Banner Ironwood Medical Center named Terresa Paulus as its new chief nursing officer.

To alleviate the state’s ongoing nursing shortage, one of the Valley’s premier hospitals is partnering with Arizona State University to train nurses, officials announced Wednesday.

To alleviate the state's on-going nursing shortage, one of the Valley's premier hospitals is partnering with Arizona State University to train nurses, officials announced Wednesday.

 Over the next three years, Mesa Unified School District will no longer fill vacancies arising when nurses retire or resign at its 87 schools. Instead, every school will have a full-time health assistant, while remaining nurses take on the broader role of “health consultant.”

Gov. Jan Brewer rallied doctors and nurses at the Capitol on Tuesday in her bid to get the necessary votes to expand the state's Medicaid program.

A Mesa-based nursestaffing agency has entered an international partnership to bring registered nurses from India to help East Valley hospitals cope with the ongoing nursing shortage.

TRENTON, N.J. — Finding the right nursing home for an elderly loved one is a daunting task. And it’s one most of us will face, as two-thirds of people over 65 will need nursing home care, at least temporarily, according to AARP.

TRENTON, N.J. — Finding the right nursing home for an elderly loved one is a daunting task. And it’s one most of us will face, as two-thirds of people over 65 will need nursing home care, at least temporarily, according to AARP.

A 19-year-old Mesa woman died Monday after hitting her head on a water slide at Golfland Sunsplash water park in Mesa, police said.

Health inspectors declared residents at the state-run nursing home for military veterans to be in immediate jeopardy this week following allegations that staff members discharged a man who was too ill to care for himself, drove him home and left him there alone.

Regardless of what you think about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also called Obama Care, the delivery of healthcare in the U.S. needs a major overhaul. The focus should be on patients and on high value healthcare. That means doing what it takes to get better outcomes, better safety, better service at lower overall costs — a focus on value, not on volume.

Phoenix and Arizona State University are moving ahead with a new proposal to locate the university’s school of journalism in a yet-to-bebuilt structure on the northern end of downtown.

AARP and the Area Agency on Aging are promoting a budget request from Gov. Janet Napolitano to increase spending for better care for older Arizonans.

October 30, 2004

Job growth jumped last month nationally while more employers are adding to their work forces here in Arizona and the East Valley.

HealthSouth, a national provider of inpatient rehabilitative services, will open its first hospital in the East Valley later this month in east Mesa. 

The Legislature’s budget crisis has Arizona State University President Michael Crow contemplating what once was unthinkable — setting a maximum limit on the enrollment of new students.

Scottsdale police released records Wednesday revealing new graphic details of the sexual activity reported at a Cave Creek middle school that led to the arrests of two 13-year-old boys.

Cave Creek school leaders are saying little about why a middle school teacher was placed on administrative leave in the wake of a series of incidents where students participated in inappropriate sexual behavior.

If a stranger knocks on your door in the next few weeks, it could be an invitation to help shape federal health policy.

If a stranger knocks on your door in the next few weeks, it could be an invitation to help shape federal health policy.

December 7, 2004

Accidents of medical aircraft are at a "disturbing" level, a federal safety official said Monday as he arrived at the scene where two helicopters collided, killing six people.

The state's top education official said Friday it's up to parents -- and not his agency -- to ensure that local schools have threat-assessment and violence prevention programs to avoid shootings like the one in Connecticut.