The eICU program, a collaboration between UW Health and its partner hospitals that started in 2008, has helped care for about 1,300 COVID-19 ICU patients since the beginning of 2020. As its name suggests, it is a virtual intensive care unit based in Madison that monitors and provides care to patients in Wisconsin and northern Illinois hospitals and ICUs. In 2021, at least 25% of the eICU admissions with a diagnosis of COVID-19 occurred in the last two months of the year.
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Grants target mental health, other ongoing effects of pandemic
The Wisconsin Partnership Program at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health has announced 14 awards totaling $2.7 million to community organizations and researchers to address the ongoing health consequences and impact of the …
Read the full article at: https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2021/august/wpp-covid-19-response-grants-target-mental-health/Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene helps small businesses through pandemic
WSLH coordinates the Wisconsin Clinical Lab Network, with more than 130 hospital and clinical labs across the state, and was able to quickly pull together collaborations to increase COVID-19 testing capacity.
Read the full article at: https://news.wisc.edu/wisconsin-state-laboratory-of-hygiene-partner-labs-serve-state-during-pandemic/Viral sequencing catches mutations, guides effective public health response
As the tallies of COVID-19’s effects in the United States have mounted to a dizzying scale, a team of UW scientists has kept its focus on the tiniest shifts in the virus’s genetic material.
Read the full article at: https://news.wisc.edu/viral-sequencing-catches-mutations-guides-effective-public-health-response/Wisconsin Partnership Program to support community vaccination efforts
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UW researchers develop tool to equitably distribute limited vaccines
The School of Medicine and Public Health and UW Health have developed a tool that incorporates age and socioeconomic status to prioritize vaccine distribution among people who otherwise share similar risks due to their jobs.
Read the full article at: https://news.wisc.edu/uw-researchers-develop-tool-to-equitably-distribute-limited-vaccines/Preparing for the vaccine
In anticipation of the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines, UW Health is training staff to administer them to tier 1A front-line healthcare workers. Nurses, nursing assistants, clinical techs and others are being trained to prepare the vials of vaccines and administer them. To master injecting the vaccines, they will first practice by injecting colleagues (and sometimes […]
Read the full article at: https://news.wisc.edu/preparing-for-the-vaccine/UW researchers find more precise way to detect COVID-19 pneumonia
Using a custom artificial intelligence algorithm, the research team drew upon tens of thousands of chest X-rays to show its method could identify pneumonia caused by COVID-19 with 88 percent accuracy.
Read the full article at: https://news.wisc.edu/uw-researchers-find-more-precise-way-to-detect-covid-19-pneumonia/UW study looks at new protections for frontline health care workers during COVID-19
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New shield couples COVID-19 protection with a clear view of the face
The team that created the popular Badger Shield medical fac e shield has now created a new version that provides a full, clear view of the face while still filtering virus particles through surgical fabric that cinches around the wearer’s chin and jawline. And again, they're sharing it with the world.
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