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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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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
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Cancer Center Empowers Researchers With New Data Exploration Tool: Moffitt wanted to develop a cancer care delivery paradigm called Moffitt Total Cancer Care TCC. The key goals were to develop clinical trials and utilize bio-markers and evidence-based guidelines to personalize cancer care. To do this, Moffitt TCC partnered with a range of other industry stakeholders. Researchers needed a tool...; Tags: Researcher, Data, Tool, Productivity, Data Mining, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management; Case studies 2008-02-14
Microsoft+releases+hospital+IT+system+as+Amalga: Microsoft+releases+hospital+IT+system+as+Amalgacool: another real business problem being solvedI don't care if the solution provider is MS or whoever as long as we address the issue of crappy hospital/healthcare IT systems.Capturing, storing, and quickly presenting data from disparate systemsAre you sure about that? Are you saying that Microsoft have written some code...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., follow-UP; Discussion threads 2008-02-13