On The Record Archives - Wisconsin Health News

Panel weighs ways to fight opioid epidemic

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 17, 2022 | On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Healthcare providers on the front lines of the opioid epidemic are frustrated that they can't address more of the challenges facing their patients.

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On the record with University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute Director Sheri Johnson

by Tim Stumm | Jun 10, 2022 | On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute gave Wisconsin a C for overall health in a report card released earlier this year, which looked at measures of length and quality of life.

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Bellin, Gundersen CEOs weigh in on proposed merger

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 3, 2022 | Hospitals, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Bellin Health and Gundersen Health System are hoping to reach a definitive agreement on a merger in early July, with plans to close by the end of the year if regulators approve.

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On the Record with Wisconsin Medical Society CEO Chumbley

by Tim Stumm | May 27, 2022 | On The Record, WHN Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin Medical Society CEO Dr. Bud Chumbley is set to retire next month. Chumbley joined the society in November 2017, leading it through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kaplan talks COVID-19 lessons, health system expansion

by Tim Stumm | May 20, 2022 | On The Record, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

UW Health CEO Dr. Alan Kaplan weighed in on the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, his health system’s efforts to expand care and how mergers in the state could affect them during a Wisconsin Health News Newsmaker event Thursday.

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On the Record with Advocate Aurora Health CEO Jim Skogsbergh

by Sean Kirkby | May 13, 2022 | Hospitals, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Advocate Aurora Health announced this week it is joining forces with Atrium Health, a 40-hospital health system serving North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.

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Digital health panel weighs barriers, policy changes

by Sean Kirkby | May 6, 2022 | Health Tech, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Panelists weighed in on how to address barriers around digital health adoption at a Wisconsin Health News event this week.

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WISHIN enters adulthood

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 29, 2022 | Health Tech, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

The Wisconsin Statewide Health Information Network has “matured considerably” since its founding in late 2010, according to CEO Joe Kachelski.

Madison-based DeliverHealth grows

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 22, 2022 | Health Tech, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Launched around a year ago, DeliverHealth is growing.

Panel weighs in on solving mental health workforce challenges

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 15, 2022 | Mental Health, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Panelists weighed in on possible ways to boost the mental healthcare workforce at a Wisconsin Health News event this week in Milwaukee.

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DHS’ Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center expansion part of broader overhaul

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 8, 2022 | Mental Health, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

State officials recently broke ground on an expansion of the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center in Madison, which provides mental health treatment to some of the most troubled people in Wisconsin’s youth justice system.