On The Record Archives - Wisconsin Health News

Lawmakers talk healthcare priorities

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 13, 2019 | Legislature, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Lawmakers weighed in on bills expanding Medicaid, regulating pharmacy benefit managers, licensing dental therapists to practice in the state, legalizing medical marijuana and defining direct primary care at a Wisconsin Health News event this week.

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National Farm Medicine Center director talks farmer safety, mental health

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 6, 2019 | Hospitals, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Casper Bendixsen, director of the National Farm Medicine Center, a department within the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, said that rural populations like farmers, their workers and their families, have their own unique needs.

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Advocate Aurora Health exec talks diversity

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 30, 2019 | Hospitals, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

“It’s not a separate initiative,” Erickajoy Daniels, Advocate Aurora Health’s chief diversity and inclusion officer, said in a recent interview. “It’s a strategic imperative.”

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Office of Children’s Mental Health looking to focus efforts

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 23, 2019 | Mental Health, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Linda Hall, the new director of the Office of Children’s Mental Health, said they’re hoping to focus their energies on a a few key areas to improve child well-being in Wisconsin.

Kowalik reflects on first year as commissioner

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 16, 2019 | On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

“My goal being in this job wasn’t necessarily to be just more of the same, or one of the guys or gals, but to really agitate and shake things up and really help bring about true change,” she said.

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Nexus Pharmaceuticals’ planned facility takes aim at drug shortages

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 9, 2019 | On The Record, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0 |

Illinois-based Nexus Pharmaceuticals said last month that it plans to build a sterile drug manufacturing facility in Pleasant Prairie.

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Broad investment needed to improve state’s health rankings, says Remington

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 2, 2019 | On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

While Wisconsin's health outcomes have improved, they're not keeping pace with improvement in other states, according to Dr. Patrick Remington, who retired last month from the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Population Health Sciences.

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SHINE Medical Technologies moves toward production of medical isotopes

by Sean Kirkby | Jul 26, 2019 | Health Tech, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

This week, the Department of Energy said it finalized cooperative agreements that would provide $15 million each to SHINE Medical Technologies and two other companies looking to produce key ingredients used in medical imaging and diagnosis.

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Racine seeks new community health center

by Sean Kirkby | Jul 19, 2019 | On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

A private-public collaborative is hoping to open a federally qualified health center next year at a Racine school.

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Panel debates impact of e-cigarette flavors

by Sean Kirkby | Jul 12, 2019 | On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

A Wisconsin Health News panel this week took a look at the role flavoring has played in the rise of vaping among teenagers. Panelists included:

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On the record with Aneesh Chopra, President, CareJourney

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 28, 2019 | Health Tech, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Aneesh Chopra, President Barack Obama’s former chief technology officer, thinks the healthcare industry has a “mindset” problem when it comes to patient data.

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