http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/bb231558en-USFri, 28 Mar 2008 17:40:43 GMTFri, 28 Mar 2008 17:40:43 GMTDiego DagumMicrosoft Architecture Strategy Team (MS AST)The MS-HUG Tech Forum 2008 is scheduled to take place on Sunday, February 24, 2008 in Orlando, FL. The event will happen in conjunction with the annual HIMSS Conference.http://mshug.org/events/events.aspxSun, 24 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMTHealthcareYou might be surprised to learn that Microsoft Research is playing a key role in the effort to develop a vaccine for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/11/ResearchNotes/default.aspxThu, 01 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMTMia Matusow,Kristin FirthLife SciencesMission CriticalHealthcareThis paper provides developers with an overview of HL7 version 3 Messaging (HL7 v3) concepts, how to build HL7 v3 solutions with Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006, and how to convert message format from HL7 v3 to HL7 Version 2 Messaging (HL7 v2).http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ce84af68-35fc-4ded-b9f8-91feff05d8d0&DisplayLang=enTue, 30 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMTHealthcareThis download provides Visual Studio project files that demonstrate how to use Office Open XML Formats and the HL7 CDA standard to exchange and store health data securely.http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b36aebdc-8217-4d64-bfd0-187e58b708bd&DisplayLang=enTue, 23 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMTHealthcareThis is the same tool that the BizTalk team uses internally to generate the schemas that ship with Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for HL7 v2.0. The tool takes the HL7 message definition from the database that HL7 publishes on their web site and generates schemas in a format that the BizTalk HL7 parser can understand. These schemas are used by the parser in the process of translating from the flat file format of HL7 v2.x to XML.http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=94877261-1f04-40b7-8c6d-cf92f38d09a3&DisplayLang=enFri, 28 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMTHealth PlansHealthcareThis white paper and accompanying solution show implementations that improve end-to-end message order delivery between a pair of receive and send ports while running concurrent orchestrations. The architecture discussed implements a common resequencer pattern to solve this problem.http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=02c5fd53-fee9-44fc-a780-5d1d34ee8754&DisplayLang=enFri, 21 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMTMessages and ServicesHealthcareThis whitepaper provides an overview of the Health Connection Engine (HCE), including the major concepts and the service-oriented architecture (SOA) principles applied within HCE. The paper also discusses possible use scenarios for the HCE from an architectural perspective, highlighting how HCE components and connected systems can be deployed in different combinations to match each scenario.http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=29821f11-d848-4030-a65a-8b6ad1781452&displaylang=enTue, 04 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMTHealthcareThis whitepaper provides an introduction to the design and development of Health Connection Engine (HCE) Adapters. These adapters are responsible for connecting Service Providers to a HCE-enabled healthcare integration solution. The whitepaper outlines the major HCE Adapter concepts and provides a walkthrough of the steps required to implement a HCE Adapter as a Microsoft .NET Web service.http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2d0a34e2-0232-4be9-b449-4afd7ca7503e&displaylang=enTue, 04 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMTHealthcareMS-HUG Tech Forum 2007 – Redmond, WA, Microsoft Corporate Campus, Tuesday, August 21st & Wednesday, August 22nd. Two days packed with learning and networking at the MS-HUG Tech Forum 2007! Get an inside glimpse of Microsoft and upcoming Microsoft healthcare technologies from the experts behind Microsoft's product development and the pros who use it!http://www.mshug.org/events/events.aspx?cid=66996Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMTLife SciencesHealth PlansHealthcareImagine the challenge of creating a system that can store healthcare records for patients across hospitals, clinics and doctors offices throughout Japan. Oh yeah and the records need to be stored in a format that will still be accessible 100 years from now. Wow - what would you do? This is the challenge of a lifetime for Kazuo Furuyama and Architect MVP from Japan.http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=332917Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMTKazuo Furuyama,Ron JacobsHealthcareThe general guidance provided in this document is intended to help improve awareness of HIPAA security principles so critical to health care organizations today and how they relate to Windows Mobile technology.http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/0/3/60362db7-837d-4e15-86df-1e278ff0c2ed/Windows Mobile and HIPAA.pdfSun, 15 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMTHealthcareMicrosoft invites you to be our guest at a free symposium on July 12th, 2007 that will explore research computing innovations and their current and expected impact on the Life Sciences industry in areas that include: Formulation design and development; Active pharmaceutical ingredient selection; Structure based drug design; Molecular simulations and; Genetic data analysis.http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032338113&Culture=en-USThu, 12 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMTLife Scienceshttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=44e1bb22-a621-4985-bc9a-99eb51b9ebae&DisplayLang=enTue, 10 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMTHealth PlansThis time it is the Consumer Engagement Reference Architecture (CERA) for Health Plans. This is a very interesting piece of work because it deals with universal problem. What if you have information that if you could just get people to act on, it would save you money and do them good as well. How do you get this information out in a proactive fasion? Takin' it to the streets? Sound interesting? Listen to Dennis Schmuland and Moin Moinuddin as they tell us all about it.http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=317896Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMTMoin Moinuddin,Dennis Schmuland,Ron JacobsHealth PlansJune 20-22, 2007 - Institute 2007—AHIP’s Annual Meeting, took place at the Wynn Las Vegas.http://www.ahip.org/links/institute2007/Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMTHealth PlansHealth care industry is facing many challenges ranging from increasing costs to inflexible and brittle applications. Clinics and hospitals have many solutions, however most of these applications function well and serve their purpose in fixed silos. Join us to learn more about the Office 2007 platform and how you can build better applications or how you can use this platform to extend and expand your existing applications.http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032336405%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5eTue, 19 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMTHealthcare2007 Office System for ArchitectsThere are many barriers to engaging consumers in their health. Personal technology can bridge this barrier and help in reaching consumers. Utilizing the compelling office business application platform a reference architecture is created. This reference architecture demonstrates the use of building blocks to quickly assemble an engaging solution for consumers. It demonstrates many ways to collaborate with the consumers and coach them in improving their health.http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/bb964538.aspxSat, 16 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMTHector Rodriguez,Keith Cox,Moin Moinuddin,Dennis SchmulandHealth Plans2007 Office System for ArchitectsThis presentation provides the business challenges and benefits of CERA for Health Plans. It provides an overview of the business challenges in health plan industry and an explanation of how the Office application platform addresses these challenges. This presentation will also explain how other personal technologies such as Windows Live platform, Mobile platform, media center, etc can help in engaging members in improving their health and reducing health costs.http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/9/a/59a883b9-3995-423f-8195-15e3bdb0dfc3/cera-bdm.zipSat, 16 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMTKeith Cox,Dennis SchmulandHealth Plans2007 Office System for ArchitectsThis presentation walks through the process of building a reference architecture. It demonstrates the steps involved in using Windows Live ID for authentication, collaborating between the health and wellness coach and the member, and building an OBA (Office Business Application) for health plans. It also outlines the technical challenges, solutions architecture, and the associated technologies.http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/9/a/59a883b9-3995-423f-8195-15e3bdb0dfc3/cera-tdm_ppt.zipSat, 16 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMTHector Rodriguez,Moin MoinuddinHealth Plans2007 Office System for ArchitectsThis paper explores the concepts and components that make Microsoft‘s Connected Health Framework for Health Plans a simplified and pragmatic approach to service-enabling the critical capabilities health plans need to accelerate new business opportunities and respond quickly to changing business needs.http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/5/c/95cc18d4-3453-4ecb-a305-07639e4e8ca2/Microsoft%20Connected%20Health%20Framework%20for%20Health%20Plans%20Whitepaper-v20070613.zipFri, 15 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMTHealth PlansMicrosoft announced that it has released to the AIDS research community the source code for four analytical software tools, a move intended to aid the development of a vaccine for the disease. The source code is designed to use the software giant's machine-learning technology to sort through thousands of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) strains. Researchers hope to use the technology to identify genetic patterns that could help them train an infected person's immune system to combat the virus.http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/jun07/06-13aidsresearch.mspxWed, 13 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMTLife SciencesCarl and Richard interview Peter Kuhn from the Scripps Institute about an application he designed to allow cancer researchers to visualize molecules and annotate them with real time collaboration. The application was written with beta versions of WPF, and champoined by Tim Huckaby's team at Interknowlogy and evangelized by Eileen Rumwell and Stephen Forte. This is an amazing success story.http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=243Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMTRichard Campbell,Carl Franklin,Peter KuhnLife SciencesUser ExperienceHealthcareVersion 2.1.1 of the Health Connection Engine (HCE) has been released to CodePlex. This release fixes a number of bugs in the deployment and configuration areas and addresses security and performance issues identified by FxCop and the community.http://www.codeplex.com/HCEFri, 01 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMTHealthcareThis