Pioneers … innovators … leaders, these words describe the medical professionals who introduced Patient Blood Management (PBM) to Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) as well as to healthcare organizations throughout the world. Why is PBM important to our community? First, YRMC sponsors Arizona’s only PBM program. Its goal is to […]
Charitable giving is frequently mingled with more emotion than information. In fact we often seek just enough information to validate our emotions and then we give—hoping our contribution will be wisely used. “It’s good to have an emotional tie to the organizations and causes we support,” said Robbie Nicol, MBA, […]
Many people look forward to the chilly temperatures and brisk breezes that signal the season change in Yavapai County. However, for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), the season change may mean increased wheezing, coughing and tightness in the chest. “COPD is a progressive disease that makes it hard […]
When Darlene Harmon, PT, describes dry needling, people usually ask if it’s similar to acupuncture. “We use the same needles, but that’s where the similarity ends,” said Harmon, a Physical Therapist in Physical Rehabilitation Services at Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC). Dry needling – sometimes called clinical or Western acupuncture […]
Heavy and long-term smokers, current smokers, or people with a family history of lung cancer now have lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) available at Prescott Medical Imaging (PMI), Prescott Valley Medical Imaging (PVMI) and Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) East in Prescott Valley. Lung cancer often has […]
Busy parents, wouldn’t it be great to have a free smartphone app that features reliable, local information on child care, education, healthcare, support services and more? Look no more, the Big & Little Kids Book – A Yavapai Kids Resource Guide mobile phone app – sponsored by the Arizona Community Foundation of […]
It’s fun for a healthy cause when the Northern Arizona Suns take on the Iowa Wolves at the Prescott Valley Event Center at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 11 for Breast Cancer Awareness Night. Personalized Pink Jerseys … For a Good Cause The Northern Arizona Suns will take to the court […]
Women reading a radiologist’s report of their recent screening mammography may learn for the first time they have “dense breast tissue.” At the BreastCare Center at Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC), YRMC Imaging Services and Prescott Medical Imaging they’ll also learn their lifetime risk for breast cancer. Arizona and more […]
Jennifer B. Schenne, DO, has joined YRMC PhysicianCare’s Primary Care team in the YRMC Outpatient Services Building at 7700 E. Florentine Road in Prescott Valley. Dr. Schenne is Board Certified in Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. She earned her medical degree from Des Moines University in Des Moines, Iowa […]
The year was 1948. Prescott – a town of about 6,000 – was getting on its post-war feet: building roads, opening schools and modernizing medical care. “When Mel and I arrived, the physicians were still pouring ether for anesthesia,” said Jean N. Phillips. “Mel introduced sophisticated anesthesia to the community.” […]
It’s back-to-school time, so it may not be long before you’re faced with that dreaded question: Is my child’s tummy ache or runny nose reason enough to keep him or her home from school? “It’s a tough call for parents,” said Jennifer Tidroski, DO, Pediatrician at YRMC PhysicianCare’s Ponderosa Pediatrics […]
Alan J. Schenne, DO, is the newest physician to join the YRMC PhysicianCare Family Medicine team at 1050 Gail Gardner Way, Suite 300 in Prescott. Dr. Schenne earned his medical degree from Des Moines University in Des Moines, Iowa. He trained in Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) at […]
Legend has it the first Louisville Slugger® was built by teenager Bud Hillerich in his father’s woodworking shop to help a major league baseball player who was in a hitting slump. More than a century later another innovator – engineer Martin Martinez – added to the bat’s folklore by applying […]
On Thursday, September 28th, 2017, Yavapai Regional Medical Center invites you to watch Patient Blood Management: For the People – the latest in a series of informative presentations on the emerging science of Patient Blood Management. This exclusive presentation features experts in the field of Patient Blood Management and will […]
The Family Resource Center at Yavapai Regional Medical Center has continued its partnership with the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to offer a free car seat distribution program to families in Yavapai County. YRMC’s Family Resource Center has provided services via the Healthy Families program for over 25 years, offering […]
Cadu Medina may well be the new, friendlier face of marketing. After four years in the San Francisco office of Young & Rubicam – a global advertising agency – Medina and his family re-located to Prescott, where his wife had spent her childhood. Here, the 40-something Medina launched Craf2m, a […]
Yavapai Regional Medical Center’s (YRMC’s) Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) program has been up and running since November 2016, and is making a positive difference for local patients. Initially, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved the program for high risk patients. “These were patients in their upper 80s […]
Yavapai Regional Medical Center is pleased to share this story about the West Yavapai Guidance Clinic Crisis Stabilization Unit. Our thanks to YRMC HealthConnect contributors Laura Norman, Executive Director of West Yavapai Guidance Clinic Foundation, and Cindy Brown, Development Manager of West Yavapai Guidance Clinic Foundation. Community support and donations have […]
Riding a horse … hiking a mountain … climbing a flight of stairs, chronic pain can restrict people from their favorite activities as well as their day-to-day routines. Steven R. Galper, MD, Pain Medicine Physician, Psychiatrist and Neurologist at YRMC PhysicianCare, taps into this as he works with people experiencing […]
Jack took up smoking in high school, quickly accelerating to a pack-a-day habit. It was his own high school-age children who finally convinced him to quit for good. A smoke-free decade later, Jack feels healthy but he worries about the possibility of lung cancer due to his 34 years of […]
