Marshfield Clinic
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Marshfield Clinic is a health care system in northern, central and western Wisconsin
, with 2 hospitals and 52 community care centers as of June, 2010. It was founded in 1916 by six local physicians: K.W. Doege, William Hipke, Victor Mason, Walter G. Sexton, H.H. Milbee, and Roy P. Potter, in the community of Marshfield, Wisconsin
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Marshfield Clinic supports a number of centers and foundations:
Marshfield Clinic’s electronic health records system was featured in a New York Times article. The article detailed the advantages of electronic medical records, noting Marshfield Clinic’s commitment to technology as a means to improve patient care and lower costs.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
, with 2 hospitals and 52 community care centers as of June, 2010. It was founded in 1916 by six local physicians: K.W. Doege, William Hipke, Victor Mason, Walter G. Sexton, H.H. Milbee, and Roy P. Potter, in the community of Marshfield, Wisconsin
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Marshfield is a city in Marathon and Wood counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the largest city in Wood County. The small portion of the city that extends into Marathon County is part of the Wausau Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 18,800 at the 2000 census. Marshfield is...
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Marshfield Clinic supports a number of centers and foundations:
- Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation is a not-for-profit research organization composed of five research centers: the National Farm Medicine Center, the Marshfield Epidemiologic Research Center, the Center for Human Genetics, the Biomedical Informatics Research CenterMarshfield Clinic Biomedical Informatics Research CenterMarshfield Clinic Biomedical Informatics Research Center is a research center funded by Marshfield Clinic focusing on biomedical informatics research. It is located in Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA....
and the Clinical Research Center.
- The Laird Center for Medical Research, named after former U.S. Secretary of Defense, Melvin Laird, is a medical research and education facility on the campus of Marshfield Clinic.
- Marshfield Clinic Education Foundation, Marshfield Clinic's education division, provides residency programs for medical school graduates in the disciplines of internal medicine, pediatrics, medicine and pediatrics, dermatology, surgery and transitional year. All programs are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical EducationAccreditation Council for Graduate Medical EducationThe Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education is the body responsible for the accreditation for graduate medical training programs for medical doctors in the United States. It is a non-profit private council that evaluates and accredits medical residency and internship programs...
(ACGME) of the American Medical AssociationAmerican Medical AssociationThe American Medical Association , founded in 1847 and incorporated in 1897, is the largest association of medical doctors and medical students in the United States.-Scope and operations:...
. About 125 members of the Marshfield Clinic staff hold clinical teaching appointments from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthThe University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is a professional school for the study of medicine and public health at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.- History :...
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- Marshfield Clinic Laboratories is a system of laboratories that employs more than 450 people and performs more than 20 million tests annually. In addition to human medicine, it has established separate service lines for forensic toxicology, food safety and veterinary diagnostics. In 2003, Marshfield Clinic Laboratories diagnosed the first case of human monkeypoxMonkeypoxMonkeypox also known as cockpox is an exotic infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus. The disease was first identified in laboratory monkeys, hence its name, but in its natural state it seems to infect rodents more often than primates...
in the Western Hemisphere.
- Marshfield Clinic's health maintenance organization (HMO), Security Health Plan of WisconsinSecurity Health Plan of WisconsinSecurity Health Plan of Wisconsin is a health plan in Wisconsin, USA. It was established in 1986 as an outgrowth of the Greater Marshfield Community Health Plan, which began in 1971 as one of the earliest HMOs in USA.-External links:*...
, Inc., was established in 1986 as an outgrowth of the Greater Marshfield Community Health Plan, which began in 1971 as one of the earliest HMOs in the country.
Marshfield Clinic’s electronic health records system was featured in a New York Times article. The article detailed the advantages of electronic medical records, noting Marshfield Clinic’s commitment to technology as a means to improve patient care and lower costs.