At UW Health in Madison, care providers in the neurosciences unit were struggling to reduce rates of patient falls in their high-risk patients. After identifying patients that posed the highest risk, the hospital introduced continuous video monitoring for these individuals with a goal of reducing...
Today, the Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) released its 2018 Quality Report, which highlights the partnerships between hospitals and patients, families, legislators and other stakeholders to continually improve health care in our state. Wisconsin hospitals and health systems share best practices as part of ongoing quality...
Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital Milwaukee recently opened a new $5.2 million hybrid operating room, a step forward in its ongoing effort to become a tertiary care center. Columbia St. Mary’s Foundation supported the new procedural space with a $400,000 gift to help purchase surgical devices, imaging...
Froedtert Health was among the investors in Xealth, a digital prescribing platform that raised $11 million in Series A funding. The Froedtert and the Medical College network also has been using the Xealth platform for over 13 months in combination with products from Proteus Digital Health. A...
Of all the industries on the threshold of transformation, none is more politically contentious, tightly regulated, scientifically significant or economically important than health care. Hospitals around the globe will drive—and be shaped by—much of this disruption. Newsweek has spent the better part of nine decades covering every...
A recent study from the UW Carbone Cancer Center highlights a new method for screening cancer drugs with no risk to the patient. Scientists at UW-Madison created a three-dimensional model using real tissues from a patient to grow blood vessels on a specialized structure. They used...
Madison startup Redox, which developed a secure network for exchanging health care data, has signed up one of the largest health care systems in the U.S. to use its platform. Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare, which serves roughly three million people through its 124 locations, including 13 hospitals...
The Isthmus Project, a new business accelerator program at UW Health, has already accepted two startups and is considering several more. That’s according to Thomas ‘Rock’ Mackie, chief innovation officer at UW Health and director of the program, which was announced in early February. He spoke...
When you come home from a hospital stay, the last thing you want to see is the inside of that hospital again. But one in six discharged patients in the U.S. are back in their johnnies in less than 30 days, a third of them...
Hear from three health-tech companies in central Wisconsin about what it’s like to build their businesses in the region at a Thursday, April 11 luncheon in Wausau, hosted by the Tech Council Innovation Network and the Wisconsin Healthcare Business Forum. The luncheon will be held at...