Thanks to an unusual telehealth program, a rural Wisconsin health system has seen a 35 percent increase over a three-year period in diabetic eye screenings, a boost that far exceeded expectations. Patients at Mile Bluff Medical Center in Mauston, Wisconsin, can walk in and have a...
UnityPoint Health, one of the largest health systems in the Midwest and the 13th-largest nonprofit health system in the U.S., recently launched a $100 million venture fund to invest in startup companies focusing on digital health, medical devices, and therapeutic and healthcare services. The UnityPoint Health...
Earlier this week, JFC voted in favor of a $10 million State Building Commission grant for the Milwaukee facility, providing two-thirds of the funding that Gov. Tony Evers had originally proposed. The GOP-controlled committee approved yesterday its version of the budget 12-4 along party lines. Now...
New research from Cleveland Clinic and Propellor Health finds the Madison company’s digital medicine platform reduced hospital visits for patients with respiratory diseases. In a study published last month in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, researchers explored the use of electronic inhaler monitoring in combination...
The Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce and Herzing University-Brookfield today announced a scholarship for LGBT individuals working in the healthcare industry. The Pride in Healthcare scholarship opens up new possibilities for members of the Greater Milwaukee LGBT community to pursue careers in healthcare and further raise awareness...
Improving access to rural health care will require leveraging new technologies and improving the workforce outlook for providers in these areas, a panel of experts agreed. “The concern with the urban rural split is the delay in care,” said Dr. Erik Gundersen, the incoming president of...
A bill to expedite the research contract review process at UW-Madison has cleared an Assembly committee with support from the Wisconsin Technology Council and university entrepreneurs. The “Mark Cook Bill” was named after a UW-Madison animal sciences professor who headed the PROFS Entrepreneurial Work Group. His...
ADVENT, a Wauwatosa-based ENT medical practice, is opening new locations in Pleasant Prairie and Oak Creek. ADVENT’s Pleasant Prairie office opens today at 8500 75th St. Its Oak Creek office is scheduled to open July 1 at 500 W. Drexel Ave. Otolaryngologist Dr. Madan Kandula and his...
The American Medical Association “2019 Opioid Progress Report” details information on reducing the number of opioid prescriptions across the country. Nationally, use of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) has increased 56 percent between 2017 and 2018. Wisconsin is in the top 10 states for using this...
When SHINE Medical Technologies begins operating, it will make not only a medical isotope badly needed for common diagnostic tests, but it will also manufacture an isotope for treating cancer for an organization in Prague. SHINE has signed an agreement with the Institute of Organic Chemistry...