Sometimes all it takes to treat the common cold is rest and a lot of fluids, but that doesn’t always work for everyone. In some cases, a cold can lead to a more serious medical condition called respiratory syncytial virus or RSV. “Every person by the age of 2 has been infected with RSV,” said […]
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Most women with cervical cancer are diagnosed before the age of 50. It occurs when cells on the cervix grow out of control. The cervix is the lower, narrow end part of the uterus opening up into the vagina. One way to diagnose cervical cancer is with a pap test. When this type of cancer
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Article originally published on Advance Healthcare Network (website and magazine).: People aren’t just cruising through the coffee drive-through lane on their way into work anymore. They’re getting flu shots on the go. These new approaches to vaccination are ramping up vaccination rates. More than 130 million total doses of the flu vaccine had already been
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Show Low, Ariz. – Summit Healthcare announced today that it has entered into an oncology collaboration agreement with Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center in Gilbert, Ariz. This agreement is an extension of the existing health care collaboration between Summit Healthcare and Banner Health. The primary goal of both agreements is to ensure that Summit Healthcare
Summit Healthcare is proud to provide the communities we serve with access to state-of-the-art care and trusted physicians across a wide-range of specialties. In some cases, physicians and medical services that may not be available locally can still be offered at Summit Healthcare by entering into collaboration agreements with independent healthcare providers. Summit Healthcare’s collaboration
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The Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center offers a comprehensive wound care program to manage chronic or non-healing wounds caused by diabetes, circulatory problems, and other conditions. The advanced Center houses two (2) new hyperbaric chambers, the only rural hospital in northeastern Arizona to offer this service. The Center is designed to complement the services offered
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As another legislative session comes to an end, we in the hospital and healthcare community are at a crossroads. Hospitals like ours expect to once again endure budget cuts in the coming year, as State policymakers enacted another 5 percent reduction to what our facility is reimbursed for care provided to Medicaid recipients. This cut
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Summit Healthcare announced in November 2014 that they had reached an agreement with the owners of Pine Shadows RV Park to purchase the property for future expansion of healthcare services. Summit Healthcare closed on the property located at 4951 South White Mountain Road in Show Low on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. The property is approximately
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SHOW LOW — Cellular One announced that its employees raised a total of $1,639.82 in October to benefit local cancer centers in its service area. Piggybacking on national campaigns that use the color pink in fostering breast cancer awareness every October, the company’s employees planned a variety of fundraising events and initiatives throughout the month,
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SUMMIT HEALTHCARE AND COMPASSUS LAUNCH INNOVATIVE PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM First Program of Its Kind in Area Expands Access to Quality Palliative Care for Patients SHOW LOW, Ariz. – Summit Healthcare announced today its partnership with industry leading, community-based hospice provider, Hospice Compassus, to launch Compassus Inpatient Palliative Care. This consultative inpatient palliative care program is
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