Author: Tim Stumm

Construction on Versiti Blood Research Institute’s expansion in Wauwatosa will start this month. 

Health officials hope Wisconsin's mental health crisis lifeline will be able to answer every call, text and message in-state within the next few years. 

Insurers are seeking to raise rates for Healthcare.gov plans in Wisconsin next year due to rising medical and drug costs. 

Wisconsin saw a slight drop in the number of hospitals receiving top marks in ratings released last week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, but a Wisconsin Hospital Association official said the state still ranks high in terms of quality healthcare. 

Advanced practice providers in Minnesota-based Essentia Health’s east market, including at locations in northwest Wisconsin, have unionized. 

Microsoft said Wednesday it’s working with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, along with UW Health, to advance the use of artificial intelligence in medical imaging. 

Republican lawmakers called for more federal action on mental health, during events held near the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week.

More than half of kids with special healthcare needs have a mental health condition and often have more challenges in getting care than their peers without disabilities, according to a brief released by the Wisconsin Office of Children’s Mental Health on Tuesday. 

The Wisconsin Development Board of South Central Wisconsin will use $4 million in federal funds to build out healthcare apprenticeship programs.