Letter: Mothers do not need more medicine to give birth
As a certified nurse midwife, I believe that the majority of women are capable of delivering their babies without medical intervention. New research has shown that elective induction of labor at 39 weeks reduces cesarean sections, but these results should not be uniformly applied to obstetrical practice. Read more at Tucson.com
El Rio Health expanding southeast location
El Rio Health announced they plan to expand their southeast location. This announcement came Wednesday, August 15, 2018 during National Health Center Week. The Golf Links and Kolb location opened nine years ago. The center’s high rate of business prompted the expansion. See more at KVOA.
El Rio has received $399,822 from HRSA for the Health Center Quality Improvement FY2018 Grant Awards.
Out of the 20 awards given out in Arizona, El Rio Health was one of 3 who received a significant portion of that funding due to being recognized as a Health Center Quality Leader. To learn more about the FY2018 HRSA Quality Improvement Grants click HERE. To see the listing of Arizona Health Centers who received Grants click HERE.
El Rio Health to Celebrate National Health Center Week – August 13-17, 2018
El Rio Health will hold a new construction kick-off on Wednesday, August 15th from 3-4 pm at their Southeast campus to celebrate National Health Center Week 2018. The event is part of a national campaign during the week of August 13th-17th to raise awareness about the mission and accomplishments of America’s Health Centers and the […]
Tucson children receive $50,000 in oral health services
TUCSON – More local children will have access to dental care, thanks to a $50,000 grant from Delta Dental of Arizona. The grant will help fund the El Rio Health Center Foundation’s dental program. El Rio said they hired a registered dental hygienist and a dental assistant team for three of their busiest pediatric sites. […]
Progress on El Rio’s newest health center
Progress is being made on the construction of the 50,000-square-foot El Rio Community Health Center. The Cherrybell Campus, a $14.3 million clinic at 1230 S. Cherrybell Stravenue, is expected to include a laboratory, pharmacy, dental center and full radiology department. It is El Rio’s 14th clinic and will also be a teaching health center housing […]
El Rio Health receives grant from CVS Health
CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) announced today that the company has expanded its safe medication disposal program to select CVS Pharmacy locations in Arizona to help facilitate proper and timely disposal of opioids and other medications that could be diverted or misused if left in medicine cabinets. Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich attended the launch of […]
‘Game changer’: Brush-on liquid allows Tucson kids to avoid anguish of dental drill
Five-year-old Ivanna Chavez has a cavity and she is terrified. The small, bespectacled girl shrinks behind her mother as they walk into the El Rio Community Health Center exam room, where pediatric dental resident Dr. Aaron Duffy is waiting, holding what looks like a tiny, doll-sized paintbrush. In less than the five minutes it takes […]
New multi-purpose site planned to help Tucson’s homeless
A new one-stop center to help Tucson’s homeless residents is planned to open next year on the site of an old airport Holiday Inn. The 8-acre property, soon to be called the H.S. Lopez Family Foundation Center of Opportunity, includes a 205-room soon-to-be converted hotel tower. New buildings are being planned to provide emergency and […]
Desert Leaf’s article on Midwifery
“Low-tech, high-touch.” That’s how Greta Gill, a certified nurse-midwife and director of midwifery at Tucson’s El Rio Health, describes the care at El Rio Birth and Women’s Health Center, but the phrase also encapsulates the essence of the midwifery profession. “Birth is more than a medical procedure,” says Kathryn Schrag, a certified nurse-midwife who cofounded […]
