Scottsdale-based COVID Testing To You offers mobile, FDA-certified COVID-19 antibody and virus testing to Arizona employers with at least 10 employees, providing an affordable and scalable way for employers to manage through the reopening phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. The startup’s medical director, Reyes Topete, M.D., has worked in the medical field in Arizona for more than … [More]
Feedback: November 2020
Question: What is the top health & wellness benefit concern of your employees, and how are you addressing their needs? Matthew Fehling President and CEO Better Business Bureau Pacific Southwest Sector: Nonprofit This year has been tough. We can’t control much of anything right now, but we can do our best to help our employees feel supported at work. We pivoted … [More]
Free Healthy Worksite Wellness Training Returns this Week
FitPHX, the city’s healthy community initiative, is continuing its partnership with the Arizona Department of Health Services to provide the free Healthy Arizona Worksites Program (HAWP). The program dates to 2014 and resumes this month with a two-day, live, interactive training session offered through the Zoom app. The class will be held Wednesday, October 28 and … [More]
National Telehealth Co. Solving Primary Care Shortage, Reducing Employers’ Costs
When COVID-19 hit the United States, telehealth quickly became the frontline solution for medical care. Not only did it stem the flow of patients to emergency rooms, but it provided a safe option for accessing care without risking exposure to a highly contagious virus. Seven months later, telehealth has become an indispensable part of the nation’s healthcare system. A new … [More]
Arizona Network Partners with Top Doctors, Hospitals and Pharmacies to Provide Family-Like Care
Devoted Health, one of the fastest-growing Medicare Advantage plans in the United States, has launched in Arizona across Maricopa County and is enrolling members during the current Medicare Annual Enrollment Period that started on October 15. The company is dedicated to providing seniors with the best quality care and experience possible, with an emphasis on extraordinary … [More]
Phoenix Offers Free Flu Shots, Share with Employees
With funding assistance from Maricopa County, the city of Phoenix, along with medical partner Passport Health, will offer flu shots at no cost to the community on Saturdays, Oct. 17 and 24. No insurance is required to receive this servi This flu vaccination service is in addition to the no-cost COVID-19 tests already being offered by the city of Phoenix since May. Flu … [More]
Acquisition Creates 500 New Healthcare Jobs in Metro-Phoenix
Valor Global, a leading provider in world class call center solutions to customers around the world, has announced its acquisition of DRS Services USA, a top healthcare and medical call center services provider specializing in patient scheduling and healthcare support solutions, based in Scottsdale, Arizona. The acquisition of DRS Services will significantly expand Valor … [More]
Innovative Healthcare Co. Gets Recognition for Leading-Edge Health Information Technology
Equality Health, a whole-health delivery system, has been chosen as the recipient of Health Current’s 2020 Health IT Innovation Award for its leading-edge health information technology (IT) that improves care coordination and paves the way for value-based care transformation. This annual award presented by Health Current, the health information exchange (HIE) of Arizona, … [More]
City of Surprise Gets First New Hospital
Abrazo Surprise Hospital, the first hospital in the city of Surprise, will open at 7 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 12. The hospital at the southwest corner of Loop 303 and West Bell Road is smaller than a typical general hospital, but still includes surgical services, a full emergency department, private inpatient rooms, ultrasound, x-ray and CT scan, laboratory, pharmacy and other … [More]
Phoenix Children’s Expands Nationally-Ranked Neonatology Program
Phoenix Children’s Medical Group is pleased to welcome nine new providers to its nationally ranked Neonatology program. These providers will serve Phoenix’s growing East Valley and expand the enterprise’s top-ranked neonatology services across Phoenix. Ranked among the top 20 neonatology programs in the United States, Phoenix Children’s NICU and neonatology services support … [More]
Workplace Culture Co. Launches Work-From-Anywhere Employee Wellness Benefit
Treo Wellness, a division of Johnson Health Tech North America, has announced the launch of a work-from-anywhere employee wellness benefit. Treo Wellness is now offering an affordable turnkey program that enhances the health culture and wellness resources for small to mid-sized employers no matter where their employees are working. "Digital technology is reshaping every … [More]
New Healthcare Company Committed to Value-Based Care Launches, Improving Outcomes for Patients
In a move that increases access to convenient, and affordable healthcare throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area, Apricus Health launched today as a healthcare company committed to improving patient outcomes and optimizing value-based care. Created by Arizona doctors, Apricus Health provides access to 24-hour-a-day, healthcare services that enable patients to choose when and … [More]
ASU Researchers Awarded $4.7M to Expand COVID-19 Testing in Underserved Arizona Communities
In Arizona, as in other parts of the country, data shows that COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the American Indian, African American and Latinx communities, as well as other vulnerable populations. A $4.7 million grant from the National Institute of Health to ASU’s Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (SIRC) is on the way to help address this by funding a rapid … [More]
Scottsdale Clinic Offers Covid-19 Antibody Testing
Phoenix-area residents now have a new solution for Covid-19 Antibody Testing at Clinical Endpoints. The company, located in North Scottsdale, is providing high accuracy testing with a short turnaround time for results. Testing is provided on an appointment-only basis and in a private setting. Patients will have an exclusive entrance to the testing facility, with a majority … [More]
Urgent Care Co. First to Securely Share Patient Records with New, Safe Technology
FastMed Urgent Care, one of the nation’s largest urgent care providers, has launched Epic, the most widely used and comprehensive electronic health record (EHR) system, in all 29 of its Arizona clinics. With this launch, FastMed becomes the first independent urgent care operator in the nation to implement Epic and become part of the larger healthcare ecosystem, as many major … [More]
Healthcare and Tech Industry Workers See Major Negative Changes in Mental Wellbeing, New Study Finds
The pandemic has upended the lives and wellbeing of nearly everyone, but Healthcare employees had the largest decrease in motivation (-48%) of any industry and were least likely to say their employer was supportive, according to a new meQuilibrium study of 7,000 workers which compared changes in job stress, burnout, motivation and sleep between December 2019 and June … [More]
Stop Medical Distancing; Its Cause and Effect
Here we are, six months into the worst pandemic in a century. We have learned how to protect ourselves, how to adapt our behaviors and what matters most in our lives. In the process, our caution and new behaviors have had unintended consequences in — of all places — our health and well-being. Foregoing medical care to adhere to medically recommended social distancing … [More]
