 A look at how Microsoft is enabling clinical trials, compliance in the cloud and patient engagement for the life sciences industry at DIA 2013. 19 June 2013 | Andrea McGonigle , National Managing Director, Life Sciences  An interview with storage expert Marc Farley on the benefits of Window’s Azure and StorSimple solutions. 18 June 2013 | Dr. Mohamed Ayad , Industry Specialist, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft  Technologists love the idea of accessing patient records at the point of care. But what do clinicians and patients think? A Windows 8 pilot program provides a bedside view. 13 June 2013 | Gareth Hall , Windows 8 lead, Microsoft Worldwide Health  How Microsoft and its partners are equipping health plans to deliver exceptional, engaging customer experiences. 11 June 2013 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft  Smarter cities are not automatically healthier cities. Here’s one smart city that’s getting it right, focusing on the health and wellbeing of its citizens to create a sustainable future. 06 June 2013 | Elena Bonfiglioli , Senior Director, Health Industry, EMEA  Today, I find myself in beautiful San Diego. For a guy who loves everything having to do with ships and water (and really nice weather), San Diego is always a treat. I am here for the Wireless-Life Science 8th Annual Convergence Summit being held at... 31 May 2013 | Dr. Bill Crounse , Senior Director, Worldwide Health, Microsoft A preview of AHIP Institute 2013, how we help health plans deliver customer service, engage consumers & improve health outcomes. 30 May 2013 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft  It’s the best of times for women’s health—thanks to technologies that are designed around the busy, productive lives of women. 28 May 2013 | Sarah Muckler , Worldwide Health Marketing  Introducing the Microsoft Worldwide Health team blog! 20 May 2013 | Neil Jordan , General Manager of Health Worldwide for Microsoft For clinicians, using an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system when they’re traveling between clinics and hospitals often isn’t all that convenient. To have the information they need with them usually means they have to bring stacks of paper charts or... 13 May 2013 | Gareth Hall , Windows 8 lead, Microsoft Worldwide Health  Within health, one of the areas of highest impact in the cost is the care of chronically ill patients. And when we talk about public health, this cost is enormous. Both Governments and health insurers are always in the search for... 17 April 2013 | Flavio Calonge , Health and Social Services Industry Director for Microsoft Latin America and the Caribbean I joined the Microsoft Worldwide Health team last December and I’m thrilled to be here. To be part of a company that is truly dedicated to helping people make a real impact in their health organizations and... 17 April 2013 | Sarah Muckler , Worldwide Health Marketing This is part 1 of a 3 part series focussing on the new Microsoft Office 17 April 2013 | Sumit Virmani , Director, Health for Microsoft Worldwide Public Sector This is part 2 of a 3 part series focussing on the new Microsoft Office 17 April 2013 | Sumit Virmani , Director, Health for Microsoft Worldwide Public Sector This is part 3 of a 3 part series focussing on the new Microsoft Office 17 April 2013 | Sumit Virmani , Director, Health for Microsoft Worldwide Public Sector More and more healthcare organizations are realizing the mobile productivity, care team... 02 April 2013 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft I recently had the chance to catch up with Vicki Rich, chief public information officer from Ohio’s Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD)... 25 March 2013 | Kevin Dolan , Director of Health & Human Services, Microsoft  This year at HIMSS, our focus was on showcasing how together with our partner ecosystem, we’re making a real impact in health. 20 March 2013 | Michael Robinson , General Manager, U.S. Health & Life Sciences Once again we’re thrilled to be sponsoring ShareFEST 2013.This is the premier show for Life Science and Complaince. 14 March 2013 | Andrea McGonigle , National Managing Director, Life Sciences Year after year, the Microsoft Health Users Group (Microsoft HUG) acknowledges innovative health organizations and their technology... 04 March 2013 | Steve Aylward , General manager, US Health & Life Sciences Solutions & Strategy, Microsoft Microsoft is committed to making a real impact for better health, including better care and better outcomes for more people – it’s what we’re all striving for in the health industry. 28 February 2013 | Michael Robinson , General Manager, U.S. Health & Life Sciences  As governments seek to engage their constituents and deliver citizen-centric services, technology will play a key role—but it won’t come without challenges. According to IDC Government Insights, here’s what’s in store for the Asia/Pacific region in 2013. 14 February 2013 | Jim Butler , Senior Director, Public Sector Partners in Asia The Premier Fall 2012 Economic Outlook survey found that 43% of healthcare executives expect to increase spending on healthcare IT and telecommunications next year. 07 February 2013 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft This is the third post in the four-part series focused on Windows 8. 