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Fort Atkinson Doctor Off to Haiti

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

FORT ATKINSON – Barry Cash, MD, a physician at the Fort Atkinson Medical Center, has recently returned to Haiti in the wake of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that occurred there on January 12. This will be his ninth trip to the country, but never before has his skills and the bounty of medical supplies he […]

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Fort HealthCare Offers Comprehensive Cardiac Care

Health, Wellness & You
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

There is often a misconception about small healthcare systems, that they are inadequate or behind-the-times. Fort HealthCare does not fit that description. As we prepare to enter February, American Heart Month, heart health is top of mind. When you need heart care, you may not have the luxury of time to ask questions and research […]

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Fort HealthCare Encourages the Public to Manage Preventable Risks for Heart Disease

Health, Wellness & You
Thursday, January 21, 2010

In 2005, more than 34 percent of all Wisconsin deaths (15,892) were due to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Annually, CVD causes more deaths than cancer, AIDS, automobile crashes, domestic abuse and alcohol abuse combined. In Wisconsin, the estimated annual total cost of CVD in 2005, according to the Center for Disease Control was $7.5 billion. This […]

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American Heart Association’s ‘Go Red for Women’ Quilt Display Coming to Fort Atkinson

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Heart disease is the number one threat to a woman’s health, but only 13 percent of women in the U.S. believe it will affect their own health. Fort Memorial Hospital hopes to change that statistic through quilts stitched by Wisconsin quilters. Fort Memorial Hospital will host a quilt exhibit created to inspire women to take […]

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Lake Mills Girl Donates to Fort HealthCare Pediatrics Unit

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

A visit to the Emergency Room can be scary for many children, but the experience for one little girl was made less so through a simple act of kindness from registered nurse, Pat Tully. Megan Happ, an eight-year-old second grader at St. Paul’s Lutheran School in Lake Mills, had the unfortunate experience of visiting the […]

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New Physician Welcomed – Dr. Rebecca Reim

Health, Wellness & You
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

  Fort HealthCare Welcomes New Physician in Cambridge Fort Medical Group and the Fort HealthCare Cambridge Clinic is pleased to welcome family medicine with obstetrics specialist Rebecca Reim, MD to their medical group practice.  Reim will join Cambridge native, Dr. Stephanie Nottestad, at the clinic on January 4. Reim received her bachelor’s degree in biology […]

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Fort HealthCare Foundation Awards Grant for Green Activity

Friday, January 8, 2010

Fort HealthCare is expanding efforts to operate in an environmentally sustainable way, courtesy of a Health Care Innovation grant awarded by the Fort Memorial Hospital Foundation. “Sustainability, in this context, means operating in a way that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs,” remarked […]

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Digi-Star LLC and Fort HealthCare Partner to Enhance Employee Wellness

Workplace Health
Friday, January 8, 2010

Many business leaders would support the concept that a healthy, happy workforce means higher productivity and better business. But how many of these business leaders have taken that knowledge and done something about it? One local business has put that concept into action. With the help of the Fort HealthCare’s Corporate Services Wellness at Work […]

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Fort HealthCare Business Health Improves Website Tools

Workplace Health
Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Over the past eighteen years, Fort HealthCare Business/Corporate Health Services has developed a number of corporate partnerships in our community. By offering services that range from pre-employment physical exams to on-site tobacco cessation courses to bilingual communication services, Corporate Health has been able to meet a number of health related needs for numerous employers. As we look […]

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Rumpf joins Fort HealthCare board of directors

Monday, January 4, 2010

Michael Wallace, President and CEO of Fort HealthCare recently announced the appointment of Michael Rumpf, Cambridge, to the Fort HealthCare board of directors.Rumpf’s appointment to a three-year term begins in January 2010. He replaces David Keleher, also of Cambridge, whose term is expiring. Board members are chosen based on their professional skills and their ability […]

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