The shift from cold winter days to warm sunny weather is accompanied by a welcome change of footwear. Some people shed their heavy boots and head outside for more exercise. Others want to show off their pretty pedicures or fling off their flip flops and wiggle their toes in the sand.
ThedaCare welcomes Aisling Elsner, APNP, a nurse practitioner specializing in family medicine who will practice at ThedaCare Physicians in Shawano, Clintonville and Tigerton.
Residents looking forward to the spring race season can now sign up for the 16th annual ThedaCare Helping Hands for Cancer 5K run/walk on Sat., May 20.
Last year, ThedaCare announced a significant expansion of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton. Today, the program has 16 dedicated nurses in the program and has developed several key partnerships in the communities throughout Northeastern Wisconsin and increased services for pediatric victims. Within the next few weeks, they will have 24/7 adult coverage.
Fitness trackers seem to be everywhere. I see the different tracker bracelets on high school students wearing them as well as shoppers when I am out in the community.
National Doctors’ Day is a chance to express appreciation for doctors’ extraordinary roles in serving and caring for their patients, families and communities. This Doctors’ Day is particularly special for me as it’s my last before retiring as ThedaCare President and CEO, moving away from full-time healthcare leadership.
In an effort to engage families early on and to meet the various needs of our communities of learners
Each of us wants to feel appreciated at work, like what we do matters. The challenge for business leaders is finding ways to help demonstrate that. Last July, we asked some of our ThedaCare team members to brainstorm ways to make appreciation an active part of our culture.
The generosity from community members is helping ThedaCare Medical Center-Berlin cancer patients feel more comfortable while battling the disease.
Patients with chronic or acute muscle pain may find greater relief through a technique called dry needling. “It’s worked well for people who have tried a lot of other things and haven’t had the best response, said Annie Schmidt, DPT at ThedaCare Medical Center-New London.
Both Jack and I have volunteered at the hospital since shortly after we retired here 20 years ago. I had always been short of breath. A pulmonologist recommended pulmonary rehab. I wasn’t enthused because as a sedentary person, I was much happier sitting down and not moving, but my lungs needed to move.
Recently, one of my colleagues pointed out to me there is some confusion about what the labels of DO and MD after a doctor’s name really means. I had not thought about the distinction since in every day medical practice I do not see a difference.
Kayla Thorpe, office manager at Lawton Family Dentistry, looks forward to the annual ThedaCare Foundation-New London Sturgeon Shuffle. “It’s a great walk to kick off spring,” she said. “I love the fact that it is dog friendly and the route that we take in Hatten (Park) is always very nice.”
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