23 January 2013 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft Team communication and collaboration is the lifeblood of the health industry. Clinical teams—doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and care coordinators—spend about 80% of their time communicating. 16 January 2013 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft It’s that time of year again for the members of the Microsoft Health Users Group (HUG) to submit nominations for the 16th annual Microsoft HUG Innovation Awards. 15 January 2013 | Steve Aylward , General manager, US Health & Life Sciences Solutions & Strategy, Microsoft One million nurses. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, that’s how many new and replacement nurses are needed by 2016 to meet our health workforce needs. 20 December 2012 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft With increasingly higher hurdles to clear in today’s healthcare environment, payers are seeking new strategies to meet their dual mandate of providing high quality services... 17 December 2012 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft I had the recent chance to attend the 2012 OPEN MINDS Technology & Informatics Institute in Baltimore, which brings together leaders in health and human services (HHS) to discuss best practices... 11 December 2012 | Kevin Dolan , Director of Health & Human Services, Microsoft A recent survey, conducted by the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) in collaboration with Microsoft, shed light on state health and human services (HHS) agencies'... 19 November 2012 | Laura Caliguri , Managing Director, U.S. Public Sector Health and Human Services In late October, we announced the global availability of the Windows 8 operating system complete with features that enable improved productivity, team collaboration, and security for health organizations. 13 November 2012 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft  With the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, states in the U.S. will now need to move forward with plans to implement health insurance exchanges. 18 September 2012 | Jack Hersey , General Manager, U.S. Public Sector Health and Human Services, Microsoft In the second installment of a three-part series on successful models of health insurance exchange deployments, we took a closer look at a thriving example of a State Health Insurance Exchange (HIX)... 13 September 2012 | Jack Hersey , General Manager, U.S. Public Sector Health and Human Services, Microsoft Following the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a core piece of healthcare reform, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), states are now under more pressure to act on key elements of the law. 11 September 2012 | Jack Hersey , General Manager, U.S. Public Sector Health and Human Services, Microsoft Much of this blog is focused on how the current epidemic of consumer disengagement is fueling the medical cost crisis and how important it is for every consumer to think and act like their health is... 09 August 2012 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft The rise of health insurance exchanges and the trend for employers to replace defined benefit plans with defined contribution plans is changing the nature of the relationship that health plans have with their members, from a third-party relationship... 02 August 2012 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft Across the country, governments, employers, and health insurers are driving healthcare delivery organizations toward new payment models that make them accountable for the quality, cost, coordination, and outcomes of care. 24 July 2012 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft Today, I’m pleased to announce that Microsoft achieved an important compliance milestone for our health industry customers and partners: We’ve embedded the physical... 24 July 2012 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft New Models for eSourcing and Topic-Based Authoring Win 2012 Microsoft Life Sciences Innovation Awards 27 June 2012 | Andrea McGonigle , National Managing Director, Life Sciences  In a struggling economy, health costs have somewhat of a domino effect spanning people, education and business. For citizens and communities, health costs impact quality, access to care and preventive efforts. 21 June 2012 | William O’Leary , Executive Director, Policy, Health and Human Services at Microsoft This week, thousands of health care professionals will gather for the America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Institute 2012 where discussions will span topics including the upcoming Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act, the 2012... 18 June 2012 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft Health plans today operate in a competitive landscape, where the future of their business is oftentimes dependent upon making the most of limited resources. 13 June 2012 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft It wasn’t until the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was enacted that everyone could truly understand the vast scope of healthcare waste, fraud and abuse. PPACA raised national awareness of the billions of dollars lost annually due to... 01 May 2012 | Rob Rolf , Vice President Healthcare Compliance, CGI Federal When it comes to healthcare dollars, treating the chronically or seriously ill accounts for an estimated 84 percent of all U.S. healthcare spending. Knowing this, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield... 24 April 2012 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft The life sciences business environment and model is in a state of accelerating change. More drug approvals occurred in 2011 than any other year in the past decade. 