Since the early cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin, Epic has supported the State Emergency Operations Center in its fight against the pandemic. The Verona-based electronic health records vendor has donated its services to help increase capacity and improve coordination.
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COVID-19 has exposed the health disparities that have long affected the African American community, said Dr. Tito Izard, CEO of Milwaukee Health Services, Inc.
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Chris Woleske took the helm at Bellin Health in October 2018, succeeding longtime CEO George Kerwin. She served in a variety of roles at the system before that, starting in 1998.
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Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said he believes that Gov. Tony Evers’ approach to the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t been inclusive enough, which is why legislators are pursuing a lawsuit seeking to block his safer-at-home order and pursue an emergency rulemaking process.
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Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm detailed the state’s contact tracing and COVID-19 testing efforts during a Thursday Wisconsin Health News webinar. Edited excerpts are below.
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UnitedHealthcare of Wisconsin CEO Dustin Hinton said in Wisconsin and Michigan, the two states he oversees, the insurer’s telehealth numbers have increased 21-fold since mid-March as providers respond to COVID-19.
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Froedtert Health CEO Cathy Jacobson talked about her health system’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and what she sees as needed to lift social distancing restrictions during a Wisconsin Health News webinar Wednesday.
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Marshfield Clinic Health System CEO Dr. Susan Turney weighed in on COVID-19 testing capacity and preparations to handle a potential surge of patients with the disease, during a Wisconsin Health News webinar this week.
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Hospitals across the state have upended their operations in response to the new coronavirus crisis.
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This week, Gov. Tony Evers announced a public-private partnership that aims to double the capacity of COVID-19 testing in Wisconsin. Its members include Exact Sciences, UW Health, Marshfield Clinic Health System and Promega.
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The U.S. House is set to sign off on a $2 trillion package aimed at responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Green Bay, spoke to Wisconsin Health News Thursday about the measure and the response to the new coronavirus.
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Dr. Nasia Safdar, medical director of infection control and prevention at UW Health, provided an update Thursday afternoon on steps that the health system is taking to prepare for a potential surge of COVID-19 patients.
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