Listed among Arizona municipalities, ad agencies, financial institutions and real estate firms, a number of healthcare organizations including Centene's Arizona Complete Health and health system market leaders Banner Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, Dignity Health of Arizona, HonorHealth and the Mayo Clinic also made the...Arizona News
Banner – University Medicine Tucson and El Rio Health are partnering to deliver integrated, comprehensive healthcare by creating an additional El Rio Health location in Tucson.
The Abrams Clinic is housed in a building owned by Pima County, located at 3950 S. Country Club Rd Suite 130, within the Abrams Public Health Center. Banner...Arizona News
The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on healthcare safety, released its spring 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, awarding 10 Arizona hospitals with an "A" based on over 30 measures of patient safety.
The group scored 50 Arizona hospitals with a...Arizona News
Arizona's largest healthcare system formed a joint partnership with Atlas in 2018 to develop and operate a network of ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) in Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming; in the last three years Banner's ASC's revenue is up 475%, growing the Banner Surgery Center Network from eight to 26 positioning it as a larger...
Last week was Black Maternal Health Week in the U.S., and with it came a number of announcements on support services through both public and private programs to improve health outcomes for pregnant or postpartum women of color and their children across the country and in Arizona.
In a short blog post for the Arizona Department of...
Banner Health announced it will partner with SpaceX and the University of Arizona Medical Center to offer the first Aerospace Surgery Fellowship, called APEX. Held at Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix, the program will focus on surgical and procedural expertise.
The new fellowship aims to provide training for...Arizona Comings & Goings
The Banner - University Medical Center in Phoenix is an academic medical center with a partnership with University of Arizona's College of Medicine. The campus specializes in treatments for heart conditions, advanced lung diseases, organ transplants and more.
The Banner - University Medical Center belongs to the Phoenix-based...Arizona News
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center recently announced its designation as a Level 4 Trauma Center by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
This designation by the state shows that the hospital meets the requirements to provide safe and efficient trauma care.
Like an emergency room, a trauma center can care for...Arizona Comings & Goings
Banner Health announced the appointment of Julie Ann Alvarado-Dubek as executive vice president and chief human resources officer, replacing
Naomi Cramer who recently announced her retirement after eight years with the organization. Prior to her appointment, Alvarado-Dubek was senior vice president of total rewards & HR operations...
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 remain at an all-time high while cases in major cities across the country begin to fall. This begs the question: how long should Arizona expect to continue the surge related to the Omicron variant, and will strained hospitals be able to continue?
On Wednesday, January 26, the Arizona Department of Health...
The case count in Arizona shows no sign of abating as Arizona recorded almost 25,000 new cases of COVID-19 on January 15, setting a record. Hospitals and healthcare advocacy groups warn that the overburdened healthcare system is strapped for staff and resources as hospitalizations continue. On Wednesday, January 19, the state reported...
As the Omicron variant surges in Arizona, hospitals are struggling to maintain staffing levels and resources to treat the influx of patients. As of Wednesday, Jan. 12, the state reached a new record daily high of 18,783 new COVID-19 cases after rising for 11 consecutive days.
According to KTAR, Arizona is likely to see more record...
This year we witnessed hospitals and healthcare providers struggle during the worst pandemic of our lifetimes. In this annual data edition, The Hertel Report covers the business behind Arizona hospitals and health systems. Within this 16-page edition, readers can find information including size and scope, market footprint, profits,...
As the new year approaches, Arizona hospitals and healthcare professionals are gearing up for a new wave of COVID-19 patients to flood the intensive care units and emergency departments that have endured near-capacity numbers since the Delta variant took hold over the summer. Without respite from the prior wave and increased transmission...
Only 88 intensive care unit beds are currently available for use and 39% of ICU beds are currently in use by COVID-19 patients. Only 6% of all hospital inpatient beds remain available -- 31% are in use by COVID-19 patients. On Wednesday, Arizona reported 3,249 new cases of COVID-19 and 81 new deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Only...
Sonora Quest and Getlabs are collaborating to provide appointments for mobile laboratory sample collections to patients in the greater Phoenix and Tucson areas.
Getlabs Founder & CEO Kyle Michelson,
We know managing your health on a good day can be a handful, but hopefully this collaboration makes it a little easier for Arizonans...
Hospitalizations across the state are on the rise due to the extended surge related to the Delta variant of the coronavirus. Only 7% of intensive care unit beds are available statewide and 38% are in use by COVID-19 patients, a new high since February 2021.
On Wednesday, December 1, 2021, Arizona reported 3,163 new cases of COVID-19...
On Sundy, Arizona reported more than 3,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, two deaths and hospitalizations remain high. The state now totals 1,214,419 cases and 21,653 deaths. Only 60% of Arizonans have received at least one dose of vaccine, and 53.2% of the state is fully vaccinated, both well under national rates.
This information comes...
The COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for distribution in children as Pfizer now moves to request authorization from the Food and Drug Administration to recommend booster shots for all adults six months after vaccination. Meanwhile, the vaccine mandate has ruffled feathers of both big businesses and conservative leadership at the state...
Nationwide, community transmission of COVID-19 remains high and 77.8% of Americans over the age of 12 have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Over 190 million people have been fully vaccinated and 14.4 million have received a booster dose. In Arizona, over 8 million vaccine doses have been administered with 58.9% of...