26 March 2012 | Andrea McGonigle , National Managing Director, Life Sciences We’ve witnessed a lot of great innovation within life sciences this year, and I couldn’t be more excited to announce the 2012 Microsoft Life Sciences Innovation Awards. 20 March 2012 | Andrea McGonigle , National Managing Director, Life Sciences Recently, I wrote on the topic of security and compliance among health plans, to accompany the first webcast in a two part series titled, “What's Missing from Your Security and Compliance Efforts?” 16 March 2012 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft We are witnessing the emergence of a new and exciting era of public-private partnerships at the intersection of business and health, where a significant focus... 14 March 2012 | William O’Leary , Executive Director, Policy, Health and Human Services at Microsoft This year at HIMSS, our focus was on partnerships and innovation. What many don’t realize about Microsoft’s health business is we have a worldwide partner ecosystem comprised... 09 March 2012 | Michael Robinson , General Manager, U.S. Health & Life Sciences It’s no secret that healthcare organizations need to learn how to do more with less these days. It’s something we’ve been discussing a lot recently, especially in the context of how cloud-based... 01 March 2012 | Steve Aylward , General manager, US Health & Life Sciences Solutions & Strategy, Microsoft An embarrassingly high percentage of our nation’s citizens are caught in a cycle of poverty that’s intertwined with a lack of access to education and healthcare... 26 February 2012 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft Every year, the Microsoft Health Users Group (HUG) recognizes forward-thinking health organizations and their technology solutions partners who use Microsoft-based technology to improve patient care,... 23 February 2012 | Steve Aylward , General manager, US Health & Life Sciences Solutions & Strategy, Microsoft During the past several weeks, we’ve been digging into the topic of redefining access to healthcare, including the problem, why it is so difficult to solve, and where we are seeing progress... 21 February 2012 | Dr. Bill Crounse , Senior Director, Worldwide Health, Microsoft Microsoft is more committed to the health industry than ever before, and this year at HIMSS, we are excited to showcase the results of our growing partner ecosystem. In fact, health is still... 17 February 2012 | Michael Robinson , General Manager, U.S. Health & Life Sciences In this four-week series, we’re exploring the role of technology in reversing the runaway growth in U.S. healthcare costs. Last week, we looked at issues preventing... 10 February 2012 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft Last week, we introduced some of the root causes of runaway healthcare spending and healthcare access issues in this country. This week, we explore the complex and systematic issues... 02 February 2012 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft With the rising use of protected health information and increasingly stringent regulatory demands, the topic of security and compliance has become a critical issue for the healthcare industry. Health plans are faced with the challenge of maintaining... 30 January 2012 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft We’re excited to kick off the year for Microsoft’s Life Sciences at the Life Sciences Innovation Forum. This event, produced by ExL Pharma, will be gathering... 11 January 2012 | Andrea McGonigle , National Managing Director, Life Sciences It’s that time of year again for the members of the Microsoft Health Users Group (HUG) to submit nominations for the 15th annual Microsoft HUG Innovation Awards. This... 09 January 2012 | Steve Aylward , General manager, US Health & Life Sciences Solutions & Strategy, Microsoft In the first post in my series on improving healthcare in the U.S., I talked about the tacit and embarrassing irony that all of us in the US health industry experience every day:... 20 December 2011 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft 14 December 2011 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft 2011 was a year of Microsoft and partner milestones; 2012 promises new collaborations and technology solutions for improved care and quality at lower costs 08 December 2011 | Michael Robinson , General Manager, U.S. Health & Life Sciences Digitizing health information is at the forefront of healthcare reform. We know that by creating electronic records of health data, doctors are better able to analyze a patient’s situation and make... 07 December 2011 | Randy Fusco , Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft Health Provider Industry The nation’s success in achieving healthy communities will be impacted by the progress and dissemination of cutting-edge public and private partnerships... 