IT

A recent Internal Revenue Service ruling is likely to accelerate the national pace of electronic medical record and healthcare IT adoption at non-profit and not-for-profit facilities. Wisconsin non profits, however, have been moving ahead with EMR and healthcare IT adoption despite national uncertainly about the...

Future technologists are on the way for IT labor-starved Wisconsin businesses. This June, fourteen Madison area high school students will receive Certificates of Graduation for completing an intensive information technology training program through the University of Wisconsin-Madison called the Information Technology Academy....

When will people realize that the network infrastructure of the United States is not a drum for socialism, but a much more critical instrument to strategically position and sustain this country in the world economy? asks columnist James Carlini. A national broadband policy should not...

Does anybody want to pay for Web-based services? Columnist Chris Shipley poses that question as she comments on the fate of Famster.com, which has moved to a subscription-only business model. In this edition of DEMO Letter, she hopes Famster becomes a model for user-paid Web...

There are many federal bills introduced to speed the adoption of electronic health records, and the latest sets aside money for such development in rural hospitals. The Health Information Technology Act of 2007, introduced by Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Olympia Snowe, would provide $4 billion...

They come from all corners of the state, armed with business plans that might just win any of them at least $50,000 in first place cash and services. They are the finalists in the fourth annual Governor's Business Plan Contest, and the winner will be...

If a crisis really does represent an opportunity, then exploding healthcare costs might be the opportunity of a lifetime, according to speakers at the recent Digital Healthcare Conference. With one notable exception, they extolled the potential cost-saving benefits of healthcare IT, while acknowledging the barriers...

While the jury is still out on the impact of Cardinal Health's acquisition of Viasys Healthcare and its Fitchburg-based NeuroCare Group, officials at Cardinal Health say they are excited about its growth potential. Cardinal Health has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Viasys Healthcare for...

In the case of Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T, the Supreme Court delivered patents another blow, according to guest columnist Shane Brunner, an attorney with Michael Best & Friedrich. By limiting the reach of patents, the nation's high court made it clear that United States patent...