DHS Honors Wisconsin Health Care Providers with the Wisconsin BigShot Awards
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has awarded its annual Wisconsin BigShot awards to 208 Wisconsin health care providers for their efforts to protect children against vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella, and pertussis. The BigShot award recognizes and celebrates providers who are leading the way in protecting children ’s health by ensuring their pediatric patients are up to date on their routine childhood vaccinations, based on 2023 immunization data...(see release)Claire.YunkerApril 23, 2024 (Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - April 23, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Claire.Yunker Source Type: news
DEA Drug Take Back Day at Mayo Clinic in Florida
Saturday, April 27, is the next Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Staff, patients and community members are encouraged to attend a local event and drop off unused and expired drugs. Mayo Clinic in Florida is hosting a drop-off site in cooperation with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office: Date: April 27 Time: 10 a.m. –2 p.m. Drop-Off Site: Mayo Clinic, Davis Building, drive-thru entrance off Mayo Blvd. There will be pharmacists and other… (Source: Mayo Clinic Florida News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Florida News - April 23, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Salmonella Infections Linked to Fresh Basil Sold in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), along with the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP), local health departments, and federal partners, is working to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to fresh basil. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 12 people in seven states have become infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella . This includes one person who lives in Wisconsin. The organic basil...(see release)lucy.pepinApril 18, 2024 (Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - April 18, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: lucy.pepin Source Type: news
Law Enforcement Agencies Awarded Grants from State Opioid Settlement Funds
Twelve Tribal nations, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies have received grants from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) for projects to prevent and reduce the dangers of opioid use. The projects include community drug disposal systems; programs that keep people with an opioid use disorder out of jail; education and training for staff on the medications for opioid use disorder, including how the medications are used as part of a treatment program; and treatment for jail...(see release)lucy.pepinApril 16, 2024 (Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - April 16, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: lucy.pepin Source Type: news
Geisel Celebrates National Public Health Week
Despite having to cope with the effects of a late-season snowstorm, Geisel’s annual celebration of National Public Health Week, held April 1-7, went off without a hitch, featuring a full schedule of events and showing strong participation across the Dartmouth community. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - April 8, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: Events News American Public Health Association National Public Health Week Source Type: news
Geisel Medical Student Sarah Howell ’26 Receives Prestigious Public Health Service Award
Sarah Howell ’26, a rising third-year student at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, is being recognized by a U.S. Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Award for her work to help bridge the gap between public health and medicine. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - April 8, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: Awards Education News Sarah Howell U.S. Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Award Source Type: news
Wisconsin COVID-19 Treatment Telehealth Program Ends April 10
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) reminds Wisconsinites that its COVID-19 Treatment program will end on April 10. The program, initially planned to end in 2023, was extended to April 2024 due to the success of the program and high cases of COVID-19 circulating at the time. Since it launched in November 2022, the program completed 8,819 consults, providing health guidance and access to COVID-19 antiviral treatments to people across Wisconsin at no cost. "We're extremely proud of...(see release)lucy.pepinApril 5, 2024 (Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - April 5, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: lucy.pepin Source Type: news
DHS Submits Plan to Legislature ’s Joint Committee on Finance on How to Use $36 Million in Opioid Settlement Funds
On April 1, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) submitted its plan for the annual share of $750 million of opioid settlement funds to the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) . As a re sult of settlements reached by the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Wisconsin will receive $36 million this year that will be used to prevent opioid use disorder while continuing and strengthening successful efforts for harm reduction, treatment, and recovery. “This is a thoughtful plan...(see release)JenniferC.MillerApril 2, 2024 (Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - April 2, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: JenniferC.Miller Source Type: news
Department of Health Services Deputy Secretary Deb Standridge ’s Statement about Wisconsin Act 249, that expands emergency detention and urgent crisis care facilities
“One of our top priorities is access to mental health services for all Wisconsinites who need them. Act 249 will help us address a significant gap in Wisconsin’s system of care and ensure people experiencing mental health emergencies get the right care, at the right time, in the right place. This bill will help us transform the way we care for our state’s most vulnerable using the Crisis Now model of someone to contact, someone to respond, and a safe place to get help. Crisis urge nt care and...(see release)Elizabeth.GoodsittMarch 29, 2024 (Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - March 29, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Elizabeth.Goodsitt Source Type: news
Nicole Rapfogel, MPH ’24, Selected as Finalist in Presidential Management Fellowship Program
Nicole Rapfogel, MPH ’24, a Master of Public Health student at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, has been selected as a Finalist for the Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF) program. She is the only candidate at Dartmouth to receive this recognition for 2024. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - March 25, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: Education News MPH Nicole Rapfogel Presidential Management Fellowship Source Type: news
Legendary Healthcare Researcher John E. Wennberg, Who Shaped Efforts to Reform the Nation ’s Healthcare System, Dies at 89
John E. (Jack) Wennberg, MD, MPH, founder and director emeritus of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, the Peggy Y. Thomson Professor in the Evaluative Clinical Sciences Emeritus at the Geisel School of Medicine, and founding editor of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, died March 10, 2024. He was 89 years old. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - March 18, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Susan Green Tags: News Jack Wennberg obituary The Dartmouth Institute Source Type: news
Geisel Medical Students Celebrate Match Day 2024
On Friday, March 15, fourth-year MD students from the Geisel School of Medicine gathered at the Lebanon Opera House to celebrate Match Day 2024 with family, friends, and members of the Geisel and Dartmouth communities. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - March 18, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: Education Events News 2024 Class of 2024 Match Day Source Type: news
Geisel School of Medicine Professor Receives Funding for Medical Education Research Project
Abigail (Abby) Konopasky, PhD, director of medical education research and scholarship and associate professor of medical education at Geisel School of Medicine, has received a Medical Education Scholarship Research and Evaluation grant from the Northeast Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) to initiate a new project. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - March 14, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Susan Green Tags: Awards News Research Abby Konopasky NEGEA Northeast Group on Educational Affairs Source Type: news
El programa de profesionales certificados de cuidado directo ahora est á disponible en español
El Department of Health Services (DHS) de Wisconsin ofrece ahora formación gratuita en línea para convertirse en un profesional certificado de cuidado directo (CDCP) ( certified direct care professional (CDCP) ) en español. Los CDCP cuidan a adultos mayores y a person as con discapacidades en sus domicilios o en espacios comunitarios, ayudándoles a bañarse, vestirse, comer, hacer ejercicio y otras actividades cotidianas. Una investigación publicada por PubMed de los Institutos Nacionales de Salud...(see release)lucy.pepinMarch 13, 2024 (Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - March 13, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: lucy.pepin Source Type: news
Study Shows Important Role Gut Microbes Play in Airway Health in Persons with Cystic Fibrosis
Findings from a new study conducted by a team of researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and published in the journal mBio, reflect the important role that the gut microbiome (communities of bacteria) plays in the airway health of persons with cystic fibrosis. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - March 13, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: News CF cystic fibrosis George O'Toole Source Type: news
