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Here you will find topics ranging from current events that affect public health in Arizona to overall information about the Arizona Department of Health Services

New Abortion Clinic Regulations Filed

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:49:34-07:00 July 25th, 2014|General|

Last Spring the Legislature passed and the Governor signed a new law that provided our agency with the same inspection authority at abortion clinics that we have at all the other healthcare institutions we license. The previous authority required us to give abortion clinics a 10 day notice before we conduct a routine inspection. We also used to have to [...]

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Adjusting Our Vital Records Business Model

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:49:34-07:00 July 25th, 2014|General|

Our Vital Records team has a wide range of business functions. We’re responsible for maintaining and issuing certified copies of vital records, including birth and death certificates, registration of adoptions, and corrections and amendments to these vital records. Much of our work also includes helping the county vital records offices with their mission of verifying [...]

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Outstanding Success by Newborn Screening Team

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:49:34-07:00 July 24th, 2014|General|

Last month I bragged about how our newborn screening team beat the deadline I gave them to improve our system – a system that ensure blood spots taken from newborns are quickly screened for life-threatening diseases. Now that the actual deadline is past, it’s good to see the team and our licensed hospitals exceeded what [...]

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Opening the Doors to People with Special Needs: Solutions to Prepare Your Practice

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:49:34-07:00 July 22nd, 2014|General|

Our Office of Children with Special Healthcare Needs has been working with UnitedHealthcare Community Plans and AHCCCS to support an important free conference on Friday, July 25, to improve the care delivery system in Arizona for children and youth with special health care needs and disabilities and their families. The goal of the free conference is to [...]

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Car Seat Delivery

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:49:34-07:00 July 17th, 2014|General|

This week we took a huge step forward in our efforts to keep kids safe on both sides of the border. Rural Metro was helping us transport child car seats to Mexico as part of our commitment to A Safe Ride Home. Last year during the Arizona Mexico Commission’s summer plenary session, we signed an [...]

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WIC Going More Electronic

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:49:35-07:00 July 14th, 2014|General|

Arizona's Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) is moving from paper checks to an electronic system thanks to a $5M grant we received from USDA this week. WIC electronic benefit transfer (or EBT) will provide enhanced service and benefits to participants, clinic staff, and WIC vendors (grocery stores authorized to accept Arizona WIC benefits). Stores in Arizona that provide WIC services sell [...]

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Opening the Doors to People with Special Needs: Solutions to Prepare Your Practice

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:49:35-07:00 July 11th, 2014|Behavioral Health, General|

Our Office of Children with Special Healthcare Needs has been working with UnitedHealthcare Community Plans and the AHCCCS to support an important free Conference on July 25 to improve the care delivery system in Arizona for children and youth with special health care needs and disabilities and their families. The goal of the free Conference [...]

Ladders: Useful But Potentially Hazardous

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:49:35-07:00 July 11th, 2014|General, Prevention|

I've fallen off ladders at my house twice in the last month which has inspired me to do a post about falls and injuries. The #1 reason people show up in Arizona emergency rooms is from slipping, tripping or stumbling on something. Falls are the #2 cause of accidental death in Arizona…with 870 deaths recorded [...]

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Staying Healthy & Reducing Cost- Preventive Health Services

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:49:35-07:00 July 10th, 2014|General, Prevention|

In recent years, a prevention model of health has woven its way into the fabric of traditional models of care. With the passage of the Affordable Care Act the role preventive services has expanded significantly in the US health care delivery system. Preventive health care services prevent diseases and illnesses from happening in the first [...]

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Director’s Decision: Cannabis & Palliative Care for PTSD

By Will Humble| 2017-02-10T09:49:35-07:00 July 9th, 2014|General|

Last December I denied a petition to add Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to the list of debilitating medical conditions that qualify people for an Arizona Medical Marijuana Registration Card. I denied the petition because, at the time, I believed there was a lack of scientific evidence to document whether Cannabis is helpful or not to [...]

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