Preparedness – Page 31 – AZ Dept. of Health Services News

Items in the Preparedness category will cover everything from Emergency Medical Services to vaccination programs. This division at ADHS tracks contagious disease, coordinates emergency preparedness activity, licenses EMTs and Paramedics, regulates ambulance companies, authorizes special hospital designations like cardiac care center and Level IV trauma center, issues birth and death certificates, and tracks critical health data through various sources including hospital discharge information.

Modeling, Data Analysis, and Next Steps for Arizona’s Response to COVID-19
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Modeling, Data Analysis, and Next Steps for Arizona’s Response to COVID-19

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Modeling, Data Analysis, and Next Steps for Arizona’s Response to COVID-19

By Cara Christ|2021-08-11T14:43:23-07:00May 6th, 2020|Preparedness|

We appreciate the work of the talented professionals who assisted our team of public health professionals and experienced epidemiologists in developing a state model. The department established the partnership to provide an additional model for consideration. This model was completed on April 20, 2020. With months of data now available, we have shifted our primary [...]

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COVID-19 Dashboard Now Includes Data about Antibody Testing
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COVID-19 Dashboard Now Includes Data about Antibody Testing

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COVID-19 Dashboard Now Includes Data about Antibody Testing

By Cara Christ|2021-08-11T14:43:23-07:00May 5th, 2020|Preparedness|

ADHS has worked in partnership with laboratories and healthcare providers across Arizona to increase COVID-19 testing capacity. Increased testing is now possible due to greater availability of testing supplies, which weren’t available earlier in the course of this outbreak. More information about testing gives public health a better understanding of how Arizona has been impacted [...]

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Contact Tracing can Help Public Health to Slow the Spread of Diseases
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Contact Tracing can Help Public Health to Slow the Spread of Diseases

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Contact Tracing can Help Public Health to Slow the Spread of Diseases

By Cara Christ|2021-08-11T14:44:04-07:00May 4th, 2020|Preparedness|

Arizona is actively working on several components to ensure the health of our communities as we gradually begin allowing services to resume in our state. One of public health’s core preparedness responsibilities is the ability to trace contacts of individuals who test positive for COVID-19. By increasing testing capacity to identify new cases and having [...]

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Expanding Testing of COVID-19 in Arizona
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Expanding Testing of COVID-19 in Arizona

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Expanding Testing of COVID-19 in Arizona

By Cara Christ|2021-08-11T14:44:04-07:00April 23rd, 2020|Preparedness|

The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) has been closely monitoring COVID-19 spread throughout Arizona. As of today, we have had cases confirmed in all 15 counties for a total of 5,769 cases. Our commercial labs, hospital labs, and Arizona State Public Health Laboratory continue to provide diagnostic testing and have performed 58,750 tests to [...]

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Arizona Specific COVID-19 Models and Projections
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Arizona Specific COVID-19 Models and Projections

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Arizona Specific COVID-19 Models and Projections

By Cara Christ|2021-08-11T14:44:04-07:00April 22nd, 2020|Preparedness|

Since December 2019, when we first heard about cases of a novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China, the Arizona public health system has been closely monitoring COVID-19 on an international, national, and local level. Mitigating the spread of COVID-19, as well as responding to the impacts of the virus, remains our highest priority. Since our first [...]

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New COVID-19 Data Dashboard Released
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New COVID-19 Data Dashboard Released

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New COVID-19 Data Dashboard Released

By Cara Christ|2021-08-11T14:44:04-07:00April 20th, 2020|Preparedness|

Today, we released significant enhancements to our COVID-19 dashboard. The new dashboard includes a number of improvements: Larger graphics, with the ability to drill down through filtering some of the data at a more granular level. Information about hospitalizations and deaths, as well as information about hospitalized cases in Arizona. Case counts broken down by [...]

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Arizona WIC Services During COVID-19 Outbreak
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Arizona WIC Services During COVID-19 Outbreak

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Arizona WIC Services During COVID-19 Outbreak

By Cara Christ|2021-08-11T14:44:05-07:00April 16th, 2020|Preparedness, Prevention|

The Arizona WIC Program is continuing to support our communities during the COVID-19 outbreak. WIC staff are dedicated to helping make sure that mothers and young children have access to healthy foods, breastfeeding support, and are getting accurate information and appropriate recommendations during this public health situation. The Arizona WIC Program is open and available [...]

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New COVID-19 Data Released on our Dashboard
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New COVID-19 Data Released on our Dashboard

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New COVID-19 Data Released on our Dashboard

By Cara Christ|2021-08-11T14:44:05-07:00April 12th, 2020|Preparedness|

Today we added data to our COVID-19 dashboard that includes additional information about cases and deaths, as well as information about the health of our healthcare system in Arizona. The dashboard now has case counts broken down by zip code and more detailed demographic information about cases and deaths in our state. Data about the [...]

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Tips to Help Manage Chronic Health Conditions During COVID-19 Outbreak
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Tips to Help Manage Chronic Health Conditions During COVID-19 Outbreak

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Tips to Help Manage Chronic Health Conditions During COVID-19 Outbreak

By Cara Christ|2021-08-11T14:44:05-07:00April 8th, 2020|Preparedness|

While it is possible for anyone to experience severe illness from the coronavirus (COVID-19), it is critical to point out that the groups at highest risk include individuals who are 65 years and older, and individuals who use tobacco or have underlying health conditions such as a disease of the heart, diabetes, asthma, cancer, or [...]

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The Strategic National Stockpile is Key Resource for our COVID-19 Response
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The Strategic National Stockpile is Key Resource for our COVID-19 Response

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The Strategic National Stockpile is Key Resource for our COVID-19 Response

By Cara Christ|2021-08-11T14:44:05-07:00April 7th, 2020|Preparedness|

In support of our statewide COVID-19 response, our state and local public health preparedness programs are busy receiving and distributing life-saving medical supplies from the federal Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). So far, ADHS has distributed more than 181,681 N95 masks, 532,500 surgical masks, 85,248 face shields, 70,570 surgical gowns, 1,756 coveralls, and more than 340,000 [...]

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