DHS Honors Wisconsin Health Care Providers with the Wisconsin BigShot Awards

Claire.Yunker April 23, 2024

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DHS Honors Wisconsin Health Care Providers with the Wisconsin BigShot Awards The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has awarded its annual Wisconsin BigShot awards to 208 Wisconsin health care providers for their efforts to protect children against vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella, and pertussis. The BigShot award recognizes and celebrates providers who are leading the way in protecting children’s health by ensuring their pediatric patients are up to date on their routine childhood vaccinations, based on 2023 immunization data…

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Claire.Yunker

April 23, 2024

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