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Integrated Care Responses On Deck

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:47-07:00January 8th, 2013|General|

We all need to take care of both our physical and behavioral health needs in order to be healthy. The mind and body aren't separated- and neither should the health-care delivery system- especially for folks with a serious mental illness. Folks with a serious mental illness die more than 25 years earlier than the general [...]

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Valley Fever Season Peaking

By Will Humble|2013-01-08T08:38:31-07:00January 8th, 2013|General|

Valley Fever typically peaks in late fall and early winter with a minor peak from June to August (refer to the 2007-2011 Valley Fever Report). Those who've been in Arizona for a while may know that Valley Fever is a lung infection caused by a fungus that is common in the soil here. In most cases, [...]

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Medical Marijuana Continuing Medical Education

By Will Humble|2012-12-27T09:51:10-07:00December 27th, 2012|General|

We’ve been processing Medical Marijuana Registration Cards for about a year and a half now. One of our primary goals from the start has been to try to build a true medical marijuana program. One of the keys is setting clear expectations for clinical assessment and medical record review by physicians before they sign a medical marijuana [...]

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New Electronic Birth Certificate ‘Round the Corner

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:47-07:00December 26th, 2012|General|

Our Vital Records shop does a lot more than manage the State’s birth and death certificate system (which we’ve been doing since 1885). We’re also an integral part of the Nation’s Vital Statistics System, which serves as the backbone of national data sharing in public health. The data collected under the National Vital Statistics System works [...]

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Our Christmas Angels

By Will Humble|2012-12-24T10:26:04-07:00December 24th, 2012|General|

One of our best Agency traditions has been our Christmas Angel program. Every year for the past 15 years our employees have been helping other Agency employees to make sure every kid in the ADHS family has something to open on Christmas morning. More than 230 angels were adopted from trees at the State Hospital and [...]

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Top 2012 Baby Names

By Will Humble|2012-12-21T10:48:23-07:00December 21st, 2012|General|

Every year about this time, we tally up the most popular baby names… and for the past few years, they haven’t changed much. Matter of fact, the top 8 girls names from 2010 are still in the top 8 this year – they’ve just changed places a bit. Sophia was number one this year and [...]

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ABRC Strategic Plan

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:48-07:00December 17th, 2012|General|

The Arizona Biomedical Research Commission was created several years ago as a mechanism to fund biomedical research in Arizona. Core projects include research that digs into the causes, the epidemiology and diagnosis, the formulation of cures, the medically accepted treatment or the prevention of diseases, including new drug discovery and development. Funding comes from tobacco [...]

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Patient-driven Solution Needs Your Help

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:48-07:00December 13th, 2012|General|

The Patients and Hospital Rehab Departments at the Hospital are working together with the Phoenix Rescue Mission (homeless shelter) to create Blessing Bags. Blessing Bags are large gallon sized Ziploc bags filled with basic necessities which will be handed out by the Phoenix Rescue Mission to the homeless. But they need some donations to get [...]

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Using Evidence to Reach Consensus

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:49-07:00December 11th, 2012|General, Licensing|

Some of you might remember a protest about a year ago in front of our 150 Building. About 100 folks were carrying placards asking us to make it easier to have a home-birth in AZ. They were mostly young families and some licensed midwives- and they were urging us to change our licensing rules for midwives. That day [...]

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2012 Environmental Health Annual Report

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:49-07:00December 5th, 2012|General|

I started my career in public health inspecting restaurants, motels and the like in the mid- 1980s. My area was right around here down toward South Mountain- and I inspected the cafeteria in the basement of the Executive Tower and the cafeteria that used to be on the 4th floor of the 1740 building. It doesn’t seem [...]

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