The Wisconsin Hospital Association has recognized several Sheboygan County health care providers for providing exemplary service in its 2021 Community Benefits Report. Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center was singled out for its financial assistance program after a college student was admitted for a behavioral health emergency. According...
hree leading healthcare organizations – Bellin Health, Children’s Wisconsin and ThedaCare – are announcing a new pediatric joint venture with a shared focus on improving the health and well-being of children and adolescents in Northeast and Central Wisconsin, as well as the Upper Peninsula of...
Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services Secretary Dawn Crim announced today that the Wisconsin Enhanced Prescription Drug Monitoring Program will receive $1,648,500 from a competitive U.S. Department of Justice grant program. The award is part of DOJ’s Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, which is administered by...
At least 393,810 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been wasted in Wisconsin since the vaccines became available in December 2020, according to state DHS numbers reviewed by WisBusiness.com. That’s about 4 percent of the more than 9.8 million total doses the state has received. The number of...
Children’s Wisconsin plans to add more specialists in the central and northeastern Wisconsin region as part of a new joint venture with Green Bay-based Bellin Health and Neenah-based ThedaCare. In a press conference Thursday, leaders from the three health systems said their partnership will reduce the need for...
Researchers at Epic Health Research Network have found unvaccinated patients are 44 percent more likely to be reinfected with COVID-19 than those who are vaccinated against the illness. The research arm of Wisconsin's Epic Systems looked at the average weekly reinfection rates for patients who’ve received the COVID-19...
Cancer survivors often require multifaceted care and support for medical, psychological, and social needs during and after treatment, and not all of those needs are obviously connected to cancer. To understand the resources available to meet those needs, the Wisconsin Cancer Collaborative recently completed the first...
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) supports the recommendation(link is external) that anyone 18 and older receive a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine at least six months after having received their second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech (Pfizer) or Moderna vaccine. All adults are now eligible to receive...
A key outside advisory group to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has endorsed the use of COVID-19 booster shots for all adults, a one-size-fits-all approach designed to simplify eligibility. If CDC Director Rochelle Walensky signs off on the broader use, as expected, the extra shots...
The organization helps state residents find and apply for health insurance coverage, while also providing assistance with other aspects of getting health care. A release from DHS shows the funding will help support outreach efforts and expand enrollment assistance services. This year’s open enrollment period for...