St. Lukes Health Initiative – AZ Dept. of Health Services Director's Blog

Peer & Family Behavioral Health Report

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:16-07:00February 28th, 2012|Behavioral Health|

We recently held a series of focus groups and interviews to obtain input from persons with Serious Mental Illnesses (peers) and their family members regarding the integration of physical healthcare and behavioral healthcare services in partnership with St. Luke’s Health Initiative and AHCCCS, and several behavioral health peer-run organizations and peer and family members. The [...]

Sharpening the Axe

There's a well-known quote attributed to Abe Lincoln that goes something like this: "Give me 6 hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first 4 sharpening the axe." Maybe somebody will someday quote me as saying: "Give us 20 months to transform the delivery of behavioral health and primary care services to address the [...]