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.
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Two major leaders in health information exchange (HIE) in the Southwest announced a new regional organization for existing HIE services. Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (COHRIO) and Health Current of Arizona completed the merger on Tuesday to form the combined non-profit Contexture.
Health Information Exchanges had a...Colorado Resources
The Ensign Group Inc., the parent company of the EnsignTM group of companies, which provide skilled nursing and assisted living services, physical, occupational and speech therapies and other rehabilitative and healthcare services, has acquired the operations of three skilled nursing facilities in Colorado:
Boulder Canyon Health and...Arizona News
Last week Arizona hit a new high when for the first time, more than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported in one day.
On June 19 the American Hospital Association (AHA) called on The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to extend the public health emergency declaration set to expire on July 25 until testing capacity...Arizona News
The California Attorney Generals office gave Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) conditional approval to merge and create a non-profit health system--CommonSpirit Health. Last November the two hospitals signed an agreement to combine operations following a year of negotiations.
CommonSpirit Health will include...
