Health Care

The Milwaukee Regional Medical Center has named Dr. Gene Gilchrist executive director. Gilchrist will succeed current director William Hatcher, who is retiring, beginning Sept. 4, according to a recent announcement from MRMC.

Brookfield-based Connecture Inc., a provider of Web-based information systems used to create health insurance marketplaces and exchanges, today announced Tim Allaway has been hired as vice president of client services.

Horizon Home Care and Hospice, one of Wisconsin’s largest licensed hospice and home care providers, is recruiting volunteers for its Final Hours program.

The Wisconsin Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will greet visitors at the Wisconsin State Fair Monday, Aug. 6, with vampire teeth and a mission to raise awareness about blood cancer.

Connecture Inc., a Waukesha-based provider of sales automation technology for the health insurance industry, today announced it will support the design and development of a statewide health insurance exchange in Minnesota.

Madison-based Dean Health Plan has signed an agreement with Prevea Health and St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay to offer health insurance through a managed care network in northeastern Wisconsin.

William Petasnick, who recently retired as president and chief executive officer of Froedtert Health System in Milwaukee, is joining the board of directors of Erdman Company, a Madison-based national leader in health care consulting, facility planning, development, design and construction.

Brookfield-based MyHealthDirect, the nation's first and only health care scheduling exchange, announced today that its board of directors has appointed Tom Cox to be its chief executive officer.

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