Health Technology

API Software of Hartford has added three organizations to its client base with contracts to deploy its Payrollmation and ActiveStaffer business systems for healthcare entities. The software, which automates payroll and staff scheduling, will be deployed at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire, Sharp HealthCare...

GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Co., today announced an unspecified number of job reductions to be spread across multiple locations and business operations. A brief statement issued early today gave no indication of the scope of the job reductions. "GE Healthcare is announcing plans to...

GE Healthcare and MERS International have provided further evidence that hospitals and healthcare systems have become part of the process-improvement movement. The healthcare entities have announced a joint venture to deploy software that will allow hospitals to move from monitoring and reporting adverse events to...

The Wisconsin experience with healthcare information technology spending may run counter to national trends that point to significant cuts in IT deployment as a result of the nation's economic troubles. In this look at how the economy is impacting investments in electronic medical records and...

Milwaukee, Wis. - Merge Healthcare, a leading medical imaging solutions provider, announced the launch of two new web applications, Cedara WebAccess and Cedara WebScheduler, available through its OEM division. These solutions give health IT software providers plug-in portals that help expedite and automate tasks such as...

Milwaukee, Wis. - Roger D. Klein, M.D., J.D., has joined BloodCenter of Wisconsin http://www.bloodcenter.com/bins/site/templates/splash.asp as Medical Director of Molecular Oncology. Dr. Klein will lead the development of BloodCenter of Wisconsin's Diagnostic Laboratories' newest initiative, which will focus on DNA- and RNA-based testing for evaluation of cancer...

Madison, Wis. - Gov. Jim Doyle today announced that FluGen, a Madison-based developer of influenza vaccines, will receive a $250,000 Technology Venture Fund loan from the Department of Commerce.  “Facing uncertain economic times, it's important we continue to invest in developing technology that will help Wisconsin...