General – Page 62 – AZ Dept. of Health Services News

Breastfeeding & Cannabis

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:01-07:00September 4th, 2012|General|

Some AZ health care providers and parents have asked questions about whether medical marijuana is safe for use while breastfeeding. The short answer is no, because the active chemical in marijuana is passed to the baby through breast milk. For this reason, most experts, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the CDC advise moms not to use marijuana [...]

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Dispensary Drawing Procedures Report Published

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:01-07:00August 31st, 2012|General, Licensing|

We carefully planned our processes for randomly selecting medical marijuana registration certificates in competitive districts to make sure the process was fair and transparent. Part of our planning included contracting with Henry & Horne, LLP to independently observe the entire process. The contract included a requirement to develop a final report documenting their observations. The [...]

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Think Before You Ink

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:01-07:00August 31st, 2012|General|

Many of you have probably seen the signs around town about the Tattoo Expo that is happening this weekend in Phoenix. Tattoos have been growing in popularity over the past decade, but that doesn't mean they’re completely safe. Recently there was a recall of tattoo ink because the ink was contaminated with an unusual (and stubborn) bacteria [...]

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New “Home-Grown” ITS Programs

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:02-07:00August 28th, 2012|General|

Team ITS delivered and deployed 2 more new web modules for the Medical Marijuana application this week: the 1) dispensary agent processing module; and 2) a new version of the Verification System which more efficiently facilitates card verification for law enforcement officers and employers in real time. Thanks much to everyone who assisted in the development of these modules. From ITS, [...]

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Tattoo You 2

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:02-07:00August 23rd, 2012|General, Preparedness, Prevention|

Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released information about an infection some folks were getting because of the ink used in their tattoos. It reminds me that there are some good practices that folks who want tattoos can ask their artist about - I wrote about it last year in Tattoo You? Regardless [...]

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Essential Benefit Package 101

By Will Humble|2012-08-22T10:52:48-07:00August 21st, 2012|Affordable Care Act, General|

The future health insurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act will need to offer an Essential Benefit Package. In fact, most health insurance plans will need to cover each state’s Essential Benefit Package starting New Year’s Day in 2014. There are 10 key service categories that future plans will need to cover- including behavioral health services. States need [...]

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Health Insurance Exchanges

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:03-07:00August 20th, 2012|Affordable Care Act, General|

The Affordable Care Act (aka health care reform) will establish health insurance exchanges in each state- providing folks (and small business employees) an opportunity to get health insurance coverage starting 1/1/14. The future exchanges will provide competitive marketplaces for folks to directly compare and buy private health insurance based on price, quality, and other things. The law [...]

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Citizenship, Benefits & Services

By Will Humble|2012-08-18T19:17:21-07:00August 18th, 2012|Behavioral Health, General, Preparedness|

Many of our Stakeholders and the folks that we serve have asked about how Arizona and Federal laws affect the kinds of services that the ADHS provides. The answer is (of course) “it depends.” It depends on what kind of benefit or service you’re talking about. Tom Salow, Lynn Golder and others have put together [...]

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Evidence Based Practice x (Training + Teamwork) = Results

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:03-07:00August 17th, 2012|General|

We’ve been implementing an evidence-based practice called Non-Violent Crisis Intervention as our operational model at the AZ State Hospital for the last few months- and we’re already seeing dramatic results. It's a best practice for early intervention and de-escalation created by the Crisis Prevention Institute. It’s based on teamwork and training. By using a cohesive team that’s [...]

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Public Health’s National Archive

By Will Humble|2012-08-17T08:49:36-07:00August 17th, 2012|General|

A new public health archive called CDC Stacks opened their on-line doors this week. CDC Stacks contains documents spanning the history of CDC from issue 1 of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report to the most current CDC guidelines and recommendations. The library is at http://stacks.cdc.gov. Dig in- or at least put it in your Favorites.

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