Wisconsin Technology News

How colleges can better nurture startups
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CIO Executive Edge: Decoupling in the recovery and what it means
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About 18 months ago the idea of decoupling was all the rage. Decoupling was the concept that the economic fortunes of Asia and the West were no longer strongly intertwined. Stock market analysts and economists postulated that the US and Western Europe would go into recession, but China and its domestic growth rate would keep Asia in positive territory. Those views turned out to be incorrect as the global financial crisis hit everyone, everywhere hard.

Meaningful use will be a balancing act, experts say
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Complying with the government's "meaningful use" definition to qualify for federal incentives will require a balancing act between improving patient care and using IT, according to experts. Martin Harris, MD, CIO at the Cleveland Clinic and a member of the government’s Health IT Policy Committee views the proposed meaningful use definition, unveiled on Dec. 30, as designed to engage patients and families, while ensuring privacy and security.

How to run an online contest
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U.S. Scientists given access to cloud computing
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Portable technology causing trouble in courtrooms
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Wisconsin Health Information Organization elects Larry Rambo as chairman
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Larry Rambo, regional CEO of Humana, has been elected chairman of the nonprofit Wisconsin Health Information Organization, a collaborative group of insurers, hospitals, physicians, major employers, health care quality organizations and government agencies. Rambo is among the founders of the Wisconsin Health Information Organization, and early leadership from Humana in Milwaukee played a key role in securing the involvement of other insurers and health care organizations statewide.

Boardroom Perspectives: Implementing privacy policies
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We’ve all received them. Privacy policies are often tucked in with our utility bills, brokerage house statements or credit card statements. Business managers and the legal department are relieved when these customer-related policies are established and sent out; however, IT staff typically experience an additional twist of stress. They know they must implement internal controls for those policies. This article analyzes the features of eleven companies’policies in the financial services, telecommunications and retail industries. It concludes with six practical implementation suggestions for the IT staff.

Blumenthal: EHRs will become 'an absolute requisite' for docs
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It may seem unlikely today, but within the next 10 years there will be widespread use of electronic health records across the country, the nation's health IT chief predicted Thursday. David Blumenthal, MD, the national coordinator for health information technology spoke at the 18th National HIPAA Summit in Washington DC, where other federal officials and stakeholders said the adoption of healthcare IT is urgent.

Apple gets a patent for sharing location data during calls
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