Microsoft launches Amalga BI in Europe
Microsoft has today announced the European launch of its Amalga enterprise unified business intelligence (UBI) product for the health sector. Designed to unify data and reporting in complex health organisations, the new BI product is part of Microsoft’s Amalga enterprise suite of applications. The launch was announced on Tuesday, 9 April, at the conhIT 2008 […]
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Google CEO unveils Google Health
The veil came off the world’s worst-kept secret in healthcare IT Thursday, as Google chairman and chief executive Eric Schmidt announced the beta release of Google Health at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference in Orlando, Florida. For now, the product is limited to the US market, though Alfred Spector, Google […]
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The bigger picture at HIMSS
Jon Hoeksma visits the ever-expanding US healthcare IT show, HIMSS, where business intelligence and consumer-led e-health were big themes.
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US building momentum by accrediting health IT
Accreditation of vendor applications, based on core interoperability standards, is helping to spur adoption of ICT within the United States of America healthcare system. Initial results suggest the accreditation of electronic patient record systems is leading to financial incentives for their adoption, and helping drive spread of key functionality such as order communications. Speaking at […]
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Microsoft to launch EMEA Health User Group
Microsoft is to partner with the US Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) to launch an interactive Health User Group for Europe Middle East and Africa. The EMEA HUG will follow Microsoft’s US HUG which has been successfully running for many years and now counts 4,200 members, including 28 corporate members. Elizabeth Bielby, Microsoft’s […]
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Personal health records high on HIMSS agenda
Personal health records, patient identification, interoperability and, of course, quality were high on the agenda at the annual Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), in the recovering US city of New Orleans, Neil Versel writes. An Accenture study released at the start of last week’s meeting suggested that two-thirds of Americans consider electronic health […]
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