Technology for senior care has expanded beyond the well-known "I've fallen and I can't get up!" Life Alert button, with the global market expected to reach $914 billion by 2025. Within this growth are new devices that track sleep patterns, heart rate and daily activity, keeping families of independent and assisted living residents up to date on the health of their loved ones. … [More]
Innovative Walk-In Clinic Specializes in Sexual Health Care
“We found that there was a gap in the industry for on-demand, judgment-free sexual healthcare,” says Micaela Simon, FNP-C, AAHIVS, who, with Julia Kieffer, FNP-C, founded Be Well Health to provide sexual healthcare to all members of our community. Expanding from the traditional clinic model they opened in Tempe in 2019, where they specialized in the care of the LGBTQIA+ … [More]
Using Technology to Take Bias Out of Clinical Practice
In a transformative move to address pervasive issues of clinical bias in healthcare, TruLite Health entered a strategic collaboration with Mayo Clinic. The collaboration implements TruLite’s cutting-edge software, Truity™, which drives patient-specific clinical, social and behavioral interventions to improve patient outcomes and healthcare costs for diverse … [More]
BrightlyThrive: Fostering Autoimmune Wellness and Community in Greater Phoenix
In today’s bustling world, finding a holistic wellness path, especially for the 50 million Americans with autoimmune conditions, can seem daunting. Enter BrightlyThrive, the Greater Phoenix-based virtual health platform that is more than just an app; it’s a thriving membership community dedicated to supporting those facing autoimmune challenges. Our own personal journeys are … [More]
Addressing the Healthcare Staffing Shortage through Better Technology
Arizona desperately needs more nurses. Arizona ranks among the top five states with the most severe healthcare staffing shortages, with the demand for specialized nurses in Arizona projected to increase by 23% by 2025. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates 195,400 openings for registered nurses in the state from 2021 to 2031. Hospitals struggle to meet the demand … [More]
Employee Benefits Trends: Beyond Health & Dental
In the ongoing quest to attract and retain top talent, employers are constantly reevaluating their benefits packages. While health, vision and dental coverage have long been standard offerings, today’s competitive job market demands a more expansive benefits menu. In fact, the future of benefits plans is shifting to be one of greater employee involvement. Companies are … [More]
TruLite Health Combats Clinical Bias
TruLite Health, the leader in health equity solutions, recently entered the commercial market with the Truity™ platform which uniquely focuses on clinical bias and provides multi-level interventions at the point of care within an integrated workflow solution. Significant early interest accelerated the need to build out the sales, support, and services staff to meet the growing … [More]
Cora Health Addresses Opioid Crisis
According to Arizona’s Department of Health services, more than 2,000 Arizonans lost their lives to opioid overdoses in 2021 and there were more than 52,000 opioid-related emergency department visits. Aiming to help address this, board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner Betsy Serrano recently opened Cora Health Solutions in the Arcadia/Biltmore area. With … [More]
Prioritizing Health + Wealth with a Health Payment Account
Businesses may be questioning how effective their benefits are at attracting and retaining top talent, and whether everyone on the team has equal access to healthcare. With costs on the rise, employees are jumping ship for higher wages and better benefit packages. That’s why employers are turning to new solutions like Paytient’s Health Payment Accounts to attract and retain … [More]
Mental Health Services for Childhood Cancer Families
Chandler-based Children’s Cancer Network recently presented a check for $103,000 to Phoenix Children’s Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Phoenix Children’s, as the two Valley nonprofits collaborate to help families cope with the unimaginable diagnosis of childhood cancer. The funds will pay the salaries of two part-time mental health clinicians at Phoenix Children’s Center … [More]
Cornerstone Healing Center Advancing Education in Substance Abuse Treatment
The growing opioid crisis in the United States is one of society’s most pressing problems. Latest data from The National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that among people aged 12 or older in 2021, 9.2 million people misused opioids (heroin or prescription pain relievers) and reported more than 80,000 deaths from overdose the same year — a stark increase from the 68,000 the … [More]
Urgent Care Service for Skin Care
Adair Family Clinic and MedSpa, a full-service healthcare clinic with multi-specialties focusing on skincare and wellness, recently launched a new urgent care service for skin care needs called Triage My Skin. This new service comes at a time when dermatology clinics are swamped seeing patients with weeks sometimes months before the next available appointment, even for … [More]
HealthspanMD Reverses Risks of Chronic Conditions
The traditional medicate-and-operate approach dominating healthcare — and how our society perceives it — has contributed to skyrocketing chronic disease rates: Nearly 60% of Americans will be diagnosed with one or more in their lifetime, according to a 2022 American Hospital Association report. A shift in focus from retroactive to proactive care may be the solution. Honing … [More]
Kidney Disease from an Employer Perspective
March is National Kidney Month and, while knowing your own personal kidney health is essential, employers may have unique concerns regarding hiring or continuing to employ someone with end stage renal disease (ESRD). Namely, how could it affect their business? ESRD is a fairly common ailment in the U.S. population. One in three Americans is at risk for kidney disease, and … [More]
SCHOTT Chooses Phoenix for First-in-U.S. Facility for Life Sciences Products
Being committed to continued advances in improving human health, SCHOTT has opened a new facility last month in Phoenix to expand the development and manufacturing of diagnostics and life science consumables. “SCHOTT saw an opportunity to leverage our expertise and the existing production capabilities here in Phoenix to bring manufacturing for this market to the U.S. for … [More]
Banner|Aetna Takes the Pain out of Managing Medical Bills
When an employee is going through a medical event, the last thing on their mind should be anxiety about how to interpret their health insurance benefits or medical bills. Yet for many, medical benefits and billing statements are difficult to understand. In fact, most people with health care debt say they believe their medical bill had an error (e.g. a charge for something that … [More]
Axiom Care Breaks Ground on Drug-Use Treatment Facility
An expansion of Axiom Care’s Ocotillo Community Campus, an Arizona-based addiction treatment and medical detox center in Apache Junction, recently broke ground as Medicaid managed-care health plan Mercy Care expands its services to all of Pinal County, in addition to Gila and Maricopa counties, as part of its new AHCCCS Complete Care-Regional Behavioral Health Agreement … [More]
Oak Street Health Expansion into Arizona and the Greater Phoenix Area
Oak Street Health, a network of value-based primary care centers for adults on Medicare, is on a mission to rebuild healthcare as it should be. To accomplish this, the company is always looking at new regions where this approach to healthcare is needed and where access to high-quality care is challenging. With a large density of Medicare-eligibles, Arizona became an important … [More]
