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Bellin hopes to benefit from Madison nursing school
Gov. Scott Walker’s call for expanded nursing programming and a new nursing building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is good news for a local nursing school. Bellin College needs qualified instructors in a variety of nursing programs, and they could come from a larger Madison program, one school official said. (GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE, 3/28)
Marshfield Clinic proceeds with dental school
Marshfield Clinic has finalized plans to build the state’s second dental school, releasing a rendering of the facility and planning completion for summer 2013. Groundbreaking is scheduled for June on the dental education building, which will be adjacent to the Clinic’s Marshfield Dental Center that opened in August. (STEVENS POINT JOURNAL, 2/22)
UW football: $5 spring game admission will fund School of Nursing capital campaign
This year’s spring game, to be held on April 23 at 1 p.m. at Camp Randall Stadium, will benefit the School of Nursing’s building project, UW athletic director Barry Alvarez announced on Monday. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 2/22)
Lakewalk Surgery Center joins Integrity Health network
Lakewalk Surgery Center has become a member of Integrity Health network, which includes more than 200 primary care and specialty physician members, according to BusinessNorth.com. Integrity Health members come from 42 clinics in 20 communities in Minnesota and northern Wisconsin. (Business North, 1/27)
New law requires more school training to dispense medication
Starting March 1, schools will need to ensure whoever administers medication has taken training approved by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to comply with changes to Wisconsin law, the La Cross Tribune reports. (LA CROSSE TRIBUNE, 1/25)
Area health systems jostle for patients
Meriter and UW Health, longtime collaborators on services such as maternity care, are competing like never before. It’s not just a battle over clinics. Meriter is hiring dozens of doctors – including some, such as pediatricians, who vie with UW Health doctors for patients the systems used to share, the Wisconsin State Journal reports. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 1/24)
Physicians’ silence on UW’s abandoned abortion plans galls one local doctor
The deafening silence from the local medical community in response to UW Health’s decision to disband plans to offer second trimester abortion services still galls one Madison doctor, according to an article in the Capital Times. (CAPITAL TIMES, 1/24)
New CPR devices save lives, Medical College study finds
The brain’s ability to regain consciousness without a heartbeat may be an example of the improved cerebral blood flow obtained with two novel CPR devices that were the subject of a Medical College of Wisconsin study published online Tuesday in the Lancet. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 1/19)
State investigating Allcare Dental complaints
A state consumer protection agency is investigating complaints from patients who paid for Allcare Dental & Dentures services they didn’t receive. Meanwhile, other dentists continue to step up to work with patients looking for help after the closure last week of Allcare in more than a dozen states, including Wisconsin. (APPLETON POST CRESCENT, 1/11)
Wood County to cut school nursing services
Wood County health officials are dropping nursing services for some local school districts, which now must explore new options for next year. The county Health Department provides a limited amount of nursing services to the Pittsville and Nekoosa public school districts, Assumption Catholic Schools and several Lutheran schools, but that will change because of county liability concerns. (WISCONSIN RAPIDS TRIBUNE 1/11)
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