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Dec. 2, 2024
Physician Workforce
The number of people age 65 and older are expected to double in Wisconsin by 2030, including health care providers that will be retiring. Wisconsin faces a shortage of physicians over the next 20 years, and WHA’s 2011 Physician Workforce Report included recommendations to establish new State-funded grant initiatives to generate more physicians in Wisconsin as part of a “grow our own” strategy.
Graduate Medical EducationPage
Nov. 27, 2024
Legal
This page will provide you with information about WHA’s courtroom advocacy efforts, as well as legal and regulatory issues impacting hospitals and health systems. WHA's Health Law Manuals are available from the Member Portal. The manuals are available only to WHA members.
LegalPage
Nov. 26, 2024
Economic Impact
Wisconsin hospitals and health systems provide high-quality, high-value health care. That not only helps bolster our families’ and neighbors’ health, but also our communities’ economic health. Our local economies experience tremendous benefits because of local hospital and health system vibrancy.
Economic ImpactPage
Nov. 26, 2024
Influenza
Influenza is a contagious disease caused by influenza viruses that infect the respiratory tract (nose, throat, and lungs). It can cause mild to severe illness, sometimes leading to death. Influenza symptoms often begin suddenly with a fever, headache, tiredness, dry cough, sore throat, nasal congestion and body aches. The best way to prevent influenza is to get vaccinated each year.
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Nov. 26, 2024
Infectious Disease
Communicable diseases, also known as infectious diseases or transmissible diseases, are illnesses that result from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic (capable of causing disease) biologic agents in an individual human or other animal host. Infections may range in severity from asymptomatic (without symptoms) to severe or fatal. The term infection does not have the same meaning as infectious disease because some infections do not cause illness in a host.
Emergency PreparednessPage
Nov. 26, 2024
Active Shooter Resources
WHA is providing these active shooter resources as part of emergency preparedness planning by our hospitals and health systems.
Active Shooter Resources Emergency PreparednessPage
Oct. 1, 2024
Mental Health and AODA
Wisconsin’s hospitals and emergency departments are often the safety net for patients suffering a psychiatric crisis, and they are on the front lines of alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA) issues. WHA works with lawmakers to ensure patients receive the best, most appropriate care by addressing policies in a coordinated, multi-faceted fashion.
Behavioral Health & AddictionPage
Aug. 16, 2024
Healthcare Emergency Readiness Coalitions
In 2014, Wisconsin established seven healthcare emergency readiness coalition regions (HERC) to coordinate how public health, healthcare institutions, and first responder agencies, such as police, fire and emergency medical services (EMS), will manage their efforts to enact a uniform and unified response to an emergency, including a mass casualty or other catastrophic event. Each HERC is made up of healthcare organizations, public safety and public health partners that work together to assist with large scale emergencies.
Emergency PreparednessPage
Oct. 1, 2022
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - WI (PDMP)
The ePDMP is atool to help combat the ongoing prescription drug abuse epidemic in Wisconsin. By providing valuable information about controlled substance prescriptions that are dispensed in the state, it aids health care professionals in their prescribing and dispensing decisions. The ePDMP also fosters the ability of pharmacies, health care professionals, law enforcement agencies, and public health officials to work together to reduce the misuse, abuse, and diversion of prescribed controlled substance medications.
Prescription DrugPage
Jan. 1, 0001
Health Information Technology
Health Information Technology (HIT) is information technology applied to health and health care. It supports health information management across computerized systems and the secure exchange of health information between consumers, providers, payers, and quality monitors.
Information Technology