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On the Record with Scott Powder, president of Advocate Aurora Enterprises

by Tim Stumm | Apr 9, 2021 | On The Record | 0 |

Advocate Aurora Enterprises, a subsidiary of Advocate Aurora Health, was launched at the end of last year.

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Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin CEO Sorum talks COVID-19 vaccine rollout

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 2, 2021 | Coronavirus, On The Record, Pharmacy, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin is poised to open COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to those 16 and older Monday.

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Wisconsin dentists look to boost COVID-19 vaccination effort

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 26, 2021 | Coronavirus, Dental, Legislature, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin dentists will be able to give COVID-19 vaccine and flu shots, assuming proper training, under a new law signed by Gov. Tony Evers this week.

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Evers talks what’s next for Wisconsin’s fight against COVID-19

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 19, 2021 | Coronavirus, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Gov. Tony Evers provided an update on COVID-19 one year into the pandemic at a Wisconsin Health News virtual event on Tuesday.

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Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative’s Size reviews vaccine rollout, challenges around hesitancy

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 12, 2021 | Coronavirus, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative Executive Director Tim Size, a self-described “dyed-in-the-wool optimist,” sees the light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic.

AMI Expeditionary Healthcare runs state’s COVID-19 vaccination clinics

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 5, 2021 | Coronavirus, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services’ second community-based vaccination clinic is set to open Monday at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Gundersen uses genome sequencing to monitor, track COVID-19 spread

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 26, 2021 | Coronavirus, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Paraic Kenny, director of the Kabara Cancer Research Institute of the Gundersen Medical Foundation, runs one of the handful of labs in the state sequencing COVID-19 specimens.

Wisconsin’s top insurance regulators talk Healthcare.gov, Evers’ budget

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 19, 2021 | Insurance, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

A new special enrollment period for Healthcare.gov coverage opened this week, and Gov. Tony Evers introduced his next biennial budget with a health insurance expansion package.

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Legislators lay out healthcare priorities

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 12, 2021 | Legislature, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin legislators serving on health committees laid out their healthcare priorities at a Wisconsin Health News panel this week.

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Aspirus CEO Heywood talks growing health system, COVID-19 vaccination rollout

by Sean Kirkby | Feb 5, 2021 | Hospitals, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Aspirus is poised to more than double the number of Wisconsin hospitals it has through a deal it announced last month with Ascension.

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Wisconsin Assisted Living Association CEO Pochowski talks COVID-19 vaccination rollout, challenges

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 29, 2021 | Long Term Care, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services formally launched the assisted living facility portion of the long-term care facility vaccination program Monday.

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Emergency center ‘last piece of the puzzle’ for transforming Milwaukee County’s mental health system

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 22, 2021 | Mental Health, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

A proposed mental health emergency center is “really the last piece of the puzzle” for redesigning Milwaukee County’s mental health system, says Mike Lappen, administrator for the county’s Behavioral Health Division.