order to found SunQuest HealthCare Corp.

Total revenue growth skyrocketed from there, although profits were low the following year; total revenue for 1993 nearly doubled to $8 million, but the net income was a mere $109,000.

By the end of 1994, SunQuest HealthCare owned and/or operated some 20 facilities located throughout 11 states, with total revenue on that year reaching $12.4 million, with a net income of $340,000.

Needing access to a fresh influx of capital if it was going to continue to grow, the company began searching for private investors and venture capital firms in Spring 1995.

In February 1996, the company purchased the remaining 10 percent minority ownership in the Sunbelt Therapy Management Services Inc. group of companies.

In 1997, John C. Lincoln merged with Phoenix General Hospital to become a two hospital system as John C. Lincoln Health Network.

He later added director to his title in February 1998.

In 2001, the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center opened on the Shea campus.

In 2007, Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center opened north of Loop 101.

In 2012, Catholic Healthcare West ended governing ties with the Catholic Church and changed its name to Dignity Health.

The hospitals announced the merger in October 2013, but the deal was not completed until last December.

In 2014, one year after affiliating, John C. Lincoln Health Network and Scottsdale Healthcare officially merged.