Skip to search and filter Image Arizona Department of Health Services has a new tool to address health disparities March 1, 2024 The Arizona Social Vulnerabilities Index (AZSVI) provides the Arizona public health workforce, health care providers, policy makers and public a tool to assess the factors impacting Arizona communities, with the aim of addressing disparities and fostering equity. Read more Image New Native American Health Alliance to Address Physician Shortages in Tribal Communities Feb. 29, 2024 Twenty-four urban and rural tribal organizations, medical schools, health plans, teaching hospitals, medical residencies, and physician advocates on Wednesday launched the American Indian Medical Education Strategies (AIMES) Alliance. Read more Image Rural health care a focus of Sinema's Chiricahua Community Health Centers visit Feb. 22, 2024 Senator Krysten Sinema toured Chiricahua Community Health Centers in Sierra Vista. Staff explained the goals and the difficulties involved rural health care. CEO Jonathan Melk told Sinema how the Chiricahua Community Health Center's role as a Federally Qualified Health Center for the area makes its work essential, and stressed that health care access for rural areas is needed. Read more Image Arizona Medicaid changes could give health coverage to 10,000 more kids. Here's how Feb. 22, 2024 Dr. Derksen, Director of the Arizona Center for Rural Health, quoted in Arizona Republic article about Arizona expanding parameters for children to get Medicaid coverage. Read more Image Study of opioid stewardship program implementation in rural and critical access hospitals in Arizona published in Journal of Opioid Management Feb. 15, 2024 A recent study, supported by faculty and staff from the Arizona Center for Rural Health, the Arizona Prevention Research Center, and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, has been publish in the January/February issue of Journal of Opioid Management. The study examines "rural hospitals' status in implementing opioid stewardship program (OSP) elements and assesses differences in implementation in emergency department (ED) and acute inpatient departments." Read more Image Arizona Center for Rural Health Policy Briefs cited in OpEd on Doctor Shortage in Arizona Feb. 15, 2024 In an opinion piece published on AZCentral.com on Wednesday, Brittney Kauffman, CEO of the Health System Alliance of Arizona, makes the case for expanding residency programs in Arizona. The author lays out the need to for support by illustrating acute shortages and low rankings in number of primary care physicians per capita, and specifically citing Arizona Center for Rural Health Policy Briefs on Graduate Medical Education in Arizona. Read more Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
Image Arizona Department of Health Services has a new tool to address health disparities March 1, 2024 The Arizona Social Vulnerabilities Index (AZSVI) provides the Arizona public health workforce, health care providers, policy makers and public a tool to assess the factors impacting Arizona communities, with the aim of addressing disparities and fostering equity. Read more
Image New Native American Health Alliance to Address Physician Shortages in Tribal Communities Feb. 29, 2024 Twenty-four urban and rural tribal organizations, medical schools, health plans, teaching hospitals, medical residencies, and physician advocates on Wednesday launched the American Indian Medical Education Strategies (AIMES) Alliance. Read more
Image Rural health care a focus of Sinema's Chiricahua Community Health Centers visit Feb. 22, 2024 Senator Krysten Sinema toured Chiricahua Community Health Centers in Sierra Vista. Staff explained the goals and the difficulties involved rural health care. CEO Jonathan Melk told Sinema how the Chiricahua Community Health Center's role as a Federally Qualified Health Center for the area makes its work essential, and stressed that health care access for rural areas is needed. Read more
Image Arizona Medicaid changes could give health coverage to 10,000 more kids. Here's how Feb. 22, 2024 Dr. Derksen, Director of the Arizona Center for Rural Health, quoted in Arizona Republic article about Arizona expanding parameters for children to get Medicaid coverage. Read more
Image Study of opioid stewardship program implementation in rural and critical access hospitals in Arizona published in Journal of Opioid Management Feb. 15, 2024 A recent study, supported by faculty and staff from the Arizona Center for Rural Health, the Arizona Prevention Research Center, and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, has been publish in the January/February issue of Journal of Opioid Management. The study examines "rural hospitals' status in implementing opioid stewardship program (OSP) elements and assesses differences in implementation in emergency department (ED) and acute inpatient departments." Read more
Image Arizona Center for Rural Health Policy Briefs cited in OpEd on Doctor Shortage in Arizona Feb. 15, 2024 In an opinion piece published on AZCentral.com on Wednesday, Brittney Kauffman, CEO of the Health System Alliance of Arizona, makes the case for expanding residency programs in Arizona. The author lays out the need to for support by illustrating acute shortages and low rankings in number of primary care physicians per capita, and specifically citing Arizona Center for Rural Health Policy Briefs on Graduate Medical Education in Arizona. Read more