paper briefly reviews WS-Trust and then describes how WS-Federation builds upon the Security Token Service model defined in that standard. A basic overview of the features of WS-Federation is provided. Key concepts are explained by examples of usage in application scenarios.http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/bb498017.aspxMon, 28 May 2007 12:00:00 GMTMaryann Hondo,Michael McIntosh,Anthony Nadalin,Don Schmidt,Marc GoodnerMessages and ServicesHealthcareIdentity and AccessThis white paper explores the ways in which life sciences industries�such as pharmaceutical and biotechnical companies�can use enterprise content management solutions (ECM). These solutions can achieve better integration and standardization of processes, as well as preserving information for audit and compliance purposes.http://www.microsoft.com/industry/healthcare/lifesciences/businessvalue/whitepaperecm.mspxWed, 23 May 2007 12:00:00 GMTLife SciencesThe Hipercambio Project is the first project of Microsoft’s new High-Performance Computing (HPC) Lab in Portugal. Built on a partnership between Microsoft and the University of Beira Interior, the main purpose of this project is to apply HPC technologies using Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 to breast cancer research; develop parallel and scalable algorithms that will enable the processing of high-volume medical data associated with breast cancer; and increase accuracy in automatic identifichttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e760d69a-c425-4b1c-b5e9-c7039dd62dd0&DisplayLang=enTue, 22 May 2007 12:00:00 GMTMission CriticalCommon ServicesHealthcareGuidance for a 21 CFR Part 11 implementation on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. This white paper provides detailed guidance in configuring SharePoint for 21 CFR Part 11, describing the regulation, and detailing the specific features and configurations of SharePoint, Office 2007, Internet Information Server (IIS), Windows Server, Windows Rights Management Service, ASP.NET, and Active Directory, including actions to take along with example screenshots.http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/f/b/dfb85977-02a6-4f12-a7d0-22c16c5fb943/SharePointConfigGuidanceFor21CFRPart11-doc.zipTue, 22 May 2007 12:00:00 GMTLife SciencesThis free conference combines industry and technology focus and is targeted at developers and architects in the Health and Life Sciences industry. We will feature speakers from the industry who will discuss the development challenges that we all face in areas such as Information Lifecycle Management, Collaboration, Interoperability, Security, Compliance, and User Experience. Register now as space is limited!http://www.hlsdevcon.comMon, 21 May 2007 12:00:00 GMTLife SciencesHealthcareMicrosoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 includes a powerful new infrastructure for auditing user access to list items, and documents and pages. In Windows SharePoint Services, auditing is configured on a site collection-by-site collection basis. It just takes a few lines of code to fully enable the auditing for an entire site collection. When you do this, Windows SharePoint Services writes an audit entry to its audit log each time a user views or modifies a list item, document, or site page.http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/bb418729.aspxTue, 15 May 2007 12:00:00 GMTTed PattisonLife Sciences2007 Office System for ArchitectsMicrosoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 includes a powerful new infrastructure for auditing user access to pages, and document and list items. You can enable auditing for an entire site collection, but it can be more efficient to enable auditing with more granularity. For example, you might want to enable auditing for one specific list or document library. You can go even further and just enable auditing for one specific list item or one specific document.http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/bb418730.aspxTue, 15 May 2007 12:00:00 GMTTed PattisonLife Sciences2007 Office System for ArchitectsMicrosoft Portugal introduced a High-Performance Computing Lab, based at the companys head office at Porto Salvo, for the development of Hipercmbio - High-Performance Computing Applied to Medical Data and Bioinformatics a project to support breast cancer scientific research in Portugal.http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=37dcebd7-65e0-4174-8524-66cc8aea9f89&DisplayLang=enFri, 27 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMTMission CriticalCommon ServicesHealthcareThis session will outline use of RFID in tracking and tracing. The session will provide an overview of what MS is doing in RFID space and typical scenarios where Microsoft solutions can help enable track and traceability scenarios. It will provide details on BizTalk RFID solution and how BizTalk RFID will make it simple, easy and economical for customers to adopt RFID and take advantage of the compelling technology.http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032335944&CountryCode=USWed, 25 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMTLife SciencesManufacturingRetailHealthcareDigital Certificates and a Public Key Infrastructure have held the unfulfilled promise of providing companies with a single method for authentication, authorization, and encryption. With the most recent changes in the Microsoft infrastructure, managing a PKI infrastructure has become as straightforward (and cost effective) as managing your Active Directory infrastructure.http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032335931&CountryCode=USWed, 11 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMTLife SciencesThe BioIT Alliance is a group of organizations working together to realize the