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Lancaster, WI · Health
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Rock River Community Clinic Completes $2 Million Capital Campaign
Rock River Community Clinic (RRCC) recently completed their $2 million capital campaign. after just over a year of fundraising efforts. The Wisconsin State Building Commission recently awarded RRCC $330,000 through the Non- State Grant Program, helping reach the finish line. The 2025-2026 “Moving Upstream” Campaign consisted of:. ●...
captimes.com
Letter | Stand with Janesville's SSM nurses
Dear Editor: Thank you for the column from Dr. Richard McGowan. My daughter has been a nurse at St. Mary's in Janesville for 12 years. She has repeatedly come home and spoken about the care she is unable to provide her patients due to the increased load the nurses have after SSM contracted an outside resource to help with financial concerns. SSM cited they are losing money. The acuity of patients does not matter, the nurse still has an increased patient load. This means if your loved one is crashing, the nurse may not know because he or she has not been in the patient's room for several hours.
madisonbiz.com
Access the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge Program with Weight In Gold
Beginning July 1, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will launch the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge Program, a demonstration program designed to expand access to FDA-approved obesity medications for eligible Medicare beneficiaries. Obesity is a chronic disease that affects millions of Americans and increases the risk of numerous...
stoughtonnews.com
First in the state for Stoughton Health
Stoughton Health OrthoTeam Clinic is proud to announce the introduction of the Mako robotic-arm assisted shoulder replacement surgery, performed by Dr. Ashish M. Rawal, a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon. According to a Stoughton Health news release, Rawal is the first in Wisconsin to offer this advanced procedure. Mako robotic-arm technology...
fitchburgstar.com
Agrace Dementia Village marks milestone in Fitchburg
Community leaders, healthcare professionals, donors, and residents gathered last month to celebrate the groundbreaking for the Ellen & Peter Johnson Dementia Village at Agrace, a pioneering project expected to transform dementia care in Wisconsin and across the nation. According to a news release, the $40 million development, located on Agrace's...
Daily Cardinal
Dementia villages in Wisconsin are redefining memory care
The first dementia villages in the United States will open in Sheboygan in July and Fitchburg in the fall of 2027, offering dementia patients an alternative to traditional nursing homes and memory care facilities. The first two U.S. villages are Dementia Innovations' Livasu in Sheboygan and Agrace's Ellen and Peter...
northwestquarterly.com
Happy Hearts: Healthy Habits, Breakthroughs Save Lives
A healthy heart is a happy heart. But how do you make your heart happy? Sometimes, you have to work backwards. Diabetes – a disease of high blood sugar – puts you at a higher risk for heart disease. So, ask yourself: how do you prevent Type 2 diabetes? Lifestyle is an important factor.
captimes.com
Letter | St. Mary's needs a strong union voice
Dear Editor: I have deep roots at St. Mary’s, where I’ve been a behavioral health nurse for over a decade. My mom was also a nurse there for many years. I was born prematurely there and spent two weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit. Without the expertise and care of St. Mary’s, I would not have survived.
WIFR
Mercyhealth opens pharmacy in Beloit
BELOIT, Wis. (WIFR) - Those who need to fill a prescription have a new pharmacy option in Beloit. Mercyhealth says its new pharmacy at 1400 E. Inman Parkway, Suite 1, offers prescription filling and refills, medication counseling and prescription transfers. The pharmacy also includes a drive-thru option to help patients save time.
dailydodge.com
Watertown Regional Medical Center earns “A” safety grade
WATERTOWN — Watertown Regional Medical Center has received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group in its spring 2026 ratings. The grade is the fourth consecutive “A” for Watertown Regional and the hospital’s tenth “A” in the last 13 Leapfrog grading periods. The hospital was one of 16 in Wisconsin to receive the top grade in the spring 2026 release.
GazetteXtra
Mercyhealth shows off third Beloit autism therapy option
TOWN OF BELOIT — Mercyhealth on Wednesday held an open house to show off its autism center at its fully remodeled clinic at 1400 E. Inman Parkway. The Mercyhealth Autism Center is the third autism center to open in Beloit — and second this year — that offers intensive Applied Behavior Analysis therapy. ABA therapy is considered “best practice” by many organizations, including the U.S. Surgeon General and the American Psychological Association, for improving social skills and communication amongst autistic children. This is Mercyhealth’s third autism center in Wisconsin, following the opening of centers in Janesville and Lake Geneva. “In recent years, Mercyhealth has made a commitment to address the growing need for autism services by expanding our care in southern Wisconsin,” Belinda Wellnitz, manager of Mercyhealth Autism Services, said. Wellnitz said the Mercyhealth autism center’s advantage over other clinics in the region is that it offers several private treatment rooms while the other local clinics conduct ABA therapy in a shared space “which can be distracting.” Caravel Autism Health opened the first autism clinic in Beloit in 2022 at 2040 Sutler Ave. Caravel now has a two-year waiting list. The Wisconsin Early Autism Project (WEAP) opened a clinic at
Wisconsin Examiner
Nurses at St. Mary’s organize for union, citing loss of local responsiveness
More than 800 nurses at a Madison hospital owned by a national nonprofit group will vote in the coming weeks on whether to join a union. The organizing campaign at St. Mary’s Hospital is one of the largest in recent memory in Wisconsin. In a statement earlier this month, a spokesperson said the hospital’s parent […]