Health Care
Advocate Aurora to dole out $15 million in special employee cash awards
Advocate Aurora Health will distribute special cash award payments totalling $15 million to its employees, chief executive officer Jim Skogsbergh announced Tuesday.
Froedtert to test promising antiviral drug remdesivir on coronavirus patients
Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin said Wednesday it will begin administering remdesivir – an experimental COVID-19 drug that has shown some promise at fighting the coronavirus – to some of its critically ill patients.
COVID-19 patient back home after receiving plasma, ventilator alternative at Froedtert
A 27-year-old man has returned home after being treated for COVID-19 with convalescent plasma and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation at Froedtert Hospital.
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...
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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.
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.
