Health Insights

Migraine impacts 12% of all adults nationwide and headache disorders are the third leading cause of years lived with disability globally. Wisconsin health systems are collaborating to strengthen primary care management, expand access to specialty expertise, and improve care pathways for patients with migraine.

Wisconsin health systems improved depression screening by 115%, screening an additional 490,000 patients for depression each year.

Wisconsin Health Systems are focused on improving on-time immunizations and reaching an additional 1,500 infants through identifying barriers, expanding “catch-up” efforts and focusing on disproportionately impacted populations.

Through improved screening rates, Wisconsin health systems have prevented more than 1,700 cases of CRC and avoided over $51 million in healthcare costs annually.

Through efforts to improve early detection of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), members are working to save more than $50,000 per patient, per year in dialysis costs.‍

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For more information, view the WCHQ Chronic Kidney Disease Toolkit

Improved management of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) results in lower healthcare costs, fewer days of missed work, less early retirement, and better quality of life.

WCHQ members have saved $53 million in health care costs annually and helped 126,000 more people achieve blood pressure control.

Due to enhanced screening and preventive measures, WCHQ members successfully avert more than 70 cases of cervical cancer each year.