Ascension will transfer seven hospitals, 21 physician clinics and air and ground medical transport services in north and central Wisconsin to Aspirus Health, under an agreement announced Tuesday. The agreement includes Eagle River Hospital in Eagle River, Good Samaritan Hospital in Merrill, Howard Young Medical Center...
With the recent retirement of Chief Medical Officer Dr. Mark Kaufman, the Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) has tapped UW-Health’s Dr. Chris Green to serve as the organization’s top physician leader to provide expert guidance and perspective on issues affecting hospitals and health systems in Wisconsin....
The 18th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest is accepting entries online for the 2021 competition until 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31. The contest is designed to encourage entrepreneurs in the startup stage of tech-based businesses in Wisconsin. The contest links up-and-coming entrepreneurs with a statewide network of...
Thank you to the following industry leaders who contributed to this report. Rose Oswald Poels, Wisconsin Bankers AssociationEric Borgerding, Wisconsin Hospital AssociationRobb Kahl, Construction Business GroupKim Pokorny, Wisconsin Farm Bureau FederationBrandon Scholz, Wisconsin Grocers AssociationKurt Bauer, Wisconsin Manufacturers & CommerceTom Still, Wisconsin Technology CouncilMichael Theo, Wisconsin REALTORS...
A growing commercial pathway for intellectual property in Wisconsin runs through research and development engines in the Milwaukee region, both private and public. Join “technology transfer” leaders from five of those entities for a webinar 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26. The webinar is hosted by the Wisconsin Technology...
A biological tool that may improve crops, make mosquitoes resistant to malaria and treat genetic diseases could also help fight against the growing problem of human resistance to antibiotics. Learn more about CRISPR from Wisconsin scientists 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, during a live webinar. The webinar is hosted by the...
Wisconsin Hospital Association President and CEO Eric Borgerding today sent a letter to Governor Evers and the state’s legislative leaders detailing the stress placed on the state’s hospitals and health systems by uncontrolled COVID-19 community spread across Wisconsin and suggesting specific legislative action to combat...
By Tom Still Among the long list of uncertainties surrounding the presidential transition is how the nation weathers a growing cybersecurity storm over the coming months. President Trump’s firing of Chris Krebs, the widely respected cybersecurity chief within the Department of Homeland Security, won’t help. Krebs was fired because he made the...
As Wisconsin continues to report record highs for daily COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and death counts, Borgerding said it's a "pretty ugly situation" right now for the state's hospital systems. "If we keep at the pace that we're at right now, Wisconsin is going to be facing some really awful...
By Tom Still As one of the vaunted “battleground states” in the 2020 presidential election, Wisconsin found itself a center of attention among people who before Nov. 3 may have been hard-pressed to place it on a U.S. map ...