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Step Right Up: Get your Masters in Public Health in Phoenix!

By Will Humble|2012-03-14T16:40:46-07:00March 14th, 2012|General|

When I got into public health 25 years ago, it was kind of a boutique profession. Since then, it’s really gone mainstream- and public health is increasingly being recognized as a key element in driving down our country’s increasing health care costs. So if you’re a beginning or mid-career professional- get in on the ground [...]

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Public Health Professional Development Opportunity

By Will Humble|2012-03-14T08:24:05-07:00March 14th, 2012|General|

The U of A has developed an Arizona Public Health Training Center whose mission is to assess, develop, and deliver training to current and future public health professionals and other community leaders... building and strengthening our public health infrastructure. One of their strategies is to develop what they call "academic health departments". They've asked us to partner with them and become an academic health department, which [...]

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Medical Marijuana Continuing Medical Education Opportunity

By Will Humble|2012-03-13T12:19:38-07:00March 13th, 2012|General|

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine and the U of A College of Nursing are sponsoring a Continuing Medical Education Conference on April 27–28, at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson. The Conference is called “The Endocannabinoid System: Clinical Implications for Health Care (Course #MMJ12106)”.

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Medical Marijuana Cards – Time to Renew

By Will Humble|2012-03-13T08:46:38-07:00March 13th, 2012|General|

Believe it or not, it’s been almost a year since we started issuing the first medical marijuana cards for qualifying patients and designated caregivers. This week marks the beginning of the first renewal period for the folks that applied for cards at the start of the program. Our medical marijuana webpage has instructions and the [...]

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Scheduled Maintenance

By azdhs-admin|2012-03-08T10:44:54-07:00March 8th, 2012|General|

Due to scheduled maintenance this website will be unavailable Sunday, March 11 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your patience.

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Health √

By Will Humble|2012-03-08T08:30:15-07:00March 8th, 2012|General|

Take a minute to check out the new and improved HealthCheck Programs website. The HealthCheck Programs include the Well Woman HealthCheck Program and Fit at Fifty HealthCheck Program. Both of these programs are primarily federally funded through the CDC and provide uninsured Arizonans with vital access to breast, cervical and colon cancer screening and diagnostics. The new website is [...]

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For the Modern AZ Mom

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:15-07:00March 7th, 2012|General, Prevention|

Please join us in encouraging pregnant women and new moms to sign up for Text4baby. Text4baby is a program of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition that provides pregnant women and new moms with information to help them give their babies the best possible start in life. Text4baby is the country’s first free, health education program [...]

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Dr. Jack

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:15-07:00March 5th, 2012|General, Prevention|

I had the delightful experience of meeting with our former Director, Jack Dillenberg, at our AZ Developmental Disabilities Planning Council meeting last month. Our Council meeting was out at AT Still University’s AZ School of Dentistry & Oral Health. It was great seeing Jack again- he hasn't changed a bit- he's just as enthusiastic and animated as ever. Most of [...]

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Procurement Keeps our Trains Running on Time

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:15-07:00March 2nd, 2012|General|

OK… everybody knows that we have all sorts of recognition weeks and months for everything from breastfeeding to mental health. Most folks don’t know that March is Purchasing Month. But let’s face it- none of us would be able to accomplish anything in this business without our Procurement team! Our Procurement shop touches every aspect [...]

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Ink Dry on Final Revised Medical Marijuana Rules

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:16-07:00February 27th, 2012|General, Licensing|

As you know from earlier blog posts a judge ruled in a state case that had challenged our dispensary applicant selection criteria. The judge’s decision basically struck down several of the selection criteria we had been planning to use to for competitive areas of the state (areas where there will be more than 1 applicant [...]

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