Canyonlands Receives Grant for Diabetes Self-Management Canyonlands Healthcare Canyonlands Healthcare is going to provide free Diabetes Self-Management Education starting in May, 2018. Patients of Canyonlands Healthcare will be scheduled for a 1-hour session with a Canyonlands Pharmacist to discuss and support ways patients can manage the disease themselves after they leave the Doctor. This will…
Flu Season Hits Plateau The 2018 flu season appears to have hit a plateau after a particularly virulent season. According to the Arizona Department of Health report, there have been over 22,917 reported cases of flu in the state and 461 pneumonia and influenza deaths. This represents a represent a small proportion of the true…
Receive an Arizona Charitable Tax Credit Donations Made to Canyonlands Healthcare are Eligible for an Arizona Charitable Tax Credit. Give now and receive a dollar-for-dollar Arizona Charitable Tax Credit Help us provide rural healthcare to Arizona communities. Donations make it possible for us to provide integrated, affordable, and quality healthcare to our patients regardless of…
Canyonlands Healthcare Providing Vaccines for Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Symptoms Early symptoms of pertussis are like getting a cold, including runny nose, sneezing and coughing that becomes more persistent. Pertussis is easily spread when an infected person coughs. Children often make a “whooping” noise when they breathe. This disease is most serious for babies under one…
STD Screening Available at Canyonlands Healthcare at Low or No Cost STDs spread very easily, and young people have been hit hard by them. 1 out of 4 teenage girls has an STD. Untreated STDs can cause some serious health problems. These include problems with the reproductive system, and could result in not being able…
Canyonlands Urgent Care Open on Sundays Canyonlands Healthcare is pleased to announce that we are offering full weekend care by extending our Urgent Care clinic hours to include Sundays, beginning November 5, 2017. Canyonlands Urgent Care is a walk-in and emergency care clinic in Page Arizona. We have on-site financial counselors who work closely with…
Drug Related Deaths are 45% higher in Rural Communities – HRSA Report The Health Resources and Services Administration recently awarded $3 million to rural communities in eight states to reduce opioid overdoses. Nisha Patel, with the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy at the Health Resources and Services Administration, says drug related deaths are 45%…
Medicare and Medicaid Spending Lower for Patients Receiving Community Health Care Patients come to community health centers because they provide a variety of services under one roof, from behavior services to nutrition counseling to women’s health care. That makes it convenient for patients to access care. According to the National Association of Community Health Centers…
DACA Reversal Risks Medical Workforce”One out of four doctors practicing today is an international medical graduate and many of those have DACA status. Eliminating DACA protections will not only make the shortages worse, it will also hit rural and underserved areas hard and those are places that DACA physicians are likely to work.” — AMA CEO…