best practices

“No Place Like Home” Conference

By |2017-02-10T09:50:09-07:00September 12th, 2013|General|

In early 2012, Arizona set the ambitious goal of reducing the statewide hospital readmission rate by 20% and averting 4,000 avoidable hospital readmissions. Curious to find out what we accomplished by working together?  Interested in learning about extraordinary best practices from all provider settings that may take your organization from ordinary to extraordinary?  Would you [...]

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ADHS’ Disease Detectives

By |2017-02-10T09:51:06-07:00July 25th, 2012|Prevention|

Awhile back, our epidemiology and licensing team of disease detectives including Jason Lempp, Cara Christ, Vinita Oberoi, Jessica Rigler, Ken Komatsu, Kathy McCanna, Connie Belden, Ken Komatsu, and Shoana Anderson learned of a severe case of a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus  (MRSA) through our 24-hour disease reporting system.  Our team quickly contacted the county public health department which immediately began an [...]

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Strategic Plan Update

By |2017-02-10T09:51:08-07:00June 13th, 2012|General|

Strategic Effectiveness is defined by three essential components:  Formulate a Plan, Implement the Plan, and Review and Adjust.  Many times we do the first two and forget to come back to the third most important step needed for true progress to occur.   To “review and adjust,” our senior leadership met in mid-April to do an annual [...]

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