potential of personalized medicine. The Alliance unites the pharmaceutical, biotech, hardware, and software industries to explore new ways to share complex biomedical data and collaborate among multi-disciplinary teams to speed the pace of discovery in the life sciences. This session will introduce the Alliance and describe our first proof of concept with The Scripps Research Institute.http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032320979&CountryCode=USWed, 28 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMTLife SciencesFor years I've been waiting for the moment when my healthcare records would finally be available to all my doctors. Isn't that annoying when you have to fill out those surveys over and over again. "No I have not had cancer, No I don't have high blood pressure. Haven't I done this before?" If you are thinking SOA is a part of the solution I say yes and so does my guest on today's show - Mark Simmons.http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=290003Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMTMark Simmons,Ron JacobsHealthcareService-Oriented ArchitectureThis free conference combines industry and technology focus and is targeted at developers and architects in the Health and Life Sciences industry. We will feature speakers from the industry who will discuss the development challenges that we all face in areas such as Information Lifecycle Management, Collaboration, Interoperability, Security, Compliance, and User Experience. Register now as space is limited!http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032320974&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=USWed, 28 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMTLife SciencesHealthcareTo encourage the creation of health information networks that serve the broadest range of healthcare needs, Microsoft has developed a guideline for e-health software solutions called the Connected Health Framework Architecture and Design Blueprint. We are pleased to announce that the final Connected Health Framework - Architecture and Design Blueprint guides are available for your review and comment.http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/bb525069.aspxMon, 26 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMTHealthcareAlthough basic interoperability between platforms is becoming widely accepted, developers are now asking how to do more. What is MTOM, and how can I use it to securely send a binary attachment to Java? Can I trust Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) to send reliable messages to other platforms? Does it work with open source? Learn how these advanced interoperability capabilities can be used to solve real-world healthcare scenarios.http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032320972&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=USWed, 14 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMTLife SciencesHealthcareAs the healthcare industry increasingly demands more intelligent and reliable systems that work seamlessly together, the Microsoft Windows Embedded family of operating systems offer a dependable architecture, industry standard support, multiple graphical interface options, comprehensive networking support, and core Windows technologies within a single toolset.http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/embedded/aa714297.aspxThu, 01 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMTLife SciencesIn healthcare, HIPAA and HL7 solutions have typically only addressed compliance as a no-frills technical solution. With the advancing urgency of a national healthcare IT infrastructure, it’s time to address healthcare integration as what it is – an ongoing business issue. Come hear how to leverage business process management and workflow solutions in the healthcare market. Learn how to move the discussion away from technical compliance to adding value to the organization.http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032320970&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=USWed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTLife SciencesHealthcareThe session will introduce the Connected Health Framework (CHF), Microsoft’s vision for Service Oriented healthcare information integration. We will cover the key principles and objectives of the CHF as well as the major architectural components. Understand how Connected Health Framework solutions can be used to build flexible, interoperable and secure health information networks Learn how the Connected Health Framework is being used by customers and partners.http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/webcasteventdetails.aspx?eventid=1032320968&eventcategory=4&culture=en-us&countrycode=usTue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTLife SciencesHealthcareThis white paper showcases compliance-related features and extensibility opportunities with the 2007 Microsoft Office system, and demonstrates how the Office system can help you meet the demands of regulatory compliance. By focusing on a few core products, including SharePoint Server, Office client-side applications, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, this paper introduces built-in features of the Office system that address compliance requirements.http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d64dfb49-aa29-4a4b-8f5a-32c922e850ca&displaylang=enTue, 28 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMTLife SciencesManufacturingFinancial ServicesHealthcare2007 Office System for ArchitectsMicrosoft Exchange Server 2007 helps organizations meet compliance requirements for e-mail and messaging, including: data retention and discovery, controlled access to data, and policy and procedure enforcement. This white paper discusses the compliance issues organizations face and how Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 enables companies to quickly implement comprehensive compliance capabilities to address these requirements.http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/e/f/aefea2fe-e950-4631-a07a-7271371eb226/Microsoft%20Exchange%20Server%202007%20Compliance%20White%20Paper.docSun, 15 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMTLife SciencesTo encourage the creation of health information networks that serve the broadest range of healthcare needs, Microsoft has developed a guideline for e-health software solutions called the Connected Health Framework Architecture and Design Blueprint. The Connected Health Framework is an architectural approach to developing health information networks with common business and technical design definitions for public and private organizations.http://www.microsoft.com/industry/healthcare/businessvalue/chframework.mspxSun, 15 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMTHealthcareRFID is evolving as an important technical enabler for tracking goods and assets around the world. This white paper provides a general introduction to RFID technology, and discusses the benefits and challenges of this technology for organizations that are involved in the production, movement, or sale of manufactured goods.http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/aa479355Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMTSimon HollowayLife SciencesManufacturingRetailBusiness Technology Identity and AccessMicrosoft’s Health Care and Life Sciences group has endorsed the new standard business rules developed by the CAQH Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE).http://www.caqh.org/CORE_phase1.phpTue, 18 Apr 2006 12:00:00 GMTHealth PlansJoin us as your ArcTalk host Ron Jacobs discusses the design and implementation of a software factory for the Health Level Seven (HL7) standard with guests Jack Greenfield architect for the Visual Studio Enterprise Tools and Frameworks team and co-author of the book Software Factories: Assembling Applications with Patterns, Models, Frameworks, and Tools and Mauro Regio architect for the Microsoft Architecture Strategy team the architect and designer of the HL7 software factory.http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=143694Thu, 29 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMTMauro Regio,Jack Greenfield,Ron JacobsHealthcareSoftware FactoriesThis document provides an overview of the benefits and capabilities that customers have realized as a result of selecting a Microsoft platform to implement a Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) solution. This article looks at: challenges in health and human services, benefits of a MMIS system, trends in the MMIS market and MMIS Edge implementation approach.http://www.microsoft.com/industry/government/hhsmmis.mspxWed, 23 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMTHealthcareThis document intends to provide designers and developers of Healthcare Solutions with a reference architecture/implementation that enables information exchange among Healthcare applications on a Web Services Platform, in conformance with HL7 specification and Web Services Profiles.http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/ms954603Mon, 15 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMTMauro RegioHealthcareService-Oriented ArchitectureThis white paper, developed by Mauro Regio and Jack Greenfield, is intended to be used in order to simplify the specification, design, implementation, testing and deployment of HL7 V3 conformant applications.http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/ms954602Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMTBernie ThumanHealthcareSoftware FactoriesThis webcast presents a detailed discussion of how Microsoft IT installed a Public Key Infrastructure to implement a secure communications and remote authentication infrastructure. This enabled the use of S/MIME signatures and encryption, secured Web connections by using SSL or TLS, ensured the confidentiality of stored data by using EFS, ensured the confidentiality and integrity of transmitted date by using IPSec, and enabled strong network user authentication by using Smart Cards.http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032271763&EventCategory=3&culture=en-US&CountryCode=USTue, 05 Apr 2005 12:00:00 GMTLife SciencesSecurity by DesignNetworkingOrganizations across industries and geographic boundaries are challenged to find the most effective means to meet government regulations that direct the archival of corporate documents and protection of personal information. Specifically, organizations in government, financial services (including the credit bureau industry), healthcare, life sciences, and education must comply with regulations targeted directly at how they control sensitive information.http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/6/a/e6ac2b77-2816-4f83-9682-9ad4a37b9086/RMSCompliance.docTue, 15 Mar 2005 12:00:00 GMTLife SciencesIn the second of two articles, the authors describe how to develop business patterns based on business functions, data, and business components, and show how these can be used to engineer software systems.http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/arcjournal/aa480036Thu, 15 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMTPhilip TealeBusiness Technology MethodologiesHealthcareDesign SkillsThis article defines business patterns in a way that is useful for software developers, and develops a business patterns framework using the Strategic Architecture Model.http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/arcjournal/aa480022Thu, 15 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMTPhilip TealeBusiness Technology MethodologiesHealthcareDesign Skills