The Arizona Action Coalition (AZAC) was reestablished in 2021 to guide the implementation of the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine's Future of Nursing Report. AZAC, composed of a diverse array of stakeholders, is re-imagining as a result of the National Academy of Medicine report, The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity, and is charged with transforming the health of Arizona citizens through nursing by implementing the recommendations of this report.
The last AzAC Summit Meeting was held on August 19th from 1-3pm Arizona time:
In 2008, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) launched a two-year initiative to respond to the need to assess and transform the nursing profession. In 2009, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation partnered with the Institute of Medicine to produce The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, which set a vision for nursing in 2020 with a purpose of producing a report that would make recommendations for an action-oriented blueprint for the future of nursing. These reports continue today - the most recent being The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity.
2020-2030 Recommendations:
View the full, detailed recommendations here
View highlights from the full 2020-2030 report here
For more information visit www.campaignforaction.org/issues
Our Relaunch Kickoff Event occurred on May 19, 2022. Click the buttons below to view the recorded session and join a coalition committee:
VIEW THE RECORDING OF OUR RELAUNCH KICKOFF
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School Nurse Residencies/Fellowship
Academic Practice Partnership Committee
The Arizona Action Coalition is thrilled to partner with the Arizona Department of Health Services to actualize the Arionza Health Improvement Plan 2021-2025. Read the full report here.
Arizona School Nurse Access Project
The Nurses on Boards Coalition aims to provide nurses with opportunities to serve in leadership positions on boards. As of March 31:
Dr. Melanie Logue is the president of Chamberlain University's Phoenix campus. She brings 28 years of academic, administrative, research and clinical experience to the role. Prior to joining Chamberlain, Dr. Logue held a range of leadership and academic positions, most recently serving as a director of nursing operations at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences.Earlier in her career, her extensive tenure at Grand Canyon University included serving as a Doctor of Nursing Practice program chair, assistant dean of graduate studies, dean of the College of Nursing and Health Care Professions, and a professor teaching in both undergraduate and graduate nursing programs. Additionally, Dr. Logue completed a two-year post-doctoral appointment at the University of Arizona as a Clinical Outcomes and Comparative Effectiveness Research Fellow in the Health Outcomes and Practice Effectiveness (HOPE) Research Center and served as a clinical assistant professor. She is a published researcher in areas such as health information technologies and care transitions and co-authored a book chapter on interprofessional education.
Vicki Buchda, MS, RN, NEA-BC serves as the Vice President, Care Improvement for the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association. She is responsible for contributing to the organization’s mission: “Making Arizona the healthiest state in the Nation” by leading collaboratives to improve patient safety, patient experience, healthcare outcomes, and health equity. She is a highly skilled professional with demonstrated expertise in clinical and system leadership. Vicki is passionate about harm prevention, including harm from opioids, maternal health, advance care planning, health equity and the workforce. Vicki has served in nursing and leadership roles within health systems including Mayo Clinic, Hawaii Pacific Health and Banner Health.
Mark Carroll, MD, is chief medical officer for the Medicaid and D-SNP health plans at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. He received his AB in history from Dartmouth College and his MD from Dartmouth Medical School. Mark completed a surgical internship at the Presbyterian-University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and a post-doctoral fellowship in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at Stanford University. He has held leadership roles in health system, public health, philanthropic, and payer organizations. Mark is dedicated to optimizing health outcomes for diverse populations through equitable access to evidence-based care and innovation. He enjoys hiking, writing, and continuous learning.
Daniel Derksen, MD is the University of Arizona Health Sciences Associate Vice President for Health Equity, Outreach & Interprofessional Activities. He is a tenured Professor of Public Health in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health with joint appointments in the College of Medicine and the College of Nursing. His current service, education and research activities include informing legislative, regulatory and program policy to improve access to health care and health insurance coverage; narrowing health disparities; developing, implementing and evaluating interprofessional service-learning sites; and working to assure a well-trained and distributed health workforce to meet the health needs of all Arizonans.
