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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has asked the Obama administration to require that any electronic health-record equipment receiving stimulus funding be certified by a group the association helped to start and run, documents show. HIMSS, which represents 350 technology vendors and 20,000...

As a member of the Health Information Technology (HIT) policy committee, Charles Kennedy, vice president of Health Information Technology for WellPoint Inc., was one of 20 people named to the committee that will advise the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on implementation of a...

Chuck Morton's family suffered three disruptive data breaches when its bank, its credit union, and a credit card processor were penetrated by hackers on separate occasions. The laborious process of closing and reopening accounts took them weeks. So it's little surprise that Morton, who lives in...

Per a survey conducted by the Wisconsin Angel Network, Wisconsin angel networks and funds posted a 28 percent increase in early stage investments in 2008, reaching more than $15 million invested in 53 deals. Recently released data showed that angel investing was down 26...

Battelle, in cooperation with the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and the Biotechnology Institute, released a report at the BIO International Convention analyzing bioscience education in middle and high schools across the United States. While the data indicates that the US is not measuring up in life...

The MidAmerica Healthcare Venture Forum, one of the nation’s largest regional platforms to showcase healthcare start-ups and emerging growth companies, will attract more than 200 private equity investors to Madison in November. Gov. Jim Doyle announced Wisconsin’s selection for the Nov. 10-12 forum during the 2009...

MADISON — Governor Jim Doyle today released plans to build one of the largest biomass projects in the nation and create construction and green energy jobs. A report issued today is the final step in analyzing how to move forward in providing steam and...