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Telemedicine to the rescue
With the COVID-19 pandemic, health service providers are utilizing services that connect doctors and patients remotely, called telemedicine. Telemedicine allows patients to receive health care without physically meeting a doctor. Through telemedicine, patients can discuss symptoms, learn treatment options and even get prescriptions. Doctors can go as far as monitoring readings from medical devices.
Gov. Tony Evers recently signed an emergency order allowing licensed doctors from other states to practice telemedicine in Wisconsin during the COVID-19 crisis — a positive development in the face of growing medical caseloads. Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services (DHS) also expanded telehealth for mental health services and temporarily lifted other regulations to combat the crisis.
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Protectionist and restrictive
A convoluted mathematical equation used by a Wisconsin state licensing board deprived a tribal dental clinic of a pediatric dentist for nearly a year.
In November 2017, Lance Kisby, who has practiced dentistry for 36 years, interviewed for a position at the Lac du Flambeau clinic and filed an application with the Wisconsin Dentistry Examining Board for a license to practice in the state. Little did Kisby know that it would take more than 13 months.
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Guidelines for addressing an emergency
Wisconsin, like the rest of the nation, is facing an unprecedented crisis as we battle COVID-19. With large swaths of the economy shut down or reduced to fight the pandemic, governments at all levels are working to address the fallout. Now that Congress has passed a series of bills to address the emergency, Wisconsin lawmakers are considering next steps.
Gov. Tony Evers released proposed legislation at the end of March and asked legislators to act quickly. While the Badger Institute has already pointed out positive policy prescriptions in his executive orders and proposed legislation, Wisconsin lawmakers need to ensure that the cure isn’t worse than the disease.
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Analysis: Governor, courts shift virus risks, responsibilities onto county jails
Wisconsin sheriffs' flexible approach to managing the spread of COVID-19 is a better model than the rigid statewide orders to halt prison admissions and most court proceedings issued by Gov. Tony Evers and the State Supreme Court. These blanket prohibitions have placed Wisconsin’s county jails in a difficult position. Fortunately, the jails are responding with more innovative and nuanced approaches.
State officials are right to take precautions. The confined conditions inherent in correctional intuitions, combined with significant overcrowding, make containing a highly infectious virus extremely challenging. Moving people through courtrooms and facilities could certainly hasten its spread.
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Continue to cut red tape to fight pandemic
After Gov. Tony Evers issued an executive order to cut red tape on medical licensing, the Badger Institute, Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL), The MacIver Institute and Americans for Prosperity (AFP) urge the governor and state Legislature to continue to cut red tape to fight the coronavirus pandemic in Wisconsin.
This coronavirus pandemic has been revealing in many ways. Notably, the rules and regulations meant to protect citizens have been proven, in many cases, to actually hinder the response to a public health crisis. We look forward to seeing Wisconsin continue to cut red tape to better address the crisis and keep its citizens safe.
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