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The regulatory pathways for drugs (medicine) are quite different than those for devices (surgery), but convergent medical technologies will require a closer interplay between the two, according to Dr. Ogan Gurel, author of MedTech Futures. Despite technical and cultural challenges, and even though certain medical...

Three executive technologists, including two from the University of Wisconsin System, are finalists to replace Anne Stunden as CIO of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The CIO oversees the UW's Division of Information Technology and its 500 employees. ...

If you believe that those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it, be aware that this saying applies to software as well as history, according to columnist Kirk Knoernschild. In this edition of Aligning IT, he chronicles the software development mistakes...

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development is making up to $850,000 in state grants available to businesses, trade associations, and colleges for the training of high-tech workers. Grants will be offered to train workers in biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, stem cell research, and renewable energy. ...

On the subject of electronic health records, Janet Dillione, president of the health services division of Siemens Medical Solutions, provides the perspective of a nationally recognized technologist. Dillione, who was named one of the Top 25 women in healthcare by Modern Health magazine, recently took...

The electronic exchange of medical data can be advantageous to quality care, but if mistakenly handled, it can also impact privacy, according to technologists who took part in the annual Digital Healthcare Conference. With the ability to transmit patient data at the speed of light,...

Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch has made eight private-sector appointments to a bipartisan Task Force on Information Technology Failures. They will join eight legislators and in an effort to develop safeguards to prevent future IT mistakes. ...

Should all community planners start changing their approach to municipal planning and status quo infrastructures? They better really understand the market first, warns columnist James Carlini, which means high-speed broadband connectivity should trump New Urbanism as their top priority....

Merge Healthcare's first quarter 2007 financial results are in, and it's clear the company still has some repair work to do following a period of inaccurate financial reporting that led to the resignation of several executives. That's not to say there wasn't a silver lining...