Alycia Elfstrom has 10 years of fundraising, advocacy, and public relations experience with a variety of cross-sector organizations including the Girl Scouts – Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC), the Peace Corps, Arizona Real Estate Investors Association (AZREIA), and Mosaic in Arizona. She is the Director of Advancement at GSACPC. Her technical work involves creating a robust philanthropic giving program that supports the operations of the organization who serves 12,000 girls and 6,000 volunteers across 2/3rds of Arizona. But her real job is to help people see the value of girls and encourage them to make an investment in these bright young leaders.
Tomás León is the President, Equality Health Foundation. With over two decades of collective experience in healthcare, business development, community mobilization, health equity, policy advocacy, philanthropy and marketing communications, Tomás brings an innovative, purpose-driven approach to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion in healthcare. In a prior role as the president and CEO of the Institute for Diversity in Health Management, an affiliate of the American Hospital Association, he created and launched an award-winning equity of care campaign to eliminate health care disparities that engaged nearly 1,500 hospitals and health systems and 50 state hospital associations in this national initiative.
Ms. Teresa Aseret-Manygoats (she/her) currently serves as the Bureau Chief of the Bureau of Chronic Disease and Health Promotion at the Arizona Department of Health Services. She has a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Master in Public Administration from Arizona State University. Teresa has over 21 years of experience working in the public health field with expertise in program evaluation and data coordination; community engagement; and developing and implementing public health approaches and initiatives that address population health; social determinants of health; health equity; and policy, system and environmental change.
Patricia (Pat) VanMaanen has over 30 years of experience in the health care industry. Since 2001 she has worked as a nurse consultant, assisting clients with a variety of health projects, health policy and program management. Her expertise includes assisting with implementation of community health projects focused on clinical and preventive services, development of methodologies and tools for conducting needs assessments and community surveys and health policy development. Pat has provided health care and social service project management, policy analysis, technical writing, meeting coordination and facilitation and other services to state, federal, private and non-profit agencies.
Susan Voirol currently works for the local non-profit agency, Diverse Ability Incorporated, as a Collaboration Synergist. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Human Development/Family Studies from Indiana University, and a Master of Social Work from Arizona State University. She has worked in Arizona for the past 24 years, in a variety of roles, where she has had the privilege of engaging in local, state, and national efforts and initiatives that support systemic change and increasing outcomes for individuals and families across all areas of their lives.
Will Humble is a long-time public health enthusiast and is currently the Executive Director for the Arizona Public Health Association (AzPHA). His 40 years in public health include more than 2 decades at the Arizona Department of Health Services, where he served in various roles including as the Director from 2009 to 2015. He continues it be involved in health policy in his role as the Executive Director for the Arizona Public Health Association. Will is a believer in using evidence-based health policy to improve health outcomes and in leading and managing with emotional intelligence. Follow him on Twitter @willhumble_az and contact him at willhumble@azpha.org
Suzanne Pfister is the President and CEO of Vitalyst Health Foundation. It is a $130 million public foundation focused on Arizona health policy, technical assistance for non-profits and strength-based community engagement and systems change. She and her colleagues are working on a variety of projects, including support for the Cover AZ Coalition, which is focused on helping people obtain affordable health insurance, assistance to communities in Arizona to integrate health into public policies, and promoting healthy community innovations and collaborations. Suzanne has a Master’s Degree in Public and Environmental Affairs from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science/Urban Studies from Occidental College. She currently serves on the board of directors for the Friends of Public Radio Arizona, Greater Phoenix Leadership, Arizona Town Hall, as well as the Maasai Education, Research and Conservation Institute, USA. She also is a member of Charter 100, the Arizona Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee, the ULI Arizona Advisory Council, and co-chairs the Arizona Health Improvement Program Steering Committee. Her hobbies are travel and landscape photography.
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