DMG in the News

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey declared a statewide public health emergency in the summer of 2017 to address the opioid overdose epidemic. In response, health officials and doctors are shifting the way pain and addiction are treated at the prescribing level. A new doctor curriculum and training could be part of the solution.

The Maryvale community has more than a quarter-million residents, yet it has not had a centrally located emergency room in more than a year. That’s about to change. The Maricopa Integrated Health System this month is scheduled to reopen Maryvale’s original hospital, which has been shuttered since December 2017.

Every year, the Phoenix Business Journal turns a spotlight on the doctors, nurses, volunteers and other area residents who care for others with our annual Health Care Heroes awards.

Nonprofits are big business. And Arizona’s most philanthropic companies help those nonprofits fulfill their missions. According to the Center for Civil Society Studies at Johns Hopkins University, more than 70 million people work and volunteer in the nonprofit sector. Nonprofit employees make up the third-largest workforce among U.S. industries

Creighton University – a Jesuit, Catholic University located in Omaha, Nebraska – has reached an agreement on the construction of a new, nearly $100 million health sciences campus at Park Central in midtown Phoenix, a significant expansion of the University’s current presence in the state.

Dr. Kevin Foster, head of the Arizona Burn Center in Phoenix, was working on St. Patrick’s Day when the call came in. There had been a horrible accident. As a family in Phoenix was getting ready for a neighborhood party, the father built a fire in a fire pit in his driveway. He had used gasoline to ignite it and it exploded.

Una representante de Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCS) afirma que es importante verificar si su plan médico cambió e informarse donde es aceptado su nuevo plan.