The Joint Legislative Audit Committee ordered an audit of Wisconsin’s food assistance program as federal requirements change and put the state at risk for fiscal penalties if it doesn’t keep error rates low.
Nurses say that establishing a preceptor tax credit could encourage more of their colleagues to mentor students, as some in nursing graduate programs report struggles in finding clinical placements needed to complete their degrees.
More than 80 percent of likely voters in Wisconsin say it’s extremely or very important for people to have access to affordable and close-to-home cancer screening and treatment, according to the results of a recent poll by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.
The Board of Regents for the Universities of Wisconsin last week signed off on its 2027-29 budget request, a step toward its goal of training 35,000 more healthcare providers over the next decade.
The Wisconsin Statewide Health Information Network recently updated its underlying technical infrastructure and community health record, a project that’s been years in the making.
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U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., reintroduced a legislative package this month with other senators that aims to address the nation’s maternal health crisis, including health disparities that affect Black women.