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Opening Day: Mercy Maricopa Integrated Care

By |2017-02-10T09:49:44-07:00April 4th, 2014|Behavioral Health|

This was a milestone week for our behavioral health program.  Tuesday marked the start of our contract with Mercy Maricopa Integrated Care as the regional behavioral health authority in Maricopa County.  The transition has gone well this week.  Literally 100s of things had to go right in order to have a smooth transition- including Information [...]

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AZ Disease Detective Software Overhaul

By |2017-02-10T09:49:55-07:00January 14th, 2014|Preparedness|

Our statewide disease detectives (whose job it is to slow the spread of communicable diseases) need real-time electronic surveillance in order to get the job done.  Our I.T. folks and the people in Public Health Preparedness have been working on an upgraded system to help them for the last several months- and our new Medical Electronic [...]

Madan Jumps In Head-first

By |2017-02-10T09:51:08-07:00June 28th, 2012|Behavioral Health, General|

Our own Madan Gopal from I.T. has been invited by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to participate in a national Roundtable discussion about the role and use of health IT to fill the needs of behavioral health providers, to integrate behavioral health record data into primary care, and on how ”Meaningful Use” could [...]

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Movin’ on Up

By |2012-06-22T12:52:50-07:00June 22nd, 2012|General|

Our Forensic Hospital transition team successfully transferred our forensic patients to the new facility this week.  In all, 100 patients in 6 different units were moved into the new forensic hospital this week. Things were smooth because of careful planning and solid execution by nursing, IT, Operations, Campus Support & Safety, Rehab Services, Social Services, Psychology Services, Crothall Housekeeping and Facilities, [...]

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HB 2036: Abortion; Procedures; Informed Consent; Requirements

By |2012-04-13T11:56:53-07:00April 13th, 2012|General|

The Governor signed HB 2036 today- which amends state law regarding abortions. We'll be responsible for implementing many of the law's provisions. Our Rules and Medical Licensing teams will be responsible for writing new regulations for the operating procedures at abortion clinics, our Medical Licensing team will be ensuring compliance with the new rules, and our IT and [...]

All Systems Go for Friday

By |2017-02-10T09:52:01-07:00December 10th, 2010|General|

Our preparation for the implementation of the AZ Medical Marijuana Act is on track.  We've made a great deal of progress on all fronts over the last couple of weeks.  The informal draft of the Administrative Code that we'll release next Friday is really starting to gel.  We've got the key elements hammered out and our [...]

Farmers' Market Locator

By |2017-02-10T09:52:12-07:00August 2nd, 2010|General|

We’ve got a groovy new Farmers' Market Locator up on our WIC website.  It help anybody in Arizona find the closest farmers market.  Simply go to the application link and put in any address and city and push “Find Market”.  The program will list all the markets including links that give you the time of year, dates [...]

Farmers’ Market Locator

By |2017-02-10T09:52:12-07:00August 2nd, 2010|General|

We’ve got a groovy new Farmers' Market Locator up on our WIC website.  It help anybody in Arizona find the closest farmers market.  Simply go to the application link and put in any address and city and push “Find Market”.  The program will list all the markets including links that give you the time of year, dates [...]

ADHS Status

By |2017-02-10T09:52:13-07:00July 21st, 2010|General, Newborn Screening|

We’ve got a lot to be proud of over the last year and an half.  It’s been hard, I know because of all of the budget reductions and the lower staffing level.  On the other hand, we’ve got an incredible mission and we’re doing a good job.  I often tell people that we work in [...]

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