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Cara M. Christ, MD, Director Arizona Department of Health Services
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New Online Portal Helps Streamline Speech and Hearing Testing Documentation Process

By | September 22nd, 2016|Licensing|

Last September our Licensing team rolled out the online renewal portal for speech and hearing professionals that allows almost 5,000 hearing aid dispensers, audiologists, and speech-language pathologists statewide complete the renewal application electronically, upload documents, and submit an online payment. In addition to quicker submission by licensees, the improvement has helped the licensing staff drastically [...]

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Join the Global Conversation about Antibiotic Resistance This Week

By | September 21st, 2016|Preparedness|

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are the germs that don’t respond to the drugs developed to kill them. Such germs threaten to return us to the time when people used to die from simple infections. Today, antibiotic-resistant bacteria cause at least two million illnesses and 23,000 deaths every year in the United States. High levels of antibiotic resistance have [...]

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National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

By | September 20th, 2016|Prevention|

September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month and I am pleased to announce that we’ve seen the number of overweight or obese children decrease among our preschool children in the Arizona WIC Program from one in three to one in four. Back in 2008, 29.4 percent of preschoolers in the Arizona WIC Program were either [...]

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National Fruits & Veggies-More Matters Month

By | September 19th, 2016|Prevention|

September is a great time to visit a farmers’ market as we celebrate Fruits & Veggies-More Matters Month. Plan to visit a farmers’ market and enjoy some fresh and delicious Arizona Grown vegetables and fruit. This year, nearly 11,000 women and children and 6700 seniors can eat more vegetables and fruits because of our Arizona Farmers’ [...]

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Food Safety Education Month: SEPARATE

By | September 16th, 2016|Preparedness|

There are four keys to food safety: Clean, Separate, Cook, Chill. Last week, we talked all about the ways cleaning can prevent foodborne illness. This week, we’ll talk more about the second key: SEPARATE. A major source of foodborne illness is cross-contamination. This can occur when pathogens (illness-causing bacteria, viruses, or parasites) are transferred from [...]

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Supporting Training Needs of Immunization Providers in the Digital Age

By | September 15th, 2016|Preparedness|

At the beginning of the year, the Arizona Immunization Program Office piloted the HL7 Roadshow (also known as the ASIIS Reconciliation Regional Training) across the state. More than 328 providers were trained to manage vaccine inventory and ordering by connecting their electronic health records with the Arizona State Immunization Information System (ASIIS). If you missed [...]

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ADHS FY 2016 Annual Report Release

By | September 14th, 2016|General|

I am so excited to release the NEW Online Annual Report for the Arizona Department of Health Services for Fiscal Year 2016, showcasing the major activities we have been able to accomplish in the past fiscal year. Through this report, we highlight the many ways ADHS helped improve the lives of all Arizonans in 2015-16 [...]

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Checking In on Child Care

By | September 13th, 2016|Licensing|

Back to school time may bring on some new routines and new child care needs for your family. Whether it is full-time child care being provided in a child care center or certified small group home, Head Start program, or after-school program for our older kiddos, we only want the best for our next generation. [...]

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Food Safety Education Month: CLEAN

By | September 12th, 2016|Preparedness|

In observance of Food Safety Education Month, we’ll be posting a blog each week this month with information about safe food handling that you can put into practice at home. If you learn something new, please share this information with your friends and family so that everyone you know is equipped with the information they [...]

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Think Sepsis for Quickly Recognizing and Treating Life Threatening Infection

By | September 9th, 2016|Preparedness|

Recently, CDC’s Vital Signs publication highlighted sepsis, a complication caused by the body’s overwhelming and life-threatening response to infection, which can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and death. Sepsis is a medical emergency and is deadly when it’s not quickly recognized and treated . Patients who develop sepsis have an increased risk of complications and [...]

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