Behavioral Health – Page 18 – AZ Dept. of Health Services News

Filling the Gaps

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:43-07:00July 3rd, 2011|Behavioral Health|

We made more progress filling our key positions in behavioral health this week. We're delighted that Ashraf Lasee, MPH, Dr.PH, M.B.B.S has agreed to serve as our new Division Chief for Quality Management. Ashraf has a keen respect for data and understands the importance of solid data collection and analysis in driving quality improvement. She recognizes the importantance of data integrity, understands its importance in program performance [...]

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Our Fix-it Specialist

By azdhs-admin|2011-07-02T11:24:02-07:00July 2nd, 2011|Behavioral Health, General|

Ann Froio has been the Department’s “Fix-it” specialist for the last several years. Most recently, Ann has served as Interim CEO for the Arizona State Hospital while the Department conducted a national search for a new CEO. For the year prior to that, Ann served as the Interim Director at the Arizona Community Protection and Treatment [...]

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Extreme Heat Water Drive

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:43-07:00June 30th, 2011|Behavioral Health, General, Licensing, Preparedness, Prevention|

This has been a super hot week- and we’ve even had a couple of extreme heat warnings in the southern deserts with more to come this holiday weekend (it might get to 120o Saturday). Homeless folks have the highest risk for heat-related illness because they have limited access to cool spaces and finding water to drink [...]

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(Fires)3

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:43-07:00June 24th, 2011|Behavioral Health, Licensing, Preparedness, Prevention|

We've been operating on several fronts all week for the Monument Fire. Licensing made sure that facilities in the area had executable evacuation plans and knew who to contact if they needed to evacuate. They also made sure that the facilities that remained open had enough staff. Fifteen facilities relocated patients and residents this week. Most are ready to go back, and our licensing team has 8 reopening inspections [...]

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Hospital Leadership

By azdhs-admin|2011-06-22T08:51:59-07:00June 22nd, 2011|Behavioral Health|

We’re delighted that Cory Nelson has agreed to share his talents with us as our new Arizona State Hospital CEO. Cory has been serving for the last ten years as the CEO at the South Dakota Human Services Center in Yankton, SD where he runs a 304-bed state psychiatric facility. He has a great reputation [...]

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Behavioral Health Facility Rules Overhaul: Step 1

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:44-07:00June 15th, 2011|Behavioral Health, Licensing|

We kicked off Step 1 of our long-awaited overhaul of the behavioral health facility licensing requirements this week. A new law passed last legislative session charges us with facilitating “licensure of integrated health programs that provide both behavioral and physical health services." The new law tells us to adopt rules relating to construction, equipment, sanitation, [...]

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Mental Health First Aid

By azdhs-admin|2011-06-13T16:20:54-07:00June 13th, 2011|Behavioral Health|

Have you heard about Mental Health First Aid? It’s designed to quickly help folks with a behavioral health need. It’s a lot like CPR or other forms of first aid for physical health conditions in that anyone can learn and apply the concepts soon after going through the short certification training. Mental Health First Aid [...]

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Behavioral Health Services in Maricopa County

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:44-07:00June 12th, 2011|Behavioral Health|

We recently extended our contract with the Regional Behavioral Health Authority in Maricopa County through September 30, 2013. We authorized the contract extension (which will be the 6th year of the contract) so that we can better serve our members and families while we hammer out the details of several new initiatives designed to improve [...]

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Hospital & ACPTC Passes

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:45-07:00June 11th, 2011|Behavioral Health|

Over the weekend a resident of our Arizona Community Protection and Treatment Center (ACPTC) escaped while he was on an approved pass to go to church. The resident was accompanied by one of our staff during the outing. The resident was authorized to go on the pass to church because he had “LRA” or “Least [...]

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Dr. Nelson Leading the Way for Positive Change

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:46-07:00May 23rd, 2011|Behavioral Health, General|

Our own Laura Nelson M.D. was honored by the Phoenix Business Journal Thursday night for being one of the 25 Most Admired CEOs in the Valley's business community. The awardees were selected for their outstanding leadership, with a focus on their achievements over the past year. It's no surprise that Dr. Nelson was honored this [...]

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