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About myazhealthandwellness.com

Across the country, trends continue to emerge promoting strong consumer roles in the health care system. The focus begins with the call for consumers to choose healthier behaviors and adopt wellness practices, such as eating right and exercising more. Consumers are requesting to be more informed participants in decision-making regarding their own health care treatments (Sangl 1996). Experts say this type of “informed choice” is an element of a better-functioning health care marketplace (Enthoven 1993).

In this new consumer-directed health care environment, knowledge is power. Consumers are demanding access to more understandable and reliable health information. AHCCCS has a unique opportunity to meet this growing demand and deliver health, wellness, and self-care tools and information to members and their families across the state, without cost to the consumer.

In efforts to assist and empower Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) members and their families to improve health outcomes and prevent illness, AHCCCS partnered with Healthwise, Inc. to develop this unique wellness website with evidence-based, medically reviewed health information. My Arizona Health and Wellness web portal allows families to access free state-specific, cultural, and linguistically appropriate health education and wellness information and resources.

Goals

• Provide quality health and wellness information that is culturally relevant and linguistically competent in a one-stop, consumer-friendly, interactive format.
• Empower consumers to become active participants in their health care decision making, resulting in a healthier community, and more efficient and cost-effective health care system.
• Inform consumers about health, wellness, and the health care system by utilizing technology and self-care resources which lead to improved health literacy and transparency, less unnecessary emergency room visits, and lower overall health care costs.

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