On Wed., June 17, former rehab patients will gather with hospital staff from 5- 8 p.m. at Jefferson Park in Menasha to celebrate everyone’s achievements at the center’s annual Alumni Picnic. This is the 33rd year the center has hosted the picnic and more than 350 former patients, family members and staff members are expected to attend.
On Wed., June 3, at 8 am, ThedaCare staff and the general public will gather near the Encircle Health campus on Capitol Drive to watch the uppermost steel beams of the new ThedaCare Regional Cancer Center be lifted into place. This “topping off” ceremony is a modern custom traced back to ancient Scandinavians who placed a tree atop a new building to appease tree-dwelling spirits displaced during construction. ThedaCare is excited to celebrate the big moment with its staff, community and The Boldt. Co. construction crew.
The services at the wound care program at Riverside Medical Center in Waupaca are growing. The department now offers ostomy care and has extended hours to meet a growing demand for wound care.
Recently you may have seen or heard reports of out breaks of “bird flu.” In Minnesota there have been over five million domestic turkeys and chickens that have died as a result of the outbreak. Many of the birds have been destroyed due to exposure to the virus. There have not been any known human cases though the bird flu can have some implications for humans.
The rotator cuff has a big job in holding your bones in place and keeping your arms moving. Any irritation or inflammation can cause major pain. Attend ThedaCare’s free program and discover the different options for this type of shoulder trouble.
The Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault honored Korina Pubanz, a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) at Shawano Medical Center, with its Voices of Courage Award in the Health & Human Services Category.
The ThedaCare Family of Foundations will publicly launch the CONNECT fundraising campaign through a story-collecting project across the communities it serves. The foundation, whose mission is to support ThedaCare health care initiatives, will offer cancer survivors and others impacted by cancer, and the general public, the opportunity to step into a video recording booth and share individual messages of gratitude and wisdom.
One of the biggest mistakes I see runners make is forgetting to stretch. If they’re outside, they often just head down the driveway and go, or if they are inside, they hop on the treadmill and hit start. They completely forget to warm-up.
Going green—we hear this often, but what does it really mean? For ThedaCare, it means changing the way we think about how we use resources, and making small changes that have a big impact on the health of the community and on our bottom line. As a business with seven hospitals, 35 clinics and almost 7,000 employees, we see a lot of value in getting on board the sustainability train.
The Trauma Center at Theda Clark is proud to present its annual trauma symposium on May 19th, 2015.
ThedaCare was awarded a VHA Sustainability Excellence Award in Las Vegas later this month for its efforts to recycle single-use plastics used in the health care network’s operating rooms, such as blue wrap, plastic containers, and plastic wrappers. Paper and cardboard is also recycled at all facilities.
Springtime in Wisconsin is finally here. This means green grass, flowers blooming, turkeys gobbling, and the emergence of the ectoparasite commonly known as the tick. Ticks are active already and are hungry. If you spend time outdoors in Wisconsin, you are likely to encounter ticks. What can you do to reduce your chance of having an unhealthy encounter with a tick?
ThedaCare today announced Berlin Memorial Hospital will become ThedaCare Medical Center-Berlin and Wild Rose Community Memorial Hospital will become ThedaCare Medical Center-Wild Rose. The changes will begin to take place in fall of 2015. Both the Berlin-based and Wild Rose-based health systems affiliated with ThedaCare in June 2014. ThedaCare is initiating a system-wide rebranding effort so all of its locations throughout Wisconsin are identified with the same look and feel.
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