Month: July 2012

Gundersen Lutheran Health System CEO Dr. Jeff Thompson will be one of 10 speakers at a White House Council on Environmental Quality discussion Tuesday. The discussion will highlight the Healthier Hospitals Initiative’s efforts to reduce the environmental footprint of hospitals, lower costs and improve patient health by incorporating sustainability initiatives into their business models. (LA CROSSE TRIBUNE, 7/23)

The Marshfield Clinic has cut 119 positions this year as the sluggish economy has caused fewer patients to seek treatment. The latest round of job cuts, 69 positions across the 54-site Marshfield Clinic system, was announced this week, said Brian Ewert, president of the medical facility that employs about 8,000 people at locations in central and northern Wisconsin. (WAUSAU DAILY HERALD, 7/20)

Teleflex Inc., a manufacturer of medical products, has agreed to sell its orthopedics business based in Kenosha to Tecomet Inc. for $45.2 million. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 7/19)

A company Governor Scott Walker helped lure to Wisconsin is on pace to create state jobs by working on a law he opposes. Waukesha-based Connecture announced Tuesday it's been named a subcontractor to support enrollment and sales for Minnesota's health insurance exchange.(WHN, 7/18)

The dean of UW-Madison's pharmacy school will leave after the coming school year to pursue work in national health care policy, the university announced Tuesday. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 7/18)

If you've received a reminder call about a missed appointment or a missed flu shot, then it came as a result of an electronic health record system. The systems widely implemented in Wisconsin are improving coordination and making health care more efficient, lowering costs and identifying and treating at-risk patients to improve their health. (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 7/17)