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Kaiser Permanente and IBM Healthcare and Life Science group signed a $500 million, seven-year strategic agreement. The deal is designed to enhance the provider's information technology "real time health care delivery,” initiative to better serve its patients in the areas of insurance, claims and managed...

While so many CIOs are being forced to scale back projects and initiatives due to economic pressures, Cisco CIO Rebecca Jacoby sees opportunities to accelerate. One of her key points: CIOs are constantly seeing opportunities to boost productivity in their companies as well as their IT...

Business intelligence (BI) remains a top investment priority for companies of all sizes, but there are disconnects between these investments and the business value derived. In fact, only 15% to 20% of business users in organizations that have a business intelligence strategy are actually using...

What health care providers don’t know about the health information technology funding available under the financial stimulus law could hurt them financially, speakers at a Washington briefing said last week. At the same time, educating providers about all the health IT “carrots and sticks” in...

WASHINGTON – The Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology has released information online to help organizations participate in the Nationwide Health Information Network. (NHIN). The materials include technical, data content and use case specifications, as well as testing materials and trust agreements developed...

Commercial credit crunch: Private equity capital still available
In the current economic downturn, banks are not lending as much money to businesses to help meet their capital needs. And, the money banks lend tends to be weighed down by higher borrowing costs. For CEOs who...

The Wisconsin Medical Society said Tuesday that it has filed an appeal to overturn a Dane County Circuit Court decision upholding the state's 2007 withdrawal of $200 million from the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund. The withdrawal from the fund, created by the state Legislature...

As the weak economy rages on and the talent pool becomes considerably larger, many talented job seekers from one industry (especially the financial sector) will most likely broaden their searches to include new fields, writes James E. Challenger of Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Job seekers...