Health Care

It was announced today that Peggy Troy, president and chief executive officer of the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, started her year-long term as chair of the Children's Hospital Association board of trustees on Jan. 1.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch are scheduled to take part in a groundbreaking for the new Innovations & Wellness Commons on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at 1609 W. North Ave.

Midwest health care companies attracted $1.8 billion in new investments across 243 companies in 2014, according to the Midwest Healthcare Growth Capital Report released today. The totals are the highest recorded in both dollars and number of companies funded since BioEnterprise, a Cleveland-based business formation initiative, began compiling the report in 2005.

Midwest health care companies attracted $1.8 billion in new investments across 243 companies in 2014, according to the BioEnterprise Midwest Healthcare Growth Capital Report.

The Milwaukee-based AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin will merge with the Madison-based AIDS Network on Feb. 1 in a move that leaders from both organizations say will preserve continuity of care for patients and clients.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Health Team hosted a ribbon cutting this morning for the opening of the city’s first workplace clinic.  

UnitedHealthcare and the Business Health Care Group (BHCG) of southeastern Wisconsin today announced a multi-year relationship to deliver health benefits to employers in the greater Milwaukee area.

Milwaukee-based health care real estate investment trust Physicians Realty Trust has announced a public offering of 15 million common shares.

Radom Corp. of Hales Corners was one of eight Wisconsin companies to receive $75,000 grants from the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Advance Program, a $1 million initiative that provides capital to entrepreneurs to help commercialize high-tech innovation. Half of the recipients are high-tech medical companies.

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, which works to develop networks of ideas and institutions to advance teaching and learning, has awarded Community Engagement Classification to the Medical College of Wisconsin in recognition of its community engagement practices.