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The launch of the new Cerner electronic health record (EHR) at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and South clinical facilities will proceed as scheduled this weekend, with go-live set for just after midnight on Sept. 30. More than 1,200 adoption coaches will provide support over the next several weeks. See last-minute suggestions here as well as links to transition overview and archived video from Sept. 26 UA/Banner Cerner Town Hall…
The University of Arizona Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology will host two important events this fall—a Gastroenterology/Hepatology Community Meeting with area GI doctors on Oct. 17 and an inflammatory bowel disease training workshop on Nov. 17 facilitated by the University of Chicago’s Dr. David Rubin and Cornerstones Health of Los Angeles…
The UA Center on Aging, in partnership with the Home Centered Care Institute, is proud to offer a new program featuring a first-of-its-kind home-based primary care curriculum to health care providers statewide. The free training is on the UA Health Sciences campus, Tucson, Nov. 2-3. This opportunity is part of the center’s having been chosen as one of eight “centers of excellence” nationwide by HCCI…
University of Arizona Health Sciences faculty and staff in Tucson are invited to join hundreds of construction workers building Banner – University Medical Center Tucson’s new hospital tower in a Pink Hard Hat Ribbon display on Friday morning, Sept. 29, 10 a.m., south side of construction site. The event kicks off breast cancer awareness month in October...
New websites for the UA Division of Infectious Diseases and UA Petersen HIV Clinics—developed in conjunction with UA Health Sciences BioCommunications, the UA Department of Medicine and division faculty and staff—are now live. See a number of new features that underscore the multidisciplinary nature of the division as well as the multiple services it offers in terms of education, research, patient care and community outreach for infection prevention…
For physicians and others at the UA Department of Medicine involved in clinical research who are looking to get their studies listed on the UA Health Sciences Clinical Research Studies website, look for tips here on how to do exactly that. The process is simpler than you may think. Just fill out the “Optional Services” page of the Research Intake Form…
The 2nd Annual DOM Fellows Retreat was well attended with about 55 fellows and fellowship directors participating on Tuesday, Sept. 19, in the UA Cancer Center’s Kiewit Auditorium. Headlining were Drs. Joe “Skip” Garcia, Tara Carr, Anita Koshy, Sai Parthasarathy and Monica Kraft. The event was organized by DOM Vice Chair for Research Dr. Jil Tardiff. See the photos, watch the video…
Construction continues apace with expected completion of the new nine-story hospital tower at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson set for mid-2019 and the Banner – UMC North Campus outpatient care center before year-end. See photos from a recent tour of the hospital tower as well as a quick roundup of construction progress on UA Health Sciences’ BioSciences Research Lab and Health Sciences Innovation Building…
Earthquakes in Chiapas, Oaxaca and Mexico City, hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria—all wreaked devastation and human tragedy across the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and beyond. The UA Health Sciences Hispanic Center of Excellence offers several ways you can assist in relief efforts throughout the region that keenly represents the beating pulse of Latin America…
Beach volleyball player Mia Mason, who survived a rare brain tumor as a 12-year-old, is paying it forward. She and her mother, Jeannine Mason, a former UA volleyball player, have established the Mia Mason Fund for immunotherapy research to support pediatric cancer research at the UA Steele Children's Research Center...
Flu season is just around the corner (or already here, if you ask UA Campus Health) and it’s time to get your free vaccine to keep yourself, your colleagues and close friends and family fully immunized and healthy. The first Banner Health flu clinic is Tues., Sept. 26, at UA Cancer Center North Campus, with UA flu shot events on the UAHS campus Oct. 6 and 12 and multiple opportunities for flu shot clinics on main campus through early November…
The next lectures in the DOM Research Seminar Series focus on “Gender and Race Disparities in Osteoarthritis” and “Genetics and Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Common Diseases (Asthma, COPD, etc.)” with speakers Dr. Ernest Vina, MD, of the UA Division of Rheumatology, and Dr. Deb Meyers, co-chief of the UA Division of Genetics, Genomics and Precision Medicine. Save the date for Thursday, Oct. 12, noon-1 p.m., Room 5403, UA College of Medicine – Tucson...
Graduate certificates available in Global Health and Development, Health Administration, Public Health, as well as, Clinical and Translational Research from the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. The deadline for admissions to the Spring 2018 semester has been extended to Oct. 15. Use your Qualified Tuition Reduction benefit to sign up today!
The C Diff Foundation waived registration fees for UA participants at its fifth annual conference at UNLV. Join 200 health-care professionals to share the latest data on prevention, treatment and environmental safety related to Clostridium difficile (C. diff.)—a healthcare-associated infection, irritable bowel syndrome/disease (IBS/IBD), as well as fecal transplant procedures and more...
Banner Health has delayed rollout of its new ProviderMatch, or find-a-provider functionality, on its website from today, Sept. 19, to the end of October. The move allows for a trial period to review content in order to ensure all physicians feel comfortable with new functionalities and how their public profiles are presented. See guidance documents here…
The UA Cancer Center’s Kiewit Auditorium in the Leon F. Levy Building, 1515 N. Campbell Ave., will play host to the 2nd Annual Department of Medicine Fellows Retreat from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 19, with more than 70 fellows and faculty attending. Program includes talks on career trajectories, mentoring and transitions to academic faculty. Drs. Joe “Skip” Garcia, Tara Carr, Anita Koshy among speakers…
Tech Launch Arizona hosts a research forum on the UA Health Sciences campus Thursday, Oct. 19, noon-1 p.m., that puts the spotlight on Avery Therapeutics Inc., a Tucson start-up that holds the license on a UA-developed, tissue-engineered cardiac graft to treat heart failure. The event is in Room 102 of the Medical Research Building, 1656 E. Mabel St., Tucson…
A nearly overwhelming number of job seekers showed up Sept. 14 for a Banner Health Hiring Event at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson. A steady stream filled DuVal Auditorium to apply for 250 available positions posted for clinical facilities associated with the Banner – UMC Tucson and South hospitals and the UA Cancer Center at the North and Orange Grove campuses. See the photos and visit our new DOM Recruitment webpage to learn more about available jobs…