The Unified Communication project will enable estimated savings of over € 850,000 per annum, generated by lower staff movement costs and reduced telecommunication expense. In addition, it is estimated that the initial investment will be recovered within 12 months.

Inspired by a family who understood the challenges of finding pediatric services, blueballoon Health Services takes a unique approach to healthcare delivery. “Our business model involves running multiple centers in multiple communities,” says CEO and co-founder Stephen MacEwen. “We want to be in our families’ communities, rather than having them travel long distances.” Thanks to the comprehensive package of cloud-based software that comes with Office 365, blueballoon’s therapists can work nearly anywhere. The company chose Office 365 over Google Apps for its easy-to-manage access to email, calendar sharing, chat, and other collaboration tools. Now, therapists can quickly share information and expert advice with each other. And it’s all simple enough that no IT support is needed for remote workers. MacEwen says that today, Office 365 is core to the way blueballoon works.

Reflexion Health is on a medical mission to make physical therapy more effective for patients—and more measurable for clinicians. It paired Kinect for Windows sensor technology and software development kit (SDK) with its proprietary software to deliver an interactive solution that could help patients and physicians improve physical therapy results. The technology, which went into clinical trials in October 2012, makes physical therapy come alive by using the Kinect for Windows sensor and SDK to delivery customized therapy plans to patients.

Inova Health Systems built up several line-of-business (LOB) systems over the years causing communication gaps across the company. i3solutions implemented a Business-Critical SharePoint solution with Nintex Workflow which connects LOB systems to ensure compliance, shorten processes, and improve decision-making.

Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories (PAML) knows that business success depends on business insight. This fact became painfully clear in 2002, when the company lost a major client because it lacked a comprehensive, cross-functional picture of the customer’s experience with PAML. Without a centralized case management system in place, PAML had no way of knowing that a longtime customer had logged separate issues with its different departments. To PAML, the relationship had looked relatively healthy when, in fact, it was not.

Compliance with federal requirements is a challenge for medical professionals, as new laws, new technologies, and new ways of working continually call for new solutions. Excel Anesthesia, a 26-physician group, found a long-term solution for secure, compliant email in Microsoft Office 365. By choosing Microsoft, the practice also avoided 83 percent of the cost of an on-premises solution.

Sanofi is a leading global pharmaceutical company that focuses on innovative healthcare solutions and serving patients. To get the most revenue out of patent lifespans, the company sought to streamline its complex clinical documentation processes. With the help of Microsoft and two Microsoft Partner Network members, it implemented a Structured Content Management platform that is built on a foundation of Microsoft solutions, including the Intelligent Content Framework for regulated industries. The company’s proof of concept addressed one part of the documentation compendium, the creation of patient narratives, which summarize patient results in a clinical study—saving the company 22,000 hours of work on 4,000 documents. Sanofi also benefits from easy-to-use, industry-leading tools that generate high-quality and consistent messaging. The cost savings has already reached US$2 million.

Medical recruiter, Healthcare Australia wanted new email and collaboration tools without having to buy, deploy and maintain server infrastructure. In 2012, the firm signed up to Microsoft Office 365, installing Microsoft Lync and SharePoint clients on all desktops connected to cloud-based Exchange servers managed by Microsoft. The firm saved AUD$300,000 on installation and licencing costs, employees enjoy cutting-edge communications, while their IT is more secure and easier to maintain.

With its unwavering focus on staffing Australia’s hospitals, Healthcare Australia had let its IT systems fall a little by the wayside. With a legacy infrastructure that included a ten-year-old email system, newly appointed CIO Mark Botros felt the company was overdue for an upgrade. Healthcare Australia CIO Mark Botros considered all the available options and decided a Microsoft solution represented the most mature and cost-efficient investment. He also wanted to keep his team using world-standard Office software, rather than spend more capital on re-training. He deployed Microsoft Office 365 integrated with Lync and SharePoint as a total office collaboration platform, supported by Windows Intune.

To ensure victims of domestic violence receive legal and medical support quickly, the Domestic Violence Advocacy Service (DVAS) in Perth, Australia, wanted the ability to store client information in electronic files and selectively share them with other support providers. In 2012, DVAS teamed with a highly agile Microsoft Services Consulting team to deploy a cost-effective solution in just three months. Working with world-class product experts on the Microsoft Services Global Delivery team, a solution architect crafted a customized design with unique application file security features, while an engagement manager ensured the system could be used by associated service providers. Because the new system mirrors established work patterns, employees find it easy to understand. With rapid referrals to legal and medical aid, domestic violence victims find refuge in hours, rather than days.