Experienced MAT providers Our community is experiencing a high number of fatal overdoses and access to medication assisted treatment (MAT) is limited. The Arizona Department of Health Services and the Arizona Center for Rural Health created the AzMAT Mentors Program…
By Jeff Gardner, Tucson Local Media After breaking ground in September 2019, the University of Arizona’s Center for Innovation at Oro Valley hosted an open house the week of November 30, 2020, showing off their 4,000 feet of new lab…
The Pima County Health Department is in need of volunteers to help for the Phase 1A of the COVID-19 vaccination dispensing process. The county health department and local hospitals are partnering in this initial phase. The hospitals will provide drive-thru…
In preparation for this year’s holiday season, please note the following dates that McKesson will not be shipping vaccine to providers: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 through Friday, November 27, 2020. Thursday, December 17, 2020 through Friday, January 1, 2021. Normal shipping will…
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces that it has settled its eighth enforcement action in its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. OCR announced this initiative as an enforcement priority…
Are you a Pima County Medical Society member and running for office in the November 3 election? If you would like to be featured in the October Special Edition newsletter, please send Digital Communications Coordinator Ann Chihak Poff at achihakpoff@gmail.com…
A peer-support program has become available to all Arizona physicians called the Virtual Doctors' Lounge. The program was designed to: Provide informal, confidential, peer-led support to physicians Reduce stigma and other barriers that too often stop physicians from seeking help…
Arizona Medical Association is pleased to present the 2020 Legislative Report. The report not only provides valuable information on ALL the bills tracked by the ArMA advocacy team during the 2020 Legislative Session, it also includes details on the critical issues…
This link serves as the central location for updates and guidance from the University of Arizona on the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and UA's plans for reentry for fall 2020. The website also provides: COVID DATA REENTRY PLAN REENTRY WORKING GROUP…
The scarcity of community rotations for medical students is another unanticipated COVID-19-related crimp. There is an immediate need for rotations in family practice, pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology. Pima County Medical Society and the Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation have agreed…