Sean Kirkby, Author at Wisconsin Health News

Marquette University College of Nursing to launch nurse anesthesia program

Apr 4, 2017 | Press Releases |

MILWAUKEE — The Marquette University College of Nursing today announced a new Doctor of Nursing Practice Nurse Anesthesia Program designed to meet a growing demand for nurse anesthetists. The program will bring together the...

ProHealth Care announces construction of heart and vascular center on Waukesha hospital campus

Apr 4, 2017 | Press Releases |

Waukesha, Wis. — ProHealth Care announced today that it will consolidate its outpatient heart and vascular services in a building to be constructed on the campus of ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital. The new building...

PDMP mandate takes effect

Apr 3, 2017 | Health Tech, Top Stories, WHN Stories |

A requirement for prescribers to use the prescription drug monitoring program went into effect Saturday.

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Health plans take aim at opioid epidemic

Apr 3, 2017 | Insurance, Top Stories, WHN Stories |

State insurers are banding together to curb opioid abuse.

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Report: Thousands visiting Dane County ERs and urgent care clinics for dental pain

Apr 3, 2017 | Dental, Hospitals, Top Stories, WHN Stories |

Dane County emergency rooms and urgent care clinics provided care to thousands of patients with dental pain in 2015, according to a recently released report.

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School district of Greenfield selects Froedtert & MCW Workforce Health for employee workplace clinic

Mar 31, 2017 | Press Releases |

Milwaukee, Wis. (March 31, 2017) — The School District of Greenfield has selected Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Workforce Health, a provider of wellness programming and health care services for...

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., talks healthcare reform

Mar 31, 2017 | ACA, On The Record, Top Stories, WHN Stories |

With the House pulling back on a bill that would have repealed and replaced the federal health reform law, the future of healthcare reform is uncertain. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., spoke with Wisconsin Health News this week on how lawmakers should move forward with changes to the law.

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Ryan: House doesn’t plan to end lawsuit over cost-sharing subsidies

Mar 31, 2017 | Federal Government, Top Stories, WHN Stories |

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, doesn't plan to end a lawsuit against the federal government over subsidies to insurers that reduce their costs for covering low-income consumers.

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Aurora to open ambulatory surgery center, medical office building in 84South development

Mar 31, 2017 | Press Releases |

Milwaukee – Aurora Health Care today announced plans to build an ambulatory surgery center and medical office building in the rapidly growing 84South development in Greenfield. When complete, the $55.5 million project will...

New health alliance brings together statewide partners

Mar 31, 2017 | Press Releases |

Madison, Wis.— Across Wisconsin, opportunities to live a long, healthy life are not shared equally by all. Many of Wisconsin’s health outcomes lag behind national averages, and the state is home to some of the most extreme...