Wisconsin Technology News

All aboard for health care transformation
View Article

Dr. Marty Kohn still remembers the day he was called to the bossÂ’s office and admonished for doing his job. During his days as a practicing physician, Kohn, now IBM ResearchÂ’s chief medical scientist for care delivery systems, was treating a male patient complaining of back pain. In KohnÂ’s judgment, the care protocol did not call for scheduling an MRI, despite the patientÂ’s insistence that such a test was justified.

Guest Column: Geeks wanted -- Big data firms push data scientist development
View Article

Teradata TDC -0.02%, IBM IBM +0.47%, SAS and Tableau are among the big data specialists offering training for data scientists, sophisticated analysts, business intelligence experts–whatever they end up being called, but people who can work with the data they can collect and store. Teradata said it wants to ensure there are enough data experts to make good use of its technology. Companies are working with universities on data analytics programs. They are also working on certification programs to provide credentials for geeks who might not want to go through four years of sociology and readings in French literature on their way to getting a job in big data.

Best Places to Work in IT 2013: Employee scorecard
View Article

Despite progress on health IT interoperability, tough questions remain
View Article

Data-sharing in healthcare remains difficult, and despite assertions that the industry is on the cusp of a breakthrough, many are impatient with the slow pace of progress. Those attending the Digital Healthcare Conference in Madison, Wis., last week addressed some of the biggest questions about the sad state of interoperability, according to InformationWeek.

I.B.M. Inflates Its Cloud
View Article

Sharing electronic medical records still too hard
View Article

The average patient can't fathom why the sharing of electronic medical records is so hard. But those inside healthcare aren't thrilled either with the state of electronic record interoperability, as several smart discussions at this week's Digital Healthcare Conference in Madison, Wis., showed. "If we're this far into this implementation across the country, and we still have this level of discordance, shame on us," said Dr. Frank Byrne, president of Wisconsin's St. Mary's Hospital. "How did we get here and how do we get out? Because we've created barriers."

Health care tech startup COMS Interactive grabs $21M
View Article

Why you should care about Solar Impulse and renewable energyÂ’s long, long journey
View Article

A little more than a mouse click away from better American health care
View Article

From the annals of“How Technology Won’t Save Us.”(Also see:“Why the United States Should Just For God’s Sake Go Ahead and Adopt a Single-Payer, Universal Health Care System Already”): Recent research and comments from health industry executives have combined to throw a bit of cold water on the promise of electronic health records, or EHRs.

Enabling The Mobile-First Enterprise
View Article