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Microsoft links HealthVault service with Amalga software

Microsoft links HealthVault service with Amalga softwareAm I the only one who read that as Amiga software...Am I the only one who read that as Amiga software?Microsoft links HealthVault with Amiga Cnet BBS! :D Finally, I can play Empire, Trade Wars, and Global Nuclear Warfare while I check my...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, HealthVault, Amiga, Amalga, software, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-06

Microsoft delivers first commercial version of healthcare-info system

Amalga, the product formerly known as Azyxxi (wow, try saying that ten times fast), is finally out as a commercial product. On April 9, Microsoft announced that its healthcare-information-system product -- which has been used for more than 10 years by MedStar Health System, the organization from...

Tags: Patient, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Amalga, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-04-09

Microsoft releases hospital IT system as Amalga

Microsoft has chosen Amalga as the name for its hospital IT system and will launch the product at HIMSS in Orlando later this month. A key selling point for Amalga will be its integration, spanning clinical, operational and financial functions.The company calls this kind of software a...

Tags: Hospital, Information Technology, Archiving, Microsoft Corp., Amalga, Amalga System, Business Intelligence, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-13

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Microsoft wins seat at health IT table

this is shamIt is inconceivable that an anti christian organization like M$ would work with a christian hospital.Scary having your stuff running on MS softwareIt's scary to have any data about you stored on a Microsoft Infrastructure. Even scarier that it's your health records.Glad I don't use (or will...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Benefits, EMR, Microsoft Corp., health-IT, health care, interoperability

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Microsoft wins seat at health IT table

The market Amalga is entering, in other words, is a hothouse of EHR adoption, and integrating with its neighbors should give Microsoft the knowledge it needs to interoperate with all types of hospital IT systems. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Information Technology, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Healthcare, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-10-19

El Camino Hospital Improves Quality of Care With Data Aggregation

To continue to improve quality of care, El Camino Hospital recognized the need to implement technologies that capitalize on existing investments and provide a flexible foundation for current and future innovation. El Camino Hospital implemented Microsoft Amalga, the Unified Intelligence System to build a scorecard for evaluating hospital units and...

Tags: Hospital, Microsoft Corp., El Camino Hospital, Healthcare

Case studies 2009-07-02

Microsoft-Merck alliance boosts Amalga

Microsoft gets a jump-start into a profitable niche within hospital software. Merck gets out of a business outside its strategic plan. Rosetta customers should get better software and service down the road, from a company serious about the space and scaled to gain share. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Alliance, Merck & Co. Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-06-01

News to know: Sun-IBM; Cloudforce; Windows 7 downgrade; AP's crackdown

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Sun following the IBM deal collapse: Customer confusion en route The IBM-Sun saga: Can McNealy let...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Associated Press, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sam Diaz, IBM Corp., Smart Phones, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems

Blog posts 2009-04-07

Microsoft links HealthVault service with Amalga software

Microsoft has integrated its HealthVault service and its Amalga patient-information software, the company announced on April 6. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Software, Microsoft Corp., Service, Tools & Techniques, Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-04-06

Closing the Loop in Medication Management: Why an Integrated, Closed-Loop Solution Is Vital for Hospitals

Achieving patient safety is a foremost goal among healthcare leaders around the world. A key area of scrutiny is the risk associated with medication errors. As hospitals strive to meet their business goals, improve care, and perform to high-quality standards, medication safety must be a primary focus. This white paper...

Tags: Information Management, Hospital, Microsoft Corp., Healthcare

White papers 2009-04-01

News to know: iPhone; Google; SAP; Oracle; IBM-Sun

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: WSJ: IBM in talks to buy Sun Privacy group to FTC: Google's cloud is unsafe ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., SAP AG, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Sales Strategy, Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Sales, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-18

Is Microsoft Amalga in trouble?

Is Microsoft Amalga in trouble?Could it be Vista's reputation?Or should we call it Longhorn? Sadly the problems related to the Longhorn/Vista development was very public and far from the best PR.If someone was to go with a "name you can trust" IBM is ahead of MS. Apple's probably...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Amalga, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-03-17

Is Microsoft Amalga in trouble?

Health is going to be a business where you either get big fast or you get out over the next few years. A shake out is coming. Is Microsoft going to get shook? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-17

Amalga Unified Intelligence: One New Solution to Many Old Problems

In the past, it was sufficient for hospitals to care for patients and bill payers for their services. But in today's highly regulated, rapidly changing, and increasingly competitive and cost-controlled environment, this is no longer enough. Issues such as quality, outcomes, consumerism, and high levels of attention to the cost...

Tags: International Data Group, Healthcare, Financial Accounting, Finance

White papers 2009-03-01

Moore's Law and health care

Roland Piquepaille's latest take on nanobots in the bloodstream has me reflecting on the greatest force we have available for surviving health care inflation. Moore's Law. Moore's Law, the idea that technology gets faster-and-faster faster-and-faster, is not applied often enough to health care. Regulation...

Tags: Health Care, Moore, Law, Nanoscience, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Microsoft gets its first award for HealthVault

Microsoft HealthVault has won its first industry award, from Frost & Sullivan, as the company ramps up the marketing of its hospital computing solutions. The award is a "Best Practices" honor for the HealthVault platform which, analyst Priyanka Gouthaman writes, gives Microsoft "a distinct early-mover advantage" to  "gain...

Tags: Peter Neupert, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft HealthVault, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-14

Hospital Implements Innovative Infection Control Through Integrated Data Solution

Washington Hospital Center, the largest private hospital in the nation's capital, faced the common challenge of controlling hospital-acquired infections. Infection Control practitioners relied on multiple databases and disparate systems to accurately track where infected patients had been in the hospital. This required multiple cross checks with other departments for minimizing...

Tags: Infection, Patient, Hospital

Case studies 2008-03-10

Cardiology Service Sees Gains in Efficiency, Core Measures With Data Aggregation

Cardiology clinicians used all of the powerful image technologies driving advances in heart care - coronary angiograms, echocardiograms, CT, MRI, and nuclear PET scans. Typically, such images were stored in systems far from the patient unit, so physicians and nurse practitioners had to leave the patient's bedside to see them....

Tags: Patient, Cardiology Service

Case studies 2008-02-21

Teaching Hospital Uses Unified Intelligence System, Improves Education and Patient Care

Washington Hospital Center, the flagship teaching institution of the non-profit MedStar Health organization, is the largest hospital in Washington, D.C. For 50 years, Washington Hospital Center has supported accredited residency and fellowship programs, as well as undergraduate medical education. To provide high-quality healthcare to patients and exceptional training, Washington Hospital...

Tags: Education, Patient

Case studies 2008-02-15

Hospital Transport Service Saves Money, Boosts Quality With Integrated-Data Solution

MedSTAR Transport provides air-medical and ground-ambulance services to tertiary-care facilities around Washington, D.C., and Baltimore and emergency transport to other area hospitals. To cope with a 25 percent growth rate between 2004 and 2006 and simultaneously meet the strategic and financial goals of its parent organization, MedStar Health, the transport...

Tags: Hospital, Microsoft Corp., MedSTAR Transport, Healthcare

Case studies 2008-02-15