Skip to search and filter Image Opioid Stewardship Programs in Rural Arizona Today Opioid Stewardship Programs (OSPs) are a suite of tools to address substance misuse. Dr. Bridget Murphy, Assistant Research Professor at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, aims to advance OSPs in rural areas. Read more Reporting from the front lines of rural health — before it’s too late April 23, 2025 Profile of Kaiser Family Foundation Health News' Rural Health Desk. Editor and Publisher Magazine Image Medicaid funding at risk: How will Arizonans be affected? April 21, 2025 Experts say millions of low-income people in the U.S. stand to lose their health insurance under Congressional Republicans' proposed budget for next year, which would end most federal support for Medicaid and shift costs to the states, who simply can not absorb the shortfall. "I estimate that probably 520,000 Arizonans that are currently covered by Medicaid will lose coverage," said University of Arizona associate vice president Dr. Daniel Derksen, director of the Arizona Center for Rural Health. "That's substantial. You're not saving money when you throw people off of coverage. You're just shifting the cost." Dr. Derksen quoted in Daily Wildcat article on the recently passed House budget reconciliation bill aims to cut Medicaid spending up to $880 billion or more over a decade. Image Trump is Spending Billions on Border Security. Some Residents Living There Lack Basic Resources. April 17, 2025 Dr. Derksen quoted in ProPublica article on investments in border wall vs. unmet needs for the region. Continue Reading the article from ProPublica Image The University of Arizona College of Nursing Nurse Midwife Program and the Center for Rural Health Team Up to Improve Maternal Health with Labor and Delivery Skills in Rural Arizona Feb. 27, 2025 A Training program was developed through a collaboration between the Arizona Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (AzFLEX) at the Arizona Center for Rural Health (AzCRH) and the Nurse Midwife Program at the College of Nursing at the University of Arizona. In order to improve maternal healthcare skills in rural Arizona, the training builds skills for providers who practice in maternal health deserts and high need areas where distances to labor and delivery services can be many miles away. Read more Image Primary Care Physician Workforce Development Summit Addressed Current Challenges Feb. 7, 2025 Dr. Derksen spoke at Primary Care Physician Workforce Development Summit at the U of A College of Medicine - Phoenix, quoted in article. Read more Pagination … 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
Image Opioid Stewardship Programs in Rural Arizona Today Opioid Stewardship Programs (OSPs) are a suite of tools to address substance misuse. Dr. Bridget Murphy, Assistant Research Professor at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, aims to advance OSPs in rural areas. Read more
Reporting from the front lines of rural health — before it’s too late April 23, 2025 Profile of Kaiser Family Foundation Health News' Rural Health Desk. Editor and Publisher Magazine
Image Medicaid funding at risk: How will Arizonans be affected? April 21, 2025 Experts say millions of low-income people in the U.S. stand to lose their health insurance under Congressional Republicans' proposed budget for next year, which would end most federal support for Medicaid and shift costs to the states, who simply can not absorb the shortfall. "I estimate that probably 520,000 Arizonans that are currently covered by Medicaid will lose coverage," said University of Arizona associate vice president Dr. Daniel Derksen, director of the Arizona Center for Rural Health. "That's substantial. You're not saving money when you throw people off of coverage. You're just shifting the cost." Dr. Derksen quoted in Daily Wildcat article on the recently passed House budget reconciliation bill aims to cut Medicaid spending up to $880 billion or more over a decade.
Image Trump is Spending Billions on Border Security. Some Residents Living There Lack Basic Resources. April 17, 2025 Dr. Derksen quoted in ProPublica article on investments in border wall vs. unmet needs for the region. Continue Reading the article from ProPublica
Image The University of Arizona College of Nursing Nurse Midwife Program and the Center for Rural Health Team Up to Improve Maternal Health with Labor and Delivery Skills in Rural Arizona Feb. 27, 2025 A Training program was developed through a collaboration between the Arizona Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (AzFLEX) at the Arizona Center for Rural Health (AzCRH) and the Nurse Midwife Program at the College of Nursing at the University of Arizona. In order to improve maternal healthcare skills in rural Arizona, the training builds skills for providers who practice in maternal health deserts and high need areas where distances to labor and delivery services can be many miles away. Read more
Image Primary Care Physician Workforce Development Summit Addressed Current Challenges Feb. 7, 2025 Dr. Derksen spoke at Primary Care Physician Workforce Development Summit at the U of A College of Medicine - Phoenix, quoted in article. Read more
