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— One of the largest and most comprehensive sources of comparative health information in the United States has been created in Wisconsin by a collaborative group of insurers, hospitals, physicians, major employers, health care quality organizations and government agencies. More than four years in development, the WHIO Health Analytics Exchange analyzes health system and individual physician performance based on hundreds of variables. The Exchange can be used to identify gaps in care for the treatment of chronic conditions, cost per episode of care, population health issues, preventable hospital readmissions and variations in generic prescribing. See details: http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=177044 — Industry officials say Wisconsin’s transportation construction industry is completing one of the largest seasons in the past 20 years due to highway program funding increases provided at the state and federal level. They said funding in the state budget combined with federal stimulus projects will support more than 28-thousand Wisconsin jobs over the next year. Many projects have already been started with the federal stimulus money, and more will be contracted out in the spring. See details: http://www.wisbusiness.com/1008/091113construction.pdf TOP STORIES
Doyle to address water conference in Israel: Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle will address the fifth annual International Water Technologies, Renewable Energy and Environmental Control Exhibition in Tel Aviv Tuesday as part of his agenda during a trade mission to Israel. Wisconsin hospitals make heart care list: Five Wisconsin hospitals have been identified among the top 100 U.S. hospitals in a Thomson Reuters annual study looking at benchmarks for inpatient cardiovascular care. The Wisconsin hospitals named were Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee; Aurora BayCare Medical Center, Green Bay; Aspirus Wausau Hospital, Wausau; Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield; and Gundersen Lutheran Health System, La Crosse. RCU CEO: AnchorBank deal part of growth plan: Eau Claire-based credit union RCU will nearly double its number of offices in Wisconsin in a deal announced late Monday. RCU, which has 12 offices in Wisconsin and three in Minnesota, will acquire 11 northwest Wisconsin branches from Madison-based AnchorBank. Affinity Health System partners with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield: The estimated 1 million members of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin will have access to Affinity Health System’s services Dec. 15.
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