Having a family member or friend struggling with a medical crisis often sparks the idea to have an event to raise money to help them with expenses. Organizing an individual benefit can be a daunting task, but a new class provides essential information to help make your event a success.
April Tainter, employee health and occupational health nurse at ThedaCare At Work in Shawano, has a life filled with ups, downs and the occasional corkscrew, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. As a member of American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) since 2008, Tainter regularly visits amusement parks to ride the most hair-raising coasters ever conceived.
During the week of August 1-7– which is World Breastfeeding Week – ThedaCare and ThedaCare Pediatrics is asking moms to share their success stories on their Facebook pages to encourage other moms to keep breastfeeding throughout the entire first year of life.
Sue Casperson, Shawano Medical Center HIM and registration manager, has been elected to a 3-year term at the Wisconsin Health Information Management Association (WHIMA) as president-elect.
ThedaCare At Home™ Hospice is seeking volunteers, in the Waupaca & Shawano areas, for the therapy dog program, which provides visits by registered therapy dogs and their handlers to hospice patients for the purpose of love, support, comfort, and animal companionship.
The Rural Health Initiative in Shawano County received a $60,000 grant from the Harold E. Pevonka Trust and has the opportunity to receive an additional $60,000 through a community match.
The first thing to do is ask your daughter how she feels about meeting with a doctor alone. Some teens are ready for that at 15 while others are not.
Kidney stones are small, hard deposits that form inside your kidneys. Passing kidney stones can be quite painful, but the stones usually cause no permanent damage.
Shingles is a painful skin rash caused by the chickenpox virus. After you get better from chickenpox, the virus is dormant in the nerve roots. In some people, it stays dormant forever. In others, the virus wakes up when disease, stress, or aging weakens the immune system.
Adolescence is a time of intense peer pressure. During these years, teens are trying to figure out who they are and how to identify themselves. They decide what groups or people they may want to associate with. They also make decisions about their own behavior and what they may or may not choose to do.
ThedaCare Physicians-Shawano is pleased to welcome Diana Scharine, a family nurse practitioner in primary care and hospital medicine. Diana will also practice at Shawano Medical Center.
ThedaCare and local agencies Willems Marketing and Write Image together won a coveted 2013 Bronze Anvil Award of Commendation from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) for the 2011 Trauma Center at Theda Clark Medical Center annual report.
ThedaCare Orthopedic Care at Appleton Medical Center welcomes David Conrad, MD, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in adult reconstructive surgery of the hip and knee.
For media inquiries, please call Cassandra Wallace, Public and Media Relations Consultant at 920.442.0328 or the ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah switchboard at 920.729.3100 and ask for the marketing person on call.
