Staff meal breaks in the COVID-19 era: How 5 systems are limiting infection risks
Source: Beckers Hospital Reviews Meal breaks offer healthcare workers crucial time to eat and reenergize amid a hectic shift. But in the era of COVID-19, meal breaks may also pose an infection risk, as staff members must take their masks or respirators off to eat. Break room or cafeteria space may also be limited, making […]
Here’s How Lactation Experts Are Working To Redefine and Decolonize Breastfeeding
Source: Well + Good Feeding your children from your own body can benefit the baby’s overall nutrition and immune system, but through the course of history, the right to do so has often been denied by Black and Indigenous people who give birth. Learn More
‘I have one available ICU bed’: Arizona hospitals heading towards catastrophic new year
Source: 12 News Arizona hospitals are in a crisis as they continue battling a tsunami-like surge of COVID-19 cases. Some hospitals are a blink from full ICU capacity. Learn More
Valley ICU nurse describes caring for ‘worst of the worst’ COVID-19 patients
Source: KTAR News Kendal Gribler has spent the past nine months caring for some of the sickest COVID-19 patients inside Valleywise Health’s hospital in Phoenix. Learn More
Mary Rose Wilcox elected to lead the Maricopa County Special Health Care District Board of Directors
Mary Rose Wilcox, a Latina trailblazer with nearly 40 years of public service, has been elected Chairman of the Maricopa County Special Health Care District Board of Directors. J. Woodfin “Woody” Thomas has been elected Vice-Chair by the five-member body that oversees Valleywise Health, which includes Valleywise Health Medical Center, the Arizona Burn Center, Level […]
Valleywise Community Health Centers in Glendale and El Mirage are Moving
Your health and wellness are very important to us. In order to take better care of you, we’re making some changes to your health system, while still offering the same great care from the people you know and trust. Valleywise Community Health Centers in Glendale and El Mirage are scheduled to move in January 2021. […]
Citing the COVID-19 spike, Arizona’s largest health system reinstates visitor restrictions
Source: AZ Central Arizona’s largest health care system is reinstating visitor restrictions due to exponential increases in COVID-19 cases that could soon overwhelm hospitals across the state. Read More
Valleywise Health Opens Food Pharmacy to Help Fight Diabetes
Source: Fox Phoenix (VIDEO) You know what a pharmacy is, but have you ever heard of a food pharmacy? Valleywise Health is offering this service as a way to keep our patients eating healthy and fight diabetes. Learn more in this report from FOX 10 Phoenix. Learn More
New Valleywise Health Community Health Center Increases Access to Health Care for North Phoenix and Sunnyslope Communities
Valleywise Health announced today the opening of its newest, state-of‐the‐art Valleywise Community Health Center – North Phoenix at 19th and Northern Avenues. This is the most recent addition in the expansion of its network of community health centers as the safety net health system continues to act on its mission to bring quality, convenient and […]
Voters Overwhelmingly Support Valleywise Health through Proposition 449
More than 64 percent of voters in Maricopa County approved Proposition 449 to renew the annual property owner tax assessment that supplements the operational budget at Valleywise Health, the county’s teaching, public health system that serves a large percentage of financially vulnerable, safety net patients. Administered through the Maricopa County Special Health Care District’s five-member […]