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Resources
Templates
Appointment card for GPs (.doc 40KB)
Pre-printed appointment cards for GPS
Health history questionnaire (.doc 208KB)
Health history questionnaire for patients to fill out.
Microsoft Office work essentials for physicians and specialists (US Link)
Work smarter, not harder. A superb collection of templates, demos and downloads to help physicians and specialists capture health information electronically.
White papers
Healthcare without boundaries (.doc 148KB)
This paper looks at Microsoft technologies that are the ideal platform for developing and deploying XML-based and Web services-based healthcare solutions.
Delivering on the promise: An adaptive approach to information technology in healthcare (.doc 256KB)
This paper looks at current thinking about IT adoption in the healthcare industry.
Microsoft collaborative health (.pdf 256KB)
A look at Microsoft solutions that will help healthcare organisations achieve new levels of success through better productivity, enhanced safety and higher quality healthcare.
Microsoft Office for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries (.pdf 256KB)
This paper looks at personal impact, business information, effective teaming, and process management, which includes security and compliance with industry regulations.
Video
Clinical risk management (.wmv 25MB)
The South Australian government reviews its clinical risk management solution at its Innovation Centre.
Case Studies
Aged Care
Healthphone Solutions
Software as a Service Solution Combines Technology, Strategy, and Market Reach.
Cambridge County Council (.pdf 48KB)
CCC created a Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 form for the Tablet PC so that users could access and share patient data from diverse systems while at the bedside or during discharge meetings.
Gentiva Health Care (.doc 96KB)
Gentiva has deployed Tablet PCs and Microsoft technologies to protect patient data and improve patient care.
US Veterans Administration Healthcare System (.doc 128KB)
The US Veterans Administration Healthcare System implemented a monitoring and reporting solution built around Microsoft Windows Mobile software to improve patient care.
Ancillary Care
Bayside Health (.doc 384KB)
Using Microsoft technologies, Bayside Health plans to create a more structured and integrated project management process that will translate to better patient care.
Matrix Rehabilitation (.pdf 36KB)
Physical therapists at outpatient physical therapy provider Matrix Rehabilitation can access patient information in real time wherever their clients are, improving patient care.
WebMed Technology (.pdf 24KB)
WebMed's homecare nurses are using Microsoft Windows Mobile Pocket PCs equipped with wide-area wireless PC cards to easily transmit data, such as patient reports and colour photos, to centrally located consultants.
WorkCover SA (.pdf 172KB)
Electronic Prescribed Medical Certificate, introduced at WorkCover SA, is an online facility designed to improve the timeliness and quality of information received from medical practitioners, reduce administrative paper flow and assist in the early intervention of claims for both medical providers and claims agents.
Community Care
St, John NZ (.doc 84KB)
St. John installed Microsoft Windows Server 2003 to improve business processes and efficiencies in administration.
Royal District Nursing Service (.pdf 168KB)
The Royal District Nursing Service deployed Tablet PCs running Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Office XP enabling nurses in the field to connect to patient data.
Professional Therapeutic Community Network (.doc 460KB)
Professional Therapeutic Community Network implemented Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 to connect remote childcare workers and counsellors efficiently and increase the amount of time employees spent with customers.
Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust (.doc 528KB)
Central and North West London Mental Health National Health Service Trust implemented a Web-based, integrated data warehouse solution based on Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, and the Microsoft .NET Framework.
The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (.doc 536KB)
The Visiting Nurse Service of New York deployed 2,500 Tablet PCs running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition to its field clinicians, who use the PCs to record and share patient information.
General Practice
Scott & White (.doc 188KB)
Using Microsoft Pocket PCs and TouchWorks Dictate from Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, physicians at Scott & White regional clinics in Central Texas save time, reduce errors in medical record number entries, benefit from mobility and increase practice satisfaction.
Kansas University, Physicians, Inc. (.doc 616KB)
Kansas University Physicians, Inc. implemented a portal-based business scorecard solution to track key performance indicators and analyse operations.
Kreiskrankenhaus (.doc 520KB)
German hospital Kreiskrankenhaus deployed Microsoft Windows Server 2003 to enable GPs to check patient information, such as treatment records and appointments, securely online.
Government
Puerto Rico Department of Health (.doc 620KB)
The Puerto Rico Department of Health needed a centralised way to track public health data, so it deployed Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition.
National Health Service (.doc 496KB)
Anticipating growth in the number of site visitors and the need for new capabilities, the National Health Service wanted to improve performance and accessibility, so it migrated the site to Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 in only four months.
