Academic, medical institutions team up on health care challenges

The Medical College of Wisconsin has few if any economists on its faculty. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Marquette University have economists but few if any physicians. Yet the skills of both - not to mention business and engineering types - are needed to find ways to slow the rise in health care costs. That's the motivation behind a collaboration announced Monday by the Medical College of Wisconsin, UW-Milwaukee, Marquette, Froedtert Health and Children's Hospital and Health System. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 9/13)