General – Page 44 – AZ Dept. of Health Services News

Chronic Disease Calculator E-tool.

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:59-07:00November 25th, 2013|General|

The CDC just developed a great new Cost Calculator that provides state-level annual medical expenditure and absenteeism estimates for 10 chronic conditions. The tool provides medical expenditures for all of AZ for all payers as well as specific payers Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial insurers. The 10 chronic conditions are arthritis; asthma; cancer; cardiovascular diseases (congestive [...]

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Healthy Thanksgiving

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:59-07:00November 25th, 2013|General|

Whether you’re hosting a Thanksgiving celebration or attending as a guest, you can help make the healthy choice the easy choice for your friends and family. Consider making a healthier version of an old favorite to share. This recipe for Corn Bread Crusted Turkey would go great served with this slightly modified recipe for a [...]

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Empowering the El Congreso Internacional de Promoción de la Salud

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:59-07:00November 19th, 2013|General|

I was fortunate to attend the 2nd annual “El Congreso Internacional de Promoción de la Salud (CIPS)” last week in Hermosillo. There were more than 400 public health attendees from 17 countries at the conference. I presented our pre-school Empower program…. which empowers kids to make good choices about nutrition, physical activity, and tobacco using age-appropriate vehicles including costumed characters and a coloring book. [...]

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Newborn Screening Rulemaking

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:00-07:00November 16th, 2013|General, Newborn Screening|

Our Newborn Screening Program ensures that each newborn is tested for 28 inherited disorders and hearing problems. The goal is to help kids avoid illness, developmental delays and even death by quickly identifying problems and swiftly letting their doctors know so they can implement interventions. On any given day our newborn screening team tests from [...]

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Collaborating Across the Pacific

By Will Humble|2013-11-16T10:06:16-07:00November 16th, 2013|General|

You may have noticed some new faces around the ADHS the past few months as we have been hosting visiting Professors from Korea, Japan, and this coming year from Singapore. The two Professors who are currently working with us are Dr. Sungwoo Moon from Korea University and Dr. Taro Irisawa from Osaka University in Japan. They’re Emergency Physicians [...]

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AZ Food Safety Report

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:00-07:00November 16th, 2013|General|

Our core environmental health responsibilities include administering the statewide public health sanitation program for food safety, bottled water, hotels and motels, children’s camps, public schools, and public and semi-public swimming pools. We delegate most of the actual inspection work to the county health departments. We finished our 2012 statewide Annual Report last week. Last fiscal year [...]

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New Foster Care Toolkit

By Will Humble|2013-11-16T10:04:26-07:00November 16th, 2013|General|

The ADES & Magellan of Arizona have developed a new Foster Care Toolkit to help foster families navigate the support system that’s available for foster families. It’s a one-stop guide connecting them to resources to make their job a little easier. The Toolkit includes information to help current and prospective foster parents connect with community resources [...]

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Valley Fever Awareness

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:00-07:00November 14th, 2013|General, Preparedness|

Guest blog by Jessica Rigler, Bureau of Epidemiology and Disease Control 11th Annual Valley Fever Awareness Week Valley Fever is a lung infection caused a fungus in the soil here in Arizona. People get it by breathing in Valley Fever spores in the air. Most people will have no symptoms or recover after a few [...]

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MM “Declaratory Judgment”

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:00-07:00November 13th, 2013|General|

A Complaint was filed against the ADHS and others last week. It’s called a “Request for Declaratory Judgment and Permanent and Preliminary Injunction”. It basically asks the Court to declare that: 1) extracts and resins from the marijuana plant are protected in the definition of “Useable Marijuana” under the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act; and 2) dispensaries, patients, caregivers, [...]

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AZ Medical Marijuana @ 2

By Will Humble|2013-11-12T16:37:41-07:00November 12th, 2013|General|

Our Vital Health Statistics team along with our partners at the UA College of Public Health completed our Year 2 Annual Report for the Arizona Medical Marijuana Program last week. You’ll find a wide range of information in the report including data about the demographics and kinds and qualifying conditions of our cardholders, geographic distribution [...]

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