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St. Elizabeth Hospital pharmacist named to state Pharmacy Examining Board

07 / 25 / 2007

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Maria Nelson, Media Relations
Affinity Health System
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APPLETON, Wis. – Timothy Boehmer, pharmacist clinical coordinator for the St. Elizabeth Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), has been appointed by Gov. Jim Doyle to fill an unexpired term on the Wisconsin Pharmacy Examining Board. His term expires July 1, 2008.

Boehmer, who has been with St. Elizabeth Hospital since 2002, works with pediatricians and obstetricians to serve the special needs of women and premature babies in the NICU. He is the immediate past president of the Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care, and he was the organization’s first pharmacist president.

The Wisconsin Pharmacy Examining Board’s responsibility is to administer and enforce pharmacy laws and administrative rules, prepare and conduct licensure examinations, investigate violations of laws under its jurisdiction and take disciplinary action against licensees.

Boehmer, who lives in Neenah, is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.

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For the Editor:
Affinity Health System, a faith-based regional health care network, is the Fox Valley’s second-largest employer, according to the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce & Industry. For the fourth consecutive year, Affinity has been named one of the nation’s top 64 health systems based on clinical performance according to Thomson Reuters, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of health care. For ten consecutive years, Affinity Health System has been named to the SDI (formerly Verispan) Integrated Health Network Top 100, an annual assessment of the 100 most highly integrated health care networks in the nation. Both St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton and Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh rank among the top 1 percent of hospitals nationwide in terms of quality and efficiency, as determined by the 2007 Premier | CareScience Select practice National Quality Award. Members of Affinity include Mercy Medical Center and Mercy Health Foundation, Oshkosh; St. Elizabeth Hospital and the St. Elizabeth Hospital Foundation, Appleton; Affinity Medical Group, a regional network of 25 family practice and specialty clinics – 22 of which are recognized as NCQA Level III medical homes, the highest level of recognition – in 14 communities; Calumet Medical Center, Chilton; and Affinity Occupational Health.