After announcing the acquisition of 32 existing Urgent Care Extra centers in 2016, Banner Health is pleased to offer seven new urgent care sites this month and additional sites coming soon. This growth in highly convenient, extended-hours care assures that our patients across Phoenix and Tucson will have excellent access to care, even when their physician’s office is closed.
The June 1 go-live for the new Cerner electronic health record (EHR) from Epic has been delayed, it was announced Friday, March 10. A new date is expected to be announced within two weeks.
Speaker: Raymond L. Woosley, MD, PhD
Title: "Antibiotics and Sudden Cardiac Death – a Rare but Preventable Adverse Outcome"
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Please join us as we recognize students, residents, fellows and faculty for outstanding achievements in the 2016-17 academic year in the Annual UA Department of Medicine Awards Assembly at the Arizona Inn.
The University of Arizona Health Sciences Staff Advisory Council (UAHS SAC) along with each college sponsors the annual UAHS Awards of Excellence presentation. This event, which includes light snacks, is being held on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. in DuVal Auditorium. Awards will be given to employees in the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health. Awardees will be selected in a competitive process by nominations received from any AHSC employee.
Come join local hockey fans at the Tucson Arena downtown in support of the Tucson Roadrunners and the University of Arizona Cancer Center on “Cancer Awareness Night,” Saturday, March 18, 7:30 p.m.
Trevor Barroero, a Flinn Scholar and University of Arizona senior percussion student in the Fred Fox School of Music, presents a free benefit concert to raise $10,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association. The event, titled “…in loving memory,” is presented in memoriam to his late father and grandmother.
Serpil Erzurum, MD, a world-renowned translational scientist on respiratory diseases from the Cleveland Clinic/Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, had them in the aisles for the final Winter Lung Series Conference for the 2016-17 academic year. With a full audience, late attendees either stood or sat on steps.
LECTURE: Tracking Your Health with Wearable Technology: A Look at What’s On the Drawing Board
Wearable Technology: Is it a fad or medical breakthrough? These days, many people are tracking their heart rate and movement to improve their general health. Learn how University of Arizona researchers are developing a new class of materials called “stretchable electronics” to monitor heart health, wound healing, athletic performance and more. Marvin J. Slepian, MD, will share his progress on innovations that directly will impact patient care in the future.
