Valleywise Community Health Center – Maryvale is 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 Center – Maryvale is scheduled to close on October 28, 2021. The services […]
Steve Purves, Valleywise Health President and CEO, Takes Leadership of America’s Essential Hospitals Board
Steve Purves, President and CEO of Valleywise Health, today becomes America’s Essential Hospitals’ board chair at a time when the nation’s safety net health care systems are in the national spotlight for leading the nation’s COVID-19 response. America’s Essential Hospitals is the leading champion for hospitals and health systems dedicated to high-quality care for all, […]
Celebrating Juneteenth: A Message From Our President and CEO, Steve Purves
History was made Thursday, June 17, 2021 as President Biden signed legislation making Juneteenth a federal holiday. This is the first new national holiday established since Martin Luther King Day in 1983. Also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, or Emancipation Day, Juneteenth is a combination of the words “June” and “nineteenth” and […]
Arizona Burn Center Warns of Serious Burn Injuries from the Valley’s Summer “Streets of Fire”
Warnings follow a record number of contact burns in 2020 The onset of extreme temperatures in Maricopa County brings new warnings about serious burn injuries from outside surfaces that can reach 180 degrees Fahrenheit in Arizona’s brutal summer heat. Last year, the Arizona Burn Center at Valleywise Health recorded a record high 104 heat-related burn […]
Valleywise Health earns high ratings from Moody’s and Fitch credit rating agencies
Valleywise Health has received some of the highest ratings awarded by Moody’s Investment Services and Fitch, two national credit rating agencies, for its 2021 bond sale. Moody’s assigned an “Aa3” rating and Fitch a “AA-“ rating to the healthcare district’s general obligation bonds that were overwhelmingly approved by Maricopa County voters in 2014. Both agencies […]
Valleywise Health Collaborates with Local Startup, LiteraSeed, to Reduce Health Disparities and Cultural Barriers to Care
Valleywise Health is piloting innovative healthcare technology developed by local startup, LiteraSeed, to reduce medical misdiagnoses by improving communication between underserved patients and medical providers. “Our goal is to reduce the tragic and preventable deaths of patients who find it difficult to communicate effectively with physicians,” said Michael White, MD, Valleywise Health Chief Clinical Officer. […]
We are ICU nurses. We’re tired. And we need your help again to get through this
SOURCE: AZCentral We are intensive care unit (ICU) nurses at Valleywise Health Medical Center in Phoenix, and, like everyone else, we want our lives to get back to normal. Quite honestly, we’re all tired. The last year in our COVID-19 units has been a nightmare that we never want to relive. We have been shattered […]
102 New Doctors Join Arizona’s Healthcare Work Force at a Time They’re Needed Most
In the midst of a public health crisis, 102 graduating medical students learned today they will be entering residency programs at two prominent Phoenix teaching hospitals through the Creighton University Arizona Health Education Alliance. “They are entering Arizona’s healthcare workforce at a time when we need them more than ever,” said Dr. Michael White, Chief […]
Lactation Mentorship Program at Valleywise Health: Redefining Breastfeeding Within Diverse Communities
Program to increase access to lactation consultants to underserved populations. Breastfeeding is a biological right, and all parents should have an opportunity to choose how they feed their babies. But over time, lactation adversity has increased, specifically in more diverse populations. Kim Moore‐Salas, an International Board‐Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) who works at Valleywise Health Medical […]
Lia Christiansen Named Chief Administrative Officer of Valleywise Health
Lia Christiansen has been named Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of Valleywise Health, Arizona’s public teaching hospital and safety net system of care. Christiansen most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer for Acute Care for Minnesota Health Fairview in Minneapolis. She will join Valleywise Health’s senior executive team Feb. 22. “I am thrilled to have […]