Licensing’s Stakeholder Cornucopia
Our Licensing and Rulemaking teams spent virtually all week hearing from hundreds of Stakeholders from numerous associations and licensees about our ongoing regulatory reform effort. Our team met with representatives from: Adult Day Health Care Facilities; Assisted Living Facilities; Home Health Agencies; Hospices; Hospitals; Nursing Care Institutions; Outpatient Surgical Centers; Outpatient Treatment Centers; Recovery Care Centers; Adult Therapeutic Foster Homes; [...]
H7N9 Influenza Test Negative
Just as we expected, the sample that we tested for H7N9 influenza today was negative. Thanks to our Lab team for staying a little late this evening to run the test. Even though it was very likely to be negative from the beginning- it's still important to follow up on every lead. After all, vigilance on the part of the [...]
Prom Tools for Parents
As spring blooms in AZ, the change in seasons also comes with milestones for our state’s teenagers. In the next few weeks many of them will be attending proms and graduations. While proms and graduations can have positive memories, the experiences can turn tragic when alcohol is part of the mix. Alcohol impairs judgment… potentially leading to heart-retching outcomes and [...]
ADHS Lab Set to Test for H7N9 Influenza
China is continuing to report more and more cases of the new H7N9 Influenza virus. So far they’ve confirmed 108 cases with a death rate of about 20% (21 deaths) All the cases appear to have jumped from birds to humans- meaning that there’s no human-to-human transmission (which is good). One concern is that if a person becomes infected with a seasonal influenza strain [...]
Put a Stop to Poisoning
The benefit of everything is determined by dosage. Even water, a critical element for life, is bad for the human body when you have too much. But when it comes to prescription drugs, the dosage is incredibly important. Doctors spend years learning about which medications work for what and how much is the right dose. Lots of us think that [...]
Programs that Advance Health Equity
If you live in or have visited the rural towns and cities in Arizona, it’s not a surprise that many of these rural locations don’t have enough healthcare providers. Based on current provider shortage data from the federal HRSA, we need an additional 170 primary care providers and 54 mental health providers to adequately care for its underserved populations. April [...]