Pima County Medical Society is working with the Arizona Medical Association and Maricopa County Medical Society to address the PPE shortage for practices in Arizona. A program has been launched where practices are able to order equipment from manufacturers and…
The Governor’s Office worked with the Arizona Commerce Authority to set-up a webinar for health care providers and practices in Arizona to help assist them with applications for the Paycheck Protection Program. The information is below. The Arizona Commerce Authority…
Drive Thru For Tucson's Frontlines is set up to take donations and with that money purchase meals for our frontline health care workers and pump money into our local restaurants and our local economy. The Bobby and Bailey morning show…
A brief message from the President of the Pima County Medical Society, written on April 15, 2020. The graph to the left shows COVID-19 deaths per million people in a country's population. If you go to Our World in Data…
By Michael Brady Modern Healthcare The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will allow providers to practice across state lines and at the top of their license. The new flexibilities allow doctors to treat patients at rural hospitals via…
Pima County Medical Society member C. Bree Johnston, MD, MPH has a petition on change.org titled: Immunity for physicians and health care systems during COVID-19. The petition is directed to the Arizona State House and Arizona State Senate. The petition…
In coordination with the University of Arizona and College of Medicine – Phoenix, the College of Medicine – Tucson is offering early graduation to the Class of 2020. This option is for qualified students who wish to serve as new…
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected medical school students at the Banner University of Arizona College of Medicine. Instructors have been moved to clinical work leaving an instructor shortage. They have also changed from a person-to-person experience to a virtual experience…
The Arizona Department of Health Services is developing a Volunteer Management Task Force to provide guidance on the utilization of Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP) and liability for health care facilities. This is to process…
Drive-through locations in Arizona will see patients by appointment only Banner Health today announced a new process for COVID-19 specimen collection in Arizona. Those with concerns about COVID-19 symptoms or exposure can now call Banner Health at (844) 549-1851 to…