Arizona doctors COVID-19 impacts on mental health as overdose deaths rise
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) – COVID-19 is taking a toll on mental health and overdoses are on the rise. Arizona healthcare providers are seeing an increase in people with depression and anxiety in recent months. “Part of maintaining sobriety and abstaining from substances is a sense of community and with social isolation, that’s just […]
More than 30 percent of COVID-19 cases are hitting Latinx community
SINCE THE COUNTY BEGANCOLLECTING DATA – 44 PERCENT OFCASES CAN’T BE MATCHED TO ASPECIFIC RACE, BUT 30 PERCENTOF ALL CASES ARE HITTING THELATINX COMMUNITY. FOR THECOUNTY IT IS IMPORTANT TOIDENTIFY THESE GROUPS BEINGIMPACTED BY COVID-19. DR.CULLEN// PCHD:”I THINK WITHOUTIT WE’RE UNABLE TO DETERMINEWHAT IF THERE’S INEQUITY ORDISPARITIES AND WE’RECOMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THATWE TARGET THE […]
COVID-19 Pandemic and Adherence to Therapy: What Can Pharmacists Do?
Medication adherence has long been recognized as an important, if under addressed, barrier to patient health. It can affect both quality and length of life, and overall health care costs. Nonadherence to medications has been correlated to up to 50% of treatment failures, approximately 125,000 deaths, and nearly 25% of hospitalizations per year in the […]
COVID-19 testing in Southern Arizona, mainly by appointment
TUCSON, Ariz. — There are dozens of testing centers in Southern Arizona, even locally-owned clinics are performing the tests, but some are seeing faster results than others. Most testing sites are offering the test by appointment only. Amy, a patient at Rescue Me Wellness, got her second COVID-19 test at a local clinic Monday. “It […]
El Rio Health serves clients more securely with Microsoft’s cloud-based tools
As cybersecurity threats multiply, so have the number of products developed to manage those threats. While the Tucson-based nonprofit El Rio Health successfully protected its organizational and client data, its IT team struggled to manage all its disparate IT solutions. By adopting Microsoft 365 with embedded security enhancements, the company now manages its security, collaboration, […]
