Month: August 2013

UW to build rehab hospital on east side

Aug 6, 2013 | , |

The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics says it's partnering with Tennessee-based Centerre Healthcare Corporation to build a 50-bed freestanding inpatient rehabilitation hospital as part of its new campus on Madison's east side. (WHN, 8/6)

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Speaker urges governors to use 'bully pulpit' to change health care

Aug 5, 2013 | |

The nation’s governors need to take the lead in shifting health care delivery from its heavy and expensive reliance on hospitals to a less-expensive community care model that actually can improve outcomes, a trailblazing New Jersey primary care doctor told the National Governors Association Friday in Milwaukee. (MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL, 8/5)

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State leads in EHR adoption

Aug 2, 2013 | |

Wisconsin leads the country with EHR adoption of more than 70 percent and also boasts one of the highest e-prescribing rates in the US. (Med City News, 8/2)

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Health groups express concern with workers' comp proposal during Legislative hearing

Aug 1, 2013 | , |

Representatives of Wisconsin's leading medical groups sounded the alarm regarding the proposed Medicare-based fee schedule that the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council has been discussing, during a rare joint informational hearing of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Labor Wednesday. (WHN, 8/1)

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