On The Record Archives - Wisconsin Health News

Panel: Measuring quality of direct primary care practices could be tricky

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 16, 2018 | Legislature, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Backers of legislation defining direct primary care in law argue that patients can hold such practices accountable. But other measures of quality could prove more difficult to track for the growing healthcare delivery model, which was the topic of a Wisconsin Health News event in Madison this week.

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GenoPalate’s Zhang talks company’s future

by Jack Kelly | Nov 9, 2018 | Health Tech, On The Record, Population Health, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

A Milwaukee-based startup that uses consumers’ genetic information to offer recommendations on what they should eat and drink is planning rapid growth.

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NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes plans to scale production of element used medical imaging

by Jack Kelly | Nov 2, 2018 | Health Tech, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes in Beloit is gearing up to mass produce a key ingredient in medical imaging.

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Flight for Life launches ground transport service

by Jack Kelly | Oct 26, 2018 | On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Flight for Life’s new ground ambulance service took off this month.

Civica Rx aims to tackle drug shortages, high prices

by Jack Kelly | Oct 19, 2018 | Hospitals, On The Record, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories | 0 |

Last month, SSM Health, Mayo Clinic and five other health systems joined with three philanthropy organizations to launch Civica Rx, a company that aims to address generic drug shortages.

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On the Record with Bernie Sherry, Ministry Market Executive, Ascension Wisconsin

by Jack Kelly | Oct 12, 2018 | Hospitals, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

When Ascension Wisconsin hangs new signs on its Milwaukee-area hospitals next week, it will mark the public culmination of bringing its four systems together under one banner.

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Advocus helps to connect patients to care

by Jack Kelly | Oct 5, 2018 | Insurance, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

My Coverage Plan Inc., a subsidiary of ABC for Health, a Madison-based nonprofit public interest law firm, recently launched a new tool that aims to help people connect to healthcare coverage.

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UW’s biomanufacturing effort aims to create ‘entrepreneurial mindset’

by Jack Kelly | Sep 28, 2018 | Education, Health Tech, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Earlier this month, the University of Wisconsin launched an effort to position Wisconsin as a center of excellence for biomanufacturing, a field encompassing cell therapy, pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

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