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DHS Issues Public Health Advisory to Warn of the Risks of Death from Drugs Laced with Fentanyl
… DHS supports a comprehensive set of strategies to support healthy communities, prevent death and reduce harm related to substance use. In March 2022, Governor Tony Evers decriminalized … -
WISH: Caution on Assessing Trends in Causes of Death - Accounting for the Change in 1999 from ICD-9 to ICD-10
… international comparability in the classification of disease, including reporting causes of death on the death certificate. Titles for each cause of death and the exact diseases included in each cause are revised periodically to incorporate … -
Caution on Assessing Trends in Infant Causes of Death - Accounting for the Change in 1999 from ICD-9 to ICD-10
… international comparability in the classification of disease, including reporting causes of death on the death certificate. Titles for each cause of death and the exact diseases included in each cause are revised periodically to incorporate … -
Medicaid Expansion Increases Access to Care, Improves Health Outcomes, and Lowers Death Rates New Study Shows
… begin accepting Medicaid members. Medicaid expansion is connected with lower rates of death; expansion states have seen a significant decrease in their mortality rates. In addition to … -
Three Sites to Pilot New Hub and Spoke Model to Improve Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services in Wisconsin
… innovative “hub and spoke” program design to expand beyond traditional substance use disorder treatment services. Wisconsinites served by this new program will include people enrolled in … services that give eligible members rapid access to comprehensive addiction and mental health treatment, primary care, and other needed supports to assist their recovery. “It is past time to … Wisconsin,” said Governor Tony Evers. “By connecting the dots between substance use disorder treatment and other services, this new model will help us move the needle on ensuring access and … -
Funding Awarded to Cover Room and Board Costs for Residential Opioid Use Disorder Treatment for Medicaid Members
… 1,100 Wisconsin Medicaid members with an opioid use disorder will have access to residential treatment this year, thanks to $2.5 million in grants from the Department of Health Services … benefit. Federal law prohibits Medicaid from reimbursing residential substance use disorder treatment providers for a client’s room and board expenses. Lack of funds to cover room and board costs is the primary reason Medicaid members do not enroll in this level of treatment. “Room and board expenses for residential substance use disorder treatment can be cost … -
As the Cold Weather Brings an Uptick in COVID-19 Cases, DHS Reminds Wisconsinites How to Stay Healthy this Holiday Season
… In both 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 cases surged during the colder months. As colder weather returns, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) reminds Wisconsinites of the … -
Adult/Juvenile Correctional Facilities, Local Jails, and Secure Treatment Centers in Wisconsin Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
… facilities, local jails, municipal lockups, juvenile secure detention centers, and secure treatment centers in Wisconsin. … -
Interim Guidance for Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Providers in Wisconsin Regarding COVID-19 Associated with the Outbreak in Wuhan, China
… Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Division of Public Health (DPH) are closely monitoring an outbreak caused by COVID-19 that originated in Wuhan, China. … -
FS ADL-Bathing
… they have the intelligence and developmental ability to complete. … p00936-bathing.pdf … FS ADL-Bathing … -
CGDD - Clothing and Laundry
… CLOTHING AND LAUNDRY LAW Each patient shall..."Be permitted to use and wear his or her own clothing and personal articles, or be furnished with an adequate allowance of clothes if none are available. Provision shall be made to launder the patient's clothing." § 51.61(1)(q), Wis. Stats. [Emphasis added.] "(1) Inpatients shall be permitted to … -
Breastfeeding Support Handout
… Breastfeeding is the standard way to feed babies. In this section, you will learn about the many … origins of life itself, this scenario was not, alas, a fiction. The ‘dream product’ is human breast milk, available to us all at birth, and yet we are not using it.” This quote came from … to the next module when you are ready. 34 WIC Online Orientation - Breastfeeding Support … breastfeedingsupportnotes.pdf … Breastfeeding Support Handout … -
Breastfeeding Summary
… BREASTFEEDING The mission of the Wisconsin Breastfeeding Coalition (WBC) is to improve the … Plan Implement Communicate mailto:afrance@co.wood.wi.us mailto:wibreastfeeding@gmail.com … breastfeeding.pdf … Breastfeeding Summary … -
WisTech: Creating Accessible Content WisTech Presentation
… Creating Accessible Information Making documents and electronic communication information … practices 5 Information Access How We Get Information: • Seeing • Hearing • Speaking • Thinking • Moving Tools Used: • Screen readers • Screen magnification • Text-to-speech tools • … Procurement Pop Quiz #1 Pop Quiz #2 Pop Quiz #3 Resources Additional Training Thank You! … creating-accessible-content.pdf … WisTech: Creating Accessible Content WisTech Presentation … -
CGDD - Refusing Medications and Treatment - Consent Required
… REFUSING MEDICATIONS AND TREATMENT - - CONSENT REQUIRED THE LAW “Subject to the rights of patients provided under this … with the department or those county departments have the right to use customary and usual treatment techniques and procedures in a reasonable and appropriate manner in the treatment of patients who are receiving services under the mental health system, for the purpose … -
CGDD - Treatment Participation
… TREATMENT PARTICIPATION THE LAW Each [patient] shall... “Have the right to be informed of his or … away a client’s Sunday take-home privileges after some incidents. The client had a positive breathalyzer test result for alcohol, had lost her take-home bottle, and had taken an overdose of … the requirements to restore her Sunday take-home privilege, which included having no positive breathalyzers for alcohol and obtaining a letter from her psychiatrist stating that in his/her … -
CGDD - Treatment - Evaluation and Monitoring of
… TREATMENT - - EVALUATION AND MONITORING OF THE LAW “(6) The treatment facility shall maintain a patient treatment record for each patient which shall include: (a) A specific statement of the diagnosis …
Last revised June 4, 2023