Sean Kirkby, Author at Wisconsin Health News

Panel: Barriers prevent uptake of senior living technology

Apr 15, 2019 | Health Tech, Top Stories |

Long-term care providers are looking at technology to find ways to address a workforce shortage, panelists said last week in Milwaukee.

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Group Insurance Board denies appeal over health savings account contract

Apr 15, 2019 | Insurance, Top Stories |

The board overseeing the state employee health plan on Friday denied an appeal contesting its decision to pursue a new administrator for the program's health savings accounts.

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SeniorCare wins 10-year extension

Apr 15, 2019 | Prescription Drugs, Top Stories |

The federal government has granted a 10-year extension for the SeniorCare program, according to a Friday statement from Gov. Tony Evers' office.

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Advocate Aurora Health earns national honors for environmental stewardship

Apr 15, 2019 | Press Releases |

Downers Grove, IL and Milwaukee, WI – Advocate Aurora Health has been awarded the System for Change Award from Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s leading organization dedicated to environmental sustainability in health care. The...

Foxconn’s Madison building to support health research efforts

Apr 15, 2019 | Top Stories |

Foxconn Technology Group is buying a building across from the Capitol in Madison, which will in part house its research efforts with the University of Wisconsin.

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Heart care services expand with new hybrid operating room at Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital Milwaukee

Apr 15, 2019 | Press Releases |

Milwaukee, Wis.— Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital Milwaukee is expanding its services with the addition of a new hybrid operating room, representing a $5.2 million investment. The new hybrid operating room, which combines...

Advocate Aurora Health named ‘Top Workplace’ by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Apr 15, 2019 | Press Releases |

Milwaukee, Wis. — Advocate Aurora Health, one of the top 10 largest not-for-profit, integrated health care systems in the nation, today was recognized as a 2019 Top Workplace by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The newspaper says...

Isthmus Project seeks to build bridges bringing research, ideas to market

Apr 12, 2019 | Health Tech, On The Record, Top Stories |

Thomas "Rock" Mackie, chief innovation officer at UW Health, compares his current work as director of the Isthmus Project, a business accelerator, to an engineering class working on designing bridges.

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Hospitals call for increasing rates through Medicaid expansion or other sources

Apr 12, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories |

Wisconsin hospitals are asking state lawmakers to increase their Medicaid rates, saying that money is available even if the state doesn’t take more federal dollars to expand the healthcare program for low-income Wisconsinites.

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Ascension St. Michael’s Hospital named top 20 rural community hospital

Apr 12, 2019 | Hospitals, Top Stories |

The National Rural Health Association recently recognized Ascension St. Michael’s Hospital in Stevens Point as one of the top 20 rural community hospitals in the country.

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