Shelby County Health (.doc 496KB)
Shelby County Health System needed to reorganise due to changes in the industry and government policy, so it implemented Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 to ensure the availability of its critical medical information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Health Funds
Group Health Cooperative (.doc 536KB)
Group Health Cooperative implemented Microsoft Windows XP to improve administration and streamline business processes.
NCMIC Insurance (.doc 452KB)
With more than 1,500 policy documents to file each year, Insurer NCMIC streamlined and controlled its policy development process via Microsoft Office Solution Accelerator.
Ping An Insurance (.pdf 20KB)
Ping An needed a way for its agents to keep tabs on clients' essential data, including important anniversaries and contact information, so it provided Pocket PCs to each field agent.
MPI (.doc 20KB)
MPI implemented a health management and administration solution running on Microsoft Windows Server System, to combat skyrocketing labour costs and a growing backlog of claims.
Hospital
Royal Melbourne Hospital (.pdf 168KB)
Physicians at the Royal Melbourne Hospital can check a patient's condition using a Pocket PC device which connects wirelessly using Microsoft .NET technology with a server using Microsoft SQL Server CE Synchronisation.
healthAlliance Project Fusion (.doc 124KB)
To reduce costs in IT infrastructure management and centralised security management, New Zealand's healthAlliance implemented Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and deployed Microsoft Windows XP to all desktops.
South Western Sydney Area Health Service (.pdf 88KB)
South Western Sydney Area Health Service wanted to improve business processes and reduce costs. It implemented an integrated, browser-based solution as an interface to its financial management system using Microsoft SQL Server 2000, offering Web-ready database features and a shopping-cart-style user interface.
Copenhagen Hospital Corporation (.pdf 24KB)
The Copenhagen Hospital Corporation needed to integrate data, systems, hospitals and functions. It turned to a middleware platform which makes all clinical, organisational and management information available when and where it is needed.
Salford Royal Hospital (.doc 424KB)
Using the latest healthcare solutions from iSOFT, information from a dozen systems at Salford Royal is now organised in structured electronic documents that give an at-a-glance view of a patient, including medical history and other critical information.
Healthcare Partners (.doc 264KB)
Healthcare Partners implemented Microsoft BizTalk Server using the NeoTool HL7 Accelerator and the BizTalk Adapter for Microsoft SQL Server to build a reliable, easily extensible interface engine, reducing costs and integrating disparate systems.
Washington Hospital Center (.doc 628KB)
Washington Hospital created its own IT solution called Azyxxi, using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003. It connects patient data from hundreds of data sources across the enterprise and makes it available at the point of care to physicians.
Children's Hospital (.pdf 32KB)
To help researchers capture important data, this Virginia children's hospital created a Microsoft Windows CE-based application that has eliminated most of the paper forms involved in clinical studies, in turn reducing data errors.
Ingolstadt Hospital (.doc 956KB)
The Ingolstadt Hospital is using Microsoft Office 2003 Enterprise Edition to create dynamic links to databases within its desktop applications and Microsoft Office InfoPath® 2003 to capture digital handwritten signatures.
Massachusetts Medical Society (.doc 844KB)
To give doctors more time to spend with patients, the Massachusetts Medical Society created the Continuity of Care Record system using XML and Microsoft Office.
Pharmacy
MyTAP Biosciences (.doc 616KB)
MyTAP sent medication reminders to patients over their mobile phones and managed medication compliance over PCs using Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 and the Microsoft .NET Framework.
Omega Pharma (.doc 120KB)
Omega Pharma improved information access and brought pharmacists, wholesalers and pharmaceutical manufacturers closer together in the supply chain, using Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000.
Glaxo (.doc 492KB)
When GlaxoSmithKline wanted to redesign its network of Web sites and redesign how it delivers and manages e-marketing, it used Microsoft Commerce Server 2002, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and the Microsoft .NET Framework.
Radiology
healthAlliance NZ (.doc 120KB)
healthAlliance NZ used Microsoft Windows Server 2003 to give radiology staff remote access to vital graphic-intensive applications, such as digital X-ray, ultrasounds and CT scans.
Inland Imaging (.doc 104KB)
Inland Imaging linked 14 hospitals and 40 radiologists using Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, bringing browser-based access to key data.
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (.doc 124KB)
The university's solution, delivered by Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, enables clinicians to instantly view diagnostic quality images, such as CT scans and X-rays.MyTAP sent medication reminders to patients over their mobile phones and managed medication compliance over PCs using Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 and the Microsoft .NET Framework.