Category: On The Record
Aspirus Health CEO weighs in on HSHS closures, St. Luke’s Duluth deal
Aspirus Health is seeing an uptick in patients due to western Wisconsin healthcare facility closures, and its recent expansion into Minnesota with its affiliation with St. Luke’s Duluth will help meet demand, CEO Matt Heywood said at a Wisconsin Health News event Thursday.
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UW-led study aims to create ‘bridge’ to more accessible Alzheimer’s, dementia diagnosis
A University of Wisconsin researcher who’s leading a $150 million study on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias hopes it lays the groundwork for identifying signs of the conditions through affordable blood tests.
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Western Wisconsin leaders respond to facility closures
Hospital Sisters Health System is closing its hospitals in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls on Friday, and 19 Prevea Health clinics are shuttering in the coming months.
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Medicaid health plans say they can be change makers
Medicaid managed care organizations are poised to innovate and are working to address the social determinants of health, their leaders said at a Wisconsin Health News event in Milwaukee this week.
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EnsoData leaders talk AI in healthcare, new FDA clearance
EnsoData, a Madison-based healthcare technology company, recently received a clearance from the Food and Drug Administration that its chief research officer called a “pivotal moment in sleep diagnostics.”
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DHS Secretary-designee Johnson talks Medicaid
The return of Medicaid renewals — following a hiatus during the pandemic — has gone smoothly, Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Kirsten Johnson said at a Wisconsin Health News event this week in Madison.
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Panel talks recreational marijuana legalization, decriminalization
A Wisconsin Health News panel this week that focused on medical marijuana also touched on two other legislative efforts: a push by Democrats to legalize the drug recreationally and a bipartisan proposal that would decriminalize possession of it in small amounts.
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