Fort Memorial Hospital
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Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
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Fort HealthCare Works to Reduce Older Adult Falls

Each year, thousands of educators, caregivers, health and aging professionals, and older adults across the country focus their efforts on one goal: preventing falls. That is why Fort HealthCare is collaborating with the National Council on Aging (NCOA) and the Falls Free® Initiative to celebrate Falls Prevention Awareness Day on September 23. This year’s activities […]

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Fort HealthCare Challenges Jefferson County Communities to ‘Rock the Walk’

Fort HealthCare is challenging the greater Jefferson County area to “Rock the Walk”, inviting people to track their physical activity on a weekly basis. This allows people to be more mindful about their health and current level of physical activity and to challenge them to increase their level on a daily basis, while competing for […]

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Fourth Graders' Mini-Grant Project Benefits Fort HealthCare Babies

Fourth graders Drew McDonough and Kaylee Stortz were awarded a Fort Atkinson School District Mini-Grant to raise funds to buy books for the Fort HealthCare Obstetrics department to give to new families. McDonough and Stortz made mini-pillows and baked goods and sold them at the Barrie Elementary School Family Picnic on May 14, 2019. The […]

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Fort HealthCare Post Slimdown Challenge 2019

Community Members Shed Weight While Learning Healthy Habits On Tuesday, May 21, the eighth annual Fort HealthCare Slimdown Challenge ended. Over 660 participants spent six weeks developing healthy habits. In addition to seeking motivation to live healthier and more active lifestyles, this year’s participants reported a combined weight loss of 1,244 pounds. The Fort HealthCare […]

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Cambridge Native and Fort HealthCare Pharmacy Resident Presents at State Conference

Cambridge, WI native and Fort HealthCare Pharmacy Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY1) Resident, Caleb Chitwood, PharmD, presented his research work to a well-attended collaboration of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from across Wisconsin at the Wisconsin Pharmacy Residency Conference held at Monona Terrace in Madison, WI in April. At the conference, sponsored by the Pharmacy Society of […]

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Fort HealthCare Launches Virtual Care

e+Care to Improve Patient Access and Convenience Fort HealthCare announces the launch of e+Care – an online diagnosis and treatment service that provides residents of Wisconsin convenient access to care by connecting them virtually with trusted local Fort HealthCare providers. e+Care facilitates care delivery through evidence-based online adaptive interviews, where patients can now seek care […]

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Understanding Dementia Events

Dementia is a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking and social abilities that interfere with daily functions. The main cause of this group of diseases, involves damage to the nerve cells in the brain, which occur in several areas of the brain and affects people in different ways. Dementias are often grouped by what they […]

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