MILWAUKEE, July 19 Medical College of Wisconsin issued the following news release:In an ongoing effort to find better and safer treatment for complicated infantile hemangiomas, researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, report outcomes on two treatment options. The first study examined the effects of oral steroids on a [...]
July 18From hamburgers to houses, it seems everything is getting supersized.Hospitals are no exception. Around the country, medical facilities are buying equipment to accommodate the increase in obese patients.In Milwaukee, several local hospitals have beefed up their beds, rooms and medical devices to accommodate larger patients.The shift to the XXL-equipped hospital is eating into capital [...]
July 18Two Milwaukee County hospitals performed many more abdominal imaging tests than other hospitals around the country, potentially exposing patients to unnecessary radiation, according to new federal data.Nearly 58% of the outpatient CT scans of the abdomen performed at Wheaton Franciscan-St. Francis in Milwaukee were double scans meaning that technicians performed one CT scan [...]
July 02Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison surrendered its federal certification for one of its units in June after inspectors cited the state hospital for failure to provide therapy to patients and for stripping a female patient and placing her naked in a seclusion room, federal officials said.The woman had refused to be searched for [...]
July 01Aurora Health Care has set Nov. 1 as the opening of its $184 million hospital in Grafton, the second hospital that it will open this year.Aurora Medical Center in Grafton, just west of the intersection of Interstate 43 and Highway 60, is about 80 percent completed, the company said Wednesday.The health care system committed [...]
June 29A community advisory group on patient safety at the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex will take a year to complete its review, leaders of the group said Tuesday at its first meeting.The county’s mental health Community Advisory Board will also try to develop interim recommendations so they can be considered for the county’s 2011 [...]
June 30A community advisory group on patient safety at the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex will take a year to complete its review, leaders of the group said Tuesday at its first meeting.The county’s mental health Community Advisory Board will also try to develop interim recommendations so they can be considered for the county’s 2011 [...]
Jun. 23MUMBAI While other taximen left Mumbaiites stranded, Afzal Sheikh (42) ferried patients from Dadar station to hospitals for free on Tuesday. "All of us want a fare hike, but my colleagues are not thinking about how the strike will affect patients," said the Dadar resident.Sheikh took 13 patients to various hospitals. Among them [...]
Jun. 23A federal mediator has called Twin Cities hospitals and their nurses back to the negotiating table in a bid to head off what could be a costly and extended work stoppage.Both sides said they have agreed to meet Thursday, though it remains unclear if that would lead to extended talks. The union voted Monday [...]
Jun. 22ST. THOMAS Schneider Hospital has received a $30,000 high-tech hospital bed but is still lacking equipment and staff needed to use it.The bed uses technology that allows doctors and nurses to remotely monitor a patient’s blood pressure, heart rate, breathing rate and blood-oxygen level, as well as the electrical activity in the patient’s heart. [...]
