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National Nurses Week & the Harlem Shake

By |2017-02-10T09:49:40-07:00May 12th, 2014|General|

Anybody that has worked in the healthcare industry knows who's the backbone of care: Nurses.  Last week we celebrated nurses with National Nurses Week. We have many nurses throughout the Department in various divisions. Each nurse provides a distinct service to the Department. The majority of our nurses work at the AZ State Hospital providing [...]

What’s Meaningful Use, Anyway?

By |2017-02-10T09:50:21-07:00June 26th, 2013|General|

You’ve probably heard the words “meaningful use” thrown around…  but what is it?  Basically, it’s using electronic health record technology to: 1) Improve quality, safety, efficiency, and reduce health disparities; 2) Engage patients and family; 3) Improve care coordination, and population and public health; and 4) Maintain privacy and security of patient health information.   Using [...]

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Campaign to Get Health Care Workers Immunized

By |2017-02-10T09:50:36-07:00March 18th, 2013|General, Prevention|

Believe it or not only 27% of health care workers are up to date with their whooping cough booster… yet health care personnel can be infected with it by their patients, and then pass it on to other patients, family, and the community.  The Arizona Partnership Against Pertussis, a coalition of seventeen health care organizations [...]

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The Health Care/Public Health Continuum

By |2017-02-10T09:50:37-07:00March 13th, 2013|Prevention|

In the world of health care- the clinician works with patients individually. They examine various indicators of health for their patient including direct observations and laboratory or other diagnostic tests and implement interventions to help their patient improve their health. Providers also encourage their patients to live healthy lifestyles and take safety precautions- and help [...]

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Blessing Bag Update

By |2017-02-10T09:50:42-07:00February 15th, 2013|General|

I wanted to update on one of my December blog posts.  Around the holidays, patients at the Arizona State Hospital decided to take on a project – to help the homeless.   Patients wanted an opportunity to give back to the community in a way that would help those in need.  They chose a project working [...]

AZ’s Traumatic Brain Injury Network Developing

By |2017-02-10T09:50:44-07:00February 6th, 2013|General, Preparedness|

Traumatic brain injury is involved in about 1/3 of all injury-related deaths- it’s clearly a public health issue.  That’s why we created Arizona's Excellence in Pre-hospital Injury Care project- which is aimed at improving brain injury outcomes in AZ. The National Institutes of Health chose AZ as the only state to evaluate the national standards [...]

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Hub & Spoke Telemedicine

By |2017-02-10T09:50:58-07:00September 27th, 2012|Prevention|

Back in 2006 we funded a web based "hub and spoke" telemedicine system with tobacco tax funds to link up small rural and undeserved hospitals with a Primary Stroke Center (Mayo Clinic Arizona) which can give expert advice on how to best treat acute stroke patients at the rural hospitals (also called spoke hospitals).  We’re [...]

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Trauma Informed Care

By |2017-02-10T09:51:13-07:00April 12th, 2012|General|

Trauma Informed Care provides another perspective when working with individuals in the behavioral health system.  Think of it this way, our life experiences have helped shape each of us into the person we are today, why would it be any different for our patients/residents. When a person experiences trauma it can have any number of effects [...]

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The Health Care/Public Health Continuum

By |2011-11-29T09:08:31-07:00November 29th, 2011|General, Prevention|

In the world of health care- the clinician works with patients individually.  They examine various indicators of health for their patient including direct observations and laboratory or other diagnostic tests and implement interventions to help their patient improve their health.  Providers also encourage their patients to live healthy lifestyles and take safety precautions- and help [...]

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Arizona State Hospital New Forensic Unit On Track

By |2017-02-10T09:51:35-07:00August 26th, 2011|General|

The new Arizona State Hospital forensic unit construction is on track and progressing nicely.  We're in the home stretch now- and the contractors are putting the finishing touches on the project.  The new facility will be a huge help and will be much more conducive to helping our patients on their recovery path.  It'll also really improve the working [...]

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