Daily Archives: November 28, 2019

A new Ascension urgent care center will open in Hartland soon.(Photo: Submitted)

Ascension Medical Group will open a new urgent care center in Hartland in early 2020.

According to a news release, the urgent care center "is part of Ascension Wisconsins multi-year, multi-pronged ambulatory strategy to create more convenient and affordable access points for its patients throughout the state." It will be located at 600 Hartbrook Dr., Suite 112.

"By providing patients with the right care, at the right place and the right time, our goal is to increase value for our patients by reducing unnecessary costs, improving the quality of care, delivering an outstanding experience and most importantly, improving the health of Wisconsins communities,"said Bernie Sherry, senior vice president atAscensionand ministry market executive atAscension Wisconsin.

Ascension said the urgent care center will be a good option forminor illnesses or injuries such as allergic reactions, when you are unable to see your primary care doctor, cuts that mightneed stitches, high fever, strep throat, sore throat/cough, flu, urinary tract infections, ear infections, pink eye andsinus or upper respiratory infections.

The Ascension Medical Group Wisconsin urgent care in Hartland will have extended hours of availability, seven days a week.

In Wisconsin, Ascension operates 24 hospital campuses, more than 100 related healthcare facilities and employs more than 1,300 primary and specialty care clinicians from Racine to Eagle River.

ContactEvan Frank at (262) 361-9138or evan.frank@jrn.com. Follow him on Twitter at @Evanfrank_LCP.

Autoplay

Show Thumbnails

Show Captions

Read or Share this story: https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/lake-country/news/hartland/2019/11/26/ascension-medical-group-open-urgent-care-center-hartland/4306607002/

Read more from the original source:

Expect to see a new urgent care center in Hartland in early 2020 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, MD, (R-Louisiana) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nevada) have introduced legislation to prevent data mining of Americans personal health data stored on wearable personal devices, such as smartwatches.

The bill comes amid renewed concerns of Googles plans to buy Fitbit in light of recent reports that Google has partnered with Ascension tosecretly harvestthe nonanonymized private health data of millions of Americans. The actions of Google and Ascension raise questions about how Google and other companies would use data collected from smart device users.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protects all interactions between patients and their doctors. HIPAA does not protect health data recorded on personal devices.

Related:Three Things to Know About HIPAA Compliance

The Stop Marketing And Revealing the Wearables And Trackers Consumer Health Data Act (Smartwatch Data Act) defines what data is protected under the law. The bill would prevent entities that collect consumer health information from transferring, selling, sharing, or allowing access to consumer health information or any individually identifiable consumer health information collected on personal health trackers. Violations of the new act would be enforced by HHS in the same manner the department enforces HIPAA.

The Google/Ascension news has brought needed scrutiny to the security of Americans health data, Cassidy says. The Smartwatch Act prevents big tech data harvesters from collecting intimate private data without patients consent. Americans should always know their health information is secure.

The introduction of technology to our healthcare system in the form of apps and wearable health devices has brought up a number of important questions regarding data collection and privacy, Rosen says. This commonsense, bipartisan legislation will extend existing healthcare privacy protections to personal health data collected by apps and wearables, preventing this data from being sold or used commercially without the consumers consent.

Read this article:

Cassidy, Rosen Bill Fixes Gap in Health Data Privacy Protections - Managed Healthcare Executive

The backers of a plan to consolidate sewer service in Ascension Parish say 29 neighborhoods outside the parish also will be part of the deal and pay its increased rates. The Ascension Parish Council would become their rate setting authority, replacing the Louisiana Public Service Commission.

WATSON Just down Cane Market Road from Watson Baptist Church, the residents of the Fountainbleau subdivision live in one of the most norther

Here they are by parish:

Success! An email has been sent with a link to confirm list signup.

Error! There was an error processing your request.

East Baton Rouge

Beaver Creek, Beaver Creek on the Plains, Carriagewood Estates, Cloverhill, High Plains, Builders Center/Hobby Lobby, Hoo Shoo Too Lakes, Lake Beau Pre, Landing at Mallard Lakes, Mallard Crossing, Manchac Reserve, Pecue Lane Estates, Reserves at Jefferson Crossing, and Willowbrook/Old Jefferson.

Iberville

Oak Trace

Livingston

Cypress Point, Duff Village, Fountainbleau, Gray's Creek, Lakes at Juban Crossing, Old Mill Settlement, River Highlands No. 1, Settlement at Bayou Pierre, The Cove, The Crossing Apartments, Three River Islands, Village at Juban Lakes, Waterfront East and Waterfront West.

