Health Care
Advocate Aurora chief nursing officer on the COVID-19 fight
Mary Beth Kingston, the health system's chief nursing officer, discussed what the experience of fighting the pandemic has been like for nurses and other health care staff, how the system is responding to employee needs and how she expects the coronavirus will affect the future of nursing.
Advocate Aurora Health discloses COVID-19 patient volumes
Advocate Aurora Health has 90 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in its Wisconsin hospitals, the health system disclosed Thursday.
Those patients are...
Kathy’s House cancels gala, launches ‘critical operations’ campaign
Kathy’s House is calling on its donors after being forced to cancel its largest revenue-generating event of the year.
The...
Advocate Aurora taking down overflow triage tents
Advocate Aurora Health said it will close the overflow triage tents set up outside its emergency departments, based on...
Medical College of Wisconsin model shows hospitals would fill in a month if all social distancing ended May 26
Milwaukee County would see a spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations and exceed health systems’ capacity in late June if all...
Evers outlines plan for phased reopening of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers today unveiled “Badger Bounce Back,” a plan outlining criteria for the state to begin a phased reopening.
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Evers says state is taking ‘big steps’ to increase COVID-19 testing capacity
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Monday the state is taking "big steps" to accelerate its COVID-19 testing capacity.
Five indicators officials are watching to safely reopen Wisconsin’s economy
As business leaders eagerly anticipate the reopening of Wisconsin’s economy, there are five indicators that public health officials are watching to determine when conditions will be right to safely resume activity that has been halted by Gov. Tony Evers' "Safer at Home" order to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Wisconsin health officials encourage providers to cast wider net in COVID-19 testing
As Wisconsin's COVID-19 testing capacity has more than doubled this week, Department of Health Services officials are encouraging health care providers to order tests more widely for their patients.
Milwaukee-based Vivent Health acquires AIDS Services of Austin
Milwaukee-based Vivent Health, formerly the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, has acquired an Austin-based AIDS service organization.
