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Going the Extra Mile

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:35-07:00September 6th, 2011|General|

Our behavioral health licensing team gets complaints from many sources- but seldom do we read about potentially dangerous conditions in the newspaper. But that’s just what happened earlier this month. Our licensing team awoke to read an article in a local newspaper in which the operator stated that they had laid off their clinical director, nurse, [...]

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The Arizona Biomedical Research Commission Patent Factoid

By azdhs-admin|2011-09-01T16:39:56-07:00September 1st, 2011|General|

The ADHS’ Arizona Biomedical Research Commission has submitted over 66 patent requests worldwide, and has been granted 9 patents within the US in collaboration with ASU and the U of A. The Commission has 22 patent requests published or pending in 7 different countries. Many of the granted patents are anti-cancer compounds. The ABRC continues to [...]

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Leverage

By azdhs-admin|2011-09-01T08:21:26-07:00September 1st, 2011|General|

Much of what we do in public health depends on the system seeking out “leverage” meaning designing interventions that have high impact with minimal cost. Malena Bazurto and the Apache County Health District recently won a national award for her creative idea incorporating leverage. Malena noticed that St. John’s had little walk-able space for folks to get [...]

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Extreme Heat Video

By azdhs-admin|2011-08-31T08:57:12-07:00August 31st, 2011|General, Prevention|

Last summer we applied for funding from the CDC under the Climate-Ready Initiative to develop the Extreme Weather and Public Health materials. The program is focusing on heat related illnesses and ways to increase knowledge of healthy responses to excessive heat situations. The program worked with Kate Hoy and Dallas Teat to produce a training [...]

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Whooping it Up

By azdhs-admin|2011-08-30T08:32:40-07:00August 30th, 2011|General|

When it comes to microbes- the whooping cough (pertussis) is a contrarian. Unlike most other pathogens- it does better in the summer than the winter. While most other infectious diseases are on the wane right now- whooping cough is whooping it up. We’ve been seeing an increase in whooping cough cases in Arizona this summer- [...]

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It’s Back to School for Teen Drivers

By azdhs-admin|2011-08-29T08:18:00-07:00August 29th, 2011|General|

Back-to-school time means that a new bolus of high-schoolers that got their license over the summer are hitting the streets for the first time during the school year. All the data suggests that the first year of driving is an especially important time for safe driving skill development. Fortunately, our State has a “Graduated Drivers [...]

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Arizona State Hospital New Forensic Unit On Track

By azdhs-admin|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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Medical Marijuana Lawsuits

By azdhs-admin|2011-08-25T08:23:58-07:00August 25th, 2011|General|

We’ve had a few inquiries about the number, kinds, and the contents of the (six) lawsuits that have been filed regarding medical marijuana in Arizona. We created a new Lawsuits webpage for folks that want to read the active suits.

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PPAZ v. Humble et.al. Suit Resolved

By azdhs-admin|2011-08-24T08:37:28-07:00August 24th, 2011|General|

A recent lawsuit (Planned Parenthood of Arizona v. Humble et.al.) was resolved this week. The lawsuit had challenged a new law (signed last legislative session) that (among other changes) requires us to license facilities that perform medication abortions. We already license and inspect facilities that do surgical abortions- the new law requires that facilities that [...]

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Health Centers- a Key Hub for Primary Care

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:35-07:00August 23rd, 2011|General|

We’re proud to join in the celebration of National Health Center Week by highlighting Health Centers throughout our State and the vital services they provide. Community Health Centers are community-based, patient directed organizations that provide services to medically underserved areas. These valuable safety net providers offer full-time comprehensive primary and preventative care to patients regardless of their [...]

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