Arizona State Hospital

ASH Recheck

By |2017-02-10T09:49:50-07:00February 13th, 2014|Behavioral Health|

Last week we had a visit from CMS (Medicare) to check on our plan of correction from a Survey that was conducted last fall at the Civil Units.  Although we won’t get a final report for a while…  we do know that Team ASH did a great job during the survey- ensuring that the surveyors [...]

State Hospital Becoming a National Model

By |2017-02-10T09:50:14-07:00August 7th, 2013|Behavioral Health|

Operating any type of medical or behavioral health facility is a balancing act.  It’s especially delicate at the Arizona State Hospital because we deal with patients who suffer from the most severe symptoms of mental illness.  Treatment practices at ASH has changed through the years to reflect contemporary approaches.  Decades ago, people with mental illness were heavily medicated [...]

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ASH CEO Position

By |2017-02-10T09:50:25-07:00May 15th, 2013|Behavioral Health|

Now that Cory Nelson has officially been appointed as our Deputy Director for Behavioral Health, we’re moving full steam ahead to recruit for the Chief Executive Officer of the Arizona State Hospital.  The CEO is a critical member of our team and has the responsibility of managing the day-to-day operations of the civil, forensic and [...]

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Blessing Bag Update

By |2017-02-10T09:50:42-07:00February 15th, 2013|General|

I wanted to update on one of my December blog posts.  Around the holidays, patients at the Arizona State Hospital decided to take on a project – to help the homeless.   Patients wanted an opportunity to give back to the community in a way that would help those in need.  They chose a project working [...]

New State Hospital Treatment Approach Leads to Improved Outcomes

By |2017-02-10T09:50:43-07:00February 12th, 2013|Behavioral Health, General|

One priority at ADHS is helping patients on their path to Recovery at the State Hospital.  Our Hospital team cares for people who have mental health issues, whether for civil reasons or committed through the criminal courts.  We also oversee the Arizona Community Protection and Treatment Center. Recent changes in security are making the Hospital a better [...]

Patients’ Drive to Help Homeless a Success

By |2017-02-10T09:50:43-07:00February 11th, 2013|General|

I wanted to update on one of my December blog posts.  Around the holidays, patients at the Arizona State Hospital decided to take on a project – to help the homeless.   Patients wanted an opportunity to give back to the community in a way that would help those in need.  They chose a project working [...]

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Behavioral Health Annual Report

By |2017-02-10T09:50:47-07:00January 10th, 2013|Behavioral Health|

Our Behavioral Health Services team just finished and published our FY 12 Annual Report.  The new report identifies the number of clients served by service area, funding category and program; and includes programmatic financial reports of revenues, expenditures and administrative costs.  In it, you'll see that we received a total of about $1.46B in funding for FY 2012 for behavioral health services.  Our Agency [...]

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Patient-driven Solution Needs Your Help

By |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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Thanksgiving, ASH & the Territorial Cup

By |2017-02-10T09:50:50-07:00November 21st, 2012|General|

Our Arizona State Hospital (ASH) and the U of A share a birthday.  Both were established by the 13th Territorial Legislature in 1885.  The City of Tucson had wanted ASH (it came with a $100K appropriation) but their delegation got to Prescott (the Territorial Capitol) late because the Salt was flooded…  and Tucson ended up [...]

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Our New Strategic Plan

By |2017-02-10T09:50:55-07:00October 17th, 2012|General|

The vision of the Department is to ideally achieve a state of Health and Wellness for all Arizonans and our mission is to promote, protect, and improve the health and wellness of individuals and communities in Arizona. The updated mission and vision statements are helping us build public health value in-house as well as in [...]

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