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All employees, spouses, committed partners and dependents need to re-enroll as a new patient at the Wellness Center with Premise Health. You can create your new patient account in the portal by scanning the QR code (below) or logging into the website.       

Your first appointment must be in-person, but once you are seen in-person, you will have the ability to make follow-up appointments with your provider by phone or video.  Bring a photo ID and your insurance cards to your first appointment.  

The new portal will not include previous lab or medical information. If you would like to see your previous lab results, sign-up for an account with Sonora Quest (if you do not already have an account, to obtain your previous lab results). Going forward your lab results (if drawn at the Health Center) will be on your My Premise Health Portal of Lab Corp.

If you need medical records for a specialist, referral or other provider before you are able to make an in-person appointment, you can complete the Medical Release of Information form. Patients can sign the release form, fax it in, or scan it and email it to: mesahealthcenterfrontdesk@presmisehealth.com

Please be patient with the Wellness Center as they have a high demand for appointments and are doing their best to accommodate everyone as they navigate the IT systems and re-enroll all patients. If you need care sooner than the next available appointment, you have access to free (no copy) Urgent Care via virtual/telehealth through MDLive with Cigna.

QR Code for Premise Health

Oct. 31, 2023 -- People who don’t get enough deep sleep could face a higher risk of developing dementia later in life, researchers say in a new study.  “We found that aging was associated with a decline in the amount of the deepest stages of sleep, known as slow wave sleep,” said Matthew P. Pase, senior author of the study published in the journal JAMA Neurology, in an email to CNN. Pase is an associate professor of psychology and neurology at Monash University in Australia. “We then found that persons with greater declines in slow wave sleep over time had a higher risk of getting dementia over the next 17 years of follow-up.”

During slow wave sleep, the body removes unwanted material from the brain, including beta-amyloid protein, a hallmark sign of Alzheimer’s disease, CNN reported. Deep sleep is the third sleep stage, and is thought to be the most restorative, Richard Isaacson, MD, of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Florida, told CNN. He did not work on the study.

Researchers examined 346 people who were, on average, 69 years old and had participated in a federal program identifying cardiovascular risk. Participants had completed two overnight sleep studies beginning in the 1990s.

Within 17 years of completing the sleep studies, 52 participants had dementia. 

“Each percentage decrease in slow-wave sleep per year was linked with a 27% increased risk of developing dementia and a 32% higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease dementia,” CNN reported. “The rate of slow-wave sleep loss accelerated from age 60, peaked from ages 75 to 80, and slowed afterward.” Isaacson said the study shows how sleep quality can affect cognitive decline and dementia. 

“It’s important to not only pay attention to the total amount a person is sleeping each night, but also monitor sleep quality as best as possible,” he said.

By Jay Croft  Web MD

The new dermatologist provider at the Wellness Center is Kiran Dhillon, NP.  She will only be at the Wellness Center two Fridays per month.  She will start mid-November.  She is already booked until mid-December so members wishing to see her should start thinking about making an appointment now. You must be an established patient at the Wellness Center to see the dermatologist.   Call for an appointment at 480-644-9355 as you can't schedule this type of appointment on the portal.

Tanya Collins passed away Saturday, October 19, after a long illness. She had been a longtime RECOM member. Many of you might remember Tanya from her various positions in the City. She worked in the City Manager's Office for several years and later transferred to Neighborhood Services, where she retired as the Director of Neighborhood Services in 2003. Prior to being hired by the City in 1976, she was a crime beat reporter at the Mesa Tribune and would occasionally show up at various crime scenes. She was always congenial, laid-back, and easy to work with - and one of those truly nice people.  Tanya's funeral will be at 11 AM, Saturday, December 14, 2024, at the LDS Church at 848 N. Westwood Dr., Mesa, AZ.

The Wellness Center will no longer be providing COVID vaccines. They will continue to offer all other types of vaccinations. COVID vaccines can be obtained at CVS, Walgreens or other in-network pharmacies or providers.