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Instead, a month later, ThedaCare filed for a [[temporary injunction]] in [[Outagamie County, Wisconsin|Outagamie County]] Court, seeking to prevent [[Ascension (healthcare system)|Ascension]], which operates St. Elizabeth's, from fully employing those workers for 90 days, or until it could replace them. It argued that if they left when they did, it would be unable to provide the stroke care that had made it the only Level II stroke care unit in the Fox Valley and residents would be forced to go farther. On January 22, the injunction was granted, but the judge encouraged the hospitals to resolve their differences quickly.<ref name="2022 Ascension dispute" /> |
Instead, a month later, ThedaCare filed for a [[temporary injunction]] in [[Outagamie County, Wisconsin|Outagamie County]] Court, seeking to prevent [[Ascension (healthcare system)|Ascension]], which operates St. Elizabeth's, from fully employing those workers for 90 days, or until it could replace them. It argued that if they left when they did, it would be unable to provide the stroke care that had made it the only Level II stroke care unit in the Fox Valley and residents would be forced to go farther. On January 22, the injunction was granted, but the judge encouraged the hospitals to resolve their differences quickly.<ref name="2022 Ascension dispute" /> |
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On January 24th, Thedacare lost its court battle to keep health care staff who wanted to work for Ascension. <ref>{{Cite web|last=Mills|first=Shamane|date=2022-01-24|title=ThedaCare loses court fight to keep health care staff who resigned|url=https://www.wpr.org/thedacare-loses-court-fight-keep-health-care-staff-who-resigned|access-date=2022-01-24|website=Wisconsin Public Radio|language=en}}</ref> The employees in question were at-will. |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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| Location | Appleton, Wisconsin, United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°16′43″N 88°23′38″W / 44.2786842°N 88.3940°W | ||||||||||
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| Type | General | ||||||||||
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| Emergency department | Level III trauma center | ||||||||||
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| Helipad | (FAA LID: WS89)[1] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1949 | ||||||||||
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| Lists | Hospitals in Wisconsin | ||||||||||
ThedaCare Regional Medical Center–Appleton, formerly Appleton Medical Center (1984-2015),[2] and Appleton Memorial Hospital (1958-1984), serves the northern side of the city of Appleton, Wisconsin. The hospital was chartered by the State of Wisconsin in 1949.[3] After a 12-year fundraising effort, Appleton Memorial Hospital opened in 1958.[4] The hospital was renamed Appleton Medical Center in 1984. In 1987, this hospital merged financially with ThedaCare Regional Medical Center–Neenah to form the Novus Health Group, now called ThedaCare.
Replacement plan
ThedaCare was in the process of seeking the closure of the hospital along with ThedaCare Regional Medical Center–Neenah. They would have then built a brand new mega-hospital to serve the Fox Cities. A representative of the company stated that investing in a new hospital would make more sense than investing in the remodeling of both hospitals. The representative also said that newer medical procedures, bring the need for different facilities. ThedaCare cited the need for a larger Intensive care unit to cope with the increased demand for beds in the unit.[5]
On October 25, 2017, it was announced that the plan was abandoned and instead they would focus on remodeling the two hospitals.[6]
2022 lawsuit against Ascension
In December 2021, a radiological technician on the hospital's stroke care team applied for a similar job at St. Elizabeth Hospital across town. They accepted the position after being offered much higher pay and better terms of employment than they expected, and were followed by seven of the other 10 team members. The workers who left said that before they did, they asked ThedaCare if it could match the offers they had received, and the company declined.[7]
Instead, a month later, ThedaCare filed for a temporary injunction in Outagamie County Court, seeking to prevent Ascension, which operates St. Elizabeth's, from fully employing those workers for 90 days, or until it could replace them. It argued that if they left when they did, it would be unable to provide the stroke care that had made it the only Level II stroke care unit in the Fox Valley and residents would be forced to go farther. On January 22, the injunction was granted, but the judge encouraged the hospitals to resolve their differences quickly.[7]
On January 24th, Thedacare lost its court battle to keep health care staff who wanted to work for Ascension. [8] The employees in question were at-will.
See also
References
- ^ "AirNav: WS89 - Appleton Medical Center Heliport". airnav.com. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ "ThedaCare Announces Two More New Hospital Names as Part of Systemwide Rebranding Effort". Thedacare.org. ThedaCare. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ "Important Events in Appleton History". Appleton Public Library. Archived from the original on 2004-10-21. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "Appleton Medical Center". ThedaCare. 2011-07-28. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ Behnke, Duke (2016-02-17). "ThedaCare explores building new hospital". The Post-Crescent. Appleton, Wisconsin: Gannett Company. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- ^ "ThedaCare will make improvements, not merge hospitals". Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ a b Zimmerman, Jason (January 20, 2022). "Judge grants ThedaCare temporary injunction in stroke team case". WBAY-TV. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- ^ Mills, Shamane (2022-01-24). "ThedaCare loses court fight to keep health care staff who resigned". Wisconsin Public Radio. Retrieved 2022-01-24.