Wisconsin news and information

Wisconsin's Republican-led state Assembly passed a measure on Thursday to make it more difficult to get an abortion by requiring women first undergo an ultrasound.
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Vincent Caponi has been named executive chairman of the board for St. Vincent Health in Indianapolis and senior VP of Ascension Health Alliance, the St. Louis-based Catholic health system that sponsors St. Vincent Health.
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Bellin-ThedaCare Healthcare Partners has promoted Dr. Dave Krueger to executive director, effective May 13.
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About four years ago, Nick Macchione had an idea to expand the ACO concept in a way that would involve a much broader range of stakeholders working together to improve the health of an entire region.
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The Wisconsin Assembly approved a bill Wednesday changing the standard for what doctors must tell patients when they diagnose them, which Republicans said was necessary in light of a state Supreme Court decision that they see as creating too many problems.
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COLUMBIA, Mo.—The University of Missouri Health System recently opened a $190 million expansion to University Hospital. The 310,500-square-foot addition includes a 100,000-square-foot replacement for its Ellis Fischel Cancer Center on two of the towers' eight floors. The building has...
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SSM Healthcare, St. Louis, has agreed to purchase Dean Health Systems, a physician group with more than 60 clinics headquartered in Madison, Wis.
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Ascension Health, St. Louis, has completed its deal to acquire Marian Health System, the Tulsa, Okla.-based provider with three regional divisions.
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The unhealthiest counties in the nation have the highest rates of preventable hospital stays, smoking and adult obesity, according to the 2013 County Health Rankings.
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St. Louis-based SSM Health Care will soon own and operate Audrain Medical Center in Mexico, Mo., along with its nine MedChoice rural clinics. The Catholic not-for-profit health system signed an agreement with the 49-bed acute-care hospital that goes into effect April 1.
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