Mayo Clinic – AZ Dept. of Health Services Director's Blog

Improving Stroke Care and Positioning Our Efforts to Address Alzheimer’s

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:09-07:00September 24th, 2015|Prevention|

For the past several years stroke has been recognized as the fourth leading disease-related cause of death in Arizona, making it eligible for tobacco tax funding under Proposition 303. Our Bureau of Tobacco and Chronic Disease (BTCD) has been dedicating a portion of tobacco tax revenues to fund the development of healthcare systems aimed at increasing the [...]

ADVICE Collaborative II: Turning the Tide on Infections

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:56-07:00January 7th, 2014|Prevention|

Back in 2013 our Licensing team joined with our Infectious Disease Services shop and our Healthcare Associated Infections Advisory Committee to put together a day-long conference aimed at improving infection control practices in our dialysis facilities. The ADVICE collaborative brought together licensed dialysis providers, the dialysis network, federal partners, and public health professionals to find [...]