September 25, 2014
It is estimated that more than 1 percent of the industrialized population suffers from problem wounds. “That is approximately 67 million people,” said Cassandra Munoz, RN, certified wound care from Riverside Medical Center (RMC) in Waupaca, noting information from the Wound Care Education Institute. Patients who are more likely to need wound care include diabetics, people with kidney failure and those who have problems with mobility.
September 23, 2014
ThedaCare welcomes Nicholas V. Augelli, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon with Appleton Cardiology. He will practice at Appleton Medical Center.
ThedaCare welcomes Matthias Weiss, MD, who will serve as the oncology physician leader at ThedaCare Medical Oncology, which is located within Appleton Medical Center. He will provide specialty care in hematology.
September 22, 2014
When the hallways of the new ThedaCare Medical Center-Shawano come alive in the second half of 2015, Shawano-area nursing students will be part of the hustle and bustle on the healthcare campus. Dorothy Erdmann, CEO of Shawano Medical Center, and Dr. H. Jeffrey Rafn, president of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, announced today an agreement to offer Shawano’s NWTC nursing programs on site at the brand new medical center starting in fall 2015, the first such collaboration in the state of Wisconsin.
September 19, 2014
Do you remember the scene in Apollo 13 where Mission Control is in bedlam over the rising carbon monoxide levels in the space capsule? The lead flight director shouts for quiet and says, “We have a problem. Let’s work the problem.”
September 16, 2014
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued quality and financial performance results for its two Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) programs, showing the ACOs have successfully improved the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries by fostering greater collaboration between doctors, hospitals, and health care providers and keeping patients healthy rather than treating them only when they were sick. Bellin-ThedaCare HealthCare Partners ranked tops in quality in the Pioneer ACO Model program, while reducing healthcare costs.
September 15, 2014
The staff at Shawano Medical Center and ThedaCare Physicians-Shawano and the general public are invited this week to sign one of the uppermost steel beams of the new ThedaCare Medical Center-Shawano before they are hoisted into place later this month. This topping off ceremony is traced back to ancient Scandinavians who placed a tree atop a new building to appease tree-dwelling spirits displaced in its construction. Although the new hospital is constructed with steel beams, the modern custom marks a milestone for major construction projects.
September 10, 2014
ThedaCare today announced plans for expanding and remodeling ThedaCare Medical Center-New London’s Emergency Department. The project is expected to cost $560,000.
September 5, 2014
ThedaCare welcomes Tony Olof Sandstrom, CRNA, as a certified registered nurse anesthetist who will practice at Shawano Medical Center.
ThedaCare welcomes Cherian Varghese, MD, an interventional cardiologist with Appleton Cardiology, who will practice at Appleton Medical Center and Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah.
September 3, 2014
More than 30 New London area business leaders attended a meeting in August aimed at introducing chief executive officers and human resource professionals to best practice principles of initiating and sustaining workplace wellness programs in their businesses.
September 2, 2014
Dawn Shuman has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Wild Rose Community Memorial Hospital following the retirement of Don Caves, who has worked at the hospital for more than four decades.
August 28, 2014
Brenda Bartz, speech recognition medical transcription editor at ThedaCare Physicians-Shawano, uses her gardening gift to build her own little paradise at her home in Shawano.
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