GONZALESAscension government advisers working on 30-year deal to transform parish sewer service say they made several changes to the propos

Link:

See list of neighborhoods outside Ascension Parish that are part of 30-year sewer deal - The Advocate

Madison Arnold, Pensacola News Journal Published 6:00 a.m. CT Nov. 25, 2019

Ascension Sacred Heart is moving forward with a number of projects, two of which are scheduled to open in 2020, in an effort to move more services out into the community.

A new outpatient rehabilitation center is under construction at the intersection of Grande and Market Place driveswith an estimated finish in April. That project will be followed by the completion of an outpatient surgery and dermatology center, among other services, just off Summit Boulevard next November.

"We know that toprovide a patient-friendly, family-friendly experience that we need to be in the neighborhood, we need to be out in the community," saidDawn Rudolph, hospital president. "... With innovation and capabilities that we've been able to bring,more things can be done outside of the hospital."

Construction of the brand new Ascension Sacred Health outpatient service center on Summit Boulevard is underway on Friday.(Photo: Tony Giberson/tgiberson@pnj.com)

The $9.5 million rehabilitation center will be a 17,500-square-foot facility and offer physical, occupation and speech therapy. Currently, the hospital system offers those servicesat two locations one inSanta Rosa County andthe other along Davis Highway and Sorrento Road.

The surgical center will be quite a bit larger at 58,000 square feet and next to the hospital's Haven of Our Lady of Peace nursing home. The $19 million project will include six outpatient operating rooms, imaging equipment, the breast health center with mammography and a dermatology center.

When determining what services are needed and where in the community to put them, Ascension Sacred Heart staff look at data, including the number of homes in growing areas andpropensity and prevalence of particular diseases, Rudolph said.

"Those lenses allow us to know what is the highest and best used of our services and try to customize it as much as possible," Rudolph said. "How can we make it easy for people to get good health care? That's the bottom line."

Currently, the system is looking into opening a separate emergency room to accommodate growth in Beulah, although an exact timeline hasn't yet been finalized, said spokesman Mike Burke. A media release announcing the project in August said it's planned to be an $11 million,4,700-square-foot facility scheduled to open in late 2020.

New born: Sacred Heart's smallest baby was born at just 12 ounces. And he's defying all the odds

Bacteria: Pensacola man nearly dies after contracting flesh-eating bacteria while fishing in Big Lagoon

Graduation: Pensacola's Sacred Heart Hospital hosts special high school graduation

It will be constructed on Nine Mile Road, nearthe new Ascension Sacred Heart Health Center at Milestone, an outpatient medical facility that opened in March.

These facility expansions come on the heels of the hospital system's new $85 million Studer Family Children's Hospital in April opening. Now Ascension Sacred Heart is construction a $19 million pediatric intensive care unit and operating rooms onto the children's hospital, which is scheduled to be finished in January 2021.

Madison Arnold can be reached at marnold@pnj.com and 850-435-8522.

Read or Share this story: https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2019/11/25/sacred-heart-rehabilitation-surgical-facilities-opening-2020/4261554002/

More:

Ascension Sacred Heart on track to open at least two new facilities in 2020 - Pensacola News Journal

Lafayette Daily Advertiser Published 7:00 a.m. CT Nov. 28, 2019

Ashley Gill(Photo: Submitted Photo)

The Ascension Episcopal Lady Blue Gators were hoping to go back-to-back as the Division IV swimming state champions.

They fell just short of that, finishingas the state runner-up, and Ashley Gill, arguably the Lady Gators' top performer this year, was a key reason for the team's success.

Gill was the state champion in the 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke and was a member of the Lady Blue Gators' 200 medley and 400 freestylerelay teams that won state titles as well.

"It is an amazing feeling to be a state champion," said Gill, who was named Swimmer of the Meet. "It makes the 15-plus hours a week of practice that I put in worth it."

In addition to winning the four state championships, Gill also added a record-breaking performance to her resume.

Gill set a new Division IV state record in the 100 butterfly with a time of 55.60. The record of 57.03 had previously been held by Calvary Baptist's Sarah Holt in 2018.

"When I broke the state record, my first reaction was to cry," Gill said. "The record has been a goal of mine to break. It was a very shocking moment for me, but I knew I was close to this record."

Gill has lived in six different states in her lifetime. Gill has lived in Virginia, where she was born, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, Utah and Louisiana.

See original here:

Ascension Episcopal's Ashley Gill named Female Athlete of the Week - Daily Advertiser