02 December 2011 | William O’Leary , Executive Director, Policy, Health and Human Services at Microsoft Over the last three decades the US has consistently outspent comparable OECD countries on healthcare two to one and our outcomes are worse. Nearly half... 25 November 2011 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft There’s no doubt that the industry is moving toward some sort of “accountable care” model. Exactly what that model will look like took a major step forward with the new rules released... 17 November 2011 | Steve Aylward , General manager, US Health & Life Sciences Solutions & Strategy, Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint 2010 has long been successfully deployed in a variety of different industries, providing organizations with a powerful way to share information, manage documents, facilitate workflows and enable business intelligence... 01 November 2011 | Shawn Remacle , Director of US Provider Solutions, Microsoft Compliance can be complex, especially when it comes to the specifics of an industry’s government regulations. One such example is Title 21 CFR Part 11 of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA)... 26 October 2011 | Matt Walz , Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, NextDocs New Information Exchange Brings Together Health, Education and Social Service Program Data to Facilitate Coordinated Care for Children 19 October 2011 | Jack Hersey , General Manager, U.S. Public Sector Health and Human Services, Microsoft 29 September 2011 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft While the healthcare industry continues to debate whether or not the benefits of implementing an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system justify the cost, a community in southeast... 31 August 2011 | Ed Barthell , Director of Connected Health, Microsoft Health Solutions Group It’s no secret that we are facing big challenges in the healthcare industry. Despite many new technological advances, as a nation we’re not getting any healthier. At the same time, medical costs continue to rise... 24 August 2011 | Michael Robinson , General Manager, U.S. Health & Life Sciences Microsoft has been saying some nice things about MEDSEEK and recently honored us as a Microsoft 2011 U.S. Public Sector Partner of the Year. Awarded just 16 months... 16 August 2011 | Tom Cartlidge , Corporate Communications Manager This seems to be the year of the mobile health application. Thus, it shouldn’t come as any surprise that forward-thinking health plans are getting in the game as well, offering mobile... 06 July 2011 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft Health care reform dominated the agenda at this year’s American Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) conference. While hundreds of protesters called for a single payer system to replace private insurance in the streets outside San Francisco’s Moscone Center... 28 June 2011 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft Today in New York City, Steve Ballmer announced the availability of Office 365, the company’s newest cloud service. 28 June 2011 | Steve Aylward , General manager, US Health & Life Sciences Solutions & Strategy, Microsoft Last night, we honored the winners of the 5th Annual Microsoft Life Sciences Innovation Awards at the Drug Information Association’s (DIA) 47th annual meeting in Chicago. Each year, Microsoft showcases life science companies using... 22 June 2011 | Michael Naimoli , Worldwide Managing Director, Microsoft Life Sciences We’re pleased to announce the winners of Microsoft Health and Life Sciences’ first mobile apps contest for the Windows Phone. 14 June 2011 | Steve Aylward , General manager, US Health & Life Sciences Solutions & Strategy, Microsoft Will the data-intensive life sciences industry ever be able to completely move away from paper-based systems and simply manage content? 07 June 2011 | Michael Naimoli , Worldwide Managing Director, Microsoft Life Sciences Over the last several months, Microsoft has made a number of investments in Microsoft HealthVault, an online service that helps consumers manage, store and share their health information. Since last fall, we’ve announced several initiatives designed... 06 June 2011 | David Cerino , General Manager, Health Solutions Group Across the U.S., health care providers are scrambling to meet the 2012 deadline for the first stage of meaningful use and thereby qualify for hefty reimbursement payments. 23 May 2011 | Chris Sullivan , National Managing Director, Microsoft Health Provider Solutions This week (10-12 May) in Budapest, Hungary, Microsoft took part in World of Health IT; an event designed to connect government officials, ministers of health, and leading healthcare information and communication technology experts... 12 May 2011 | Dr. Bill Crounse , Senior Director, Worldwide Health, Microsoft To improve patient health and outcomes while reducing medical costs, insurers and physicians must work together to streamline business processes across organizational boundaries. The challenge is that the business processes which drive the greatest... 03 May 2011 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft Today the Microsoft Health Users Group (HUG) honors the winners of our annual MSHUG Innovation Awards. Now in its 14th year, the awards program recognizes health organizations using Microsoft-based technology to deliver better patient care, lower costs... 27 April 2011 | Steve Aylward , General manager, US Health & Life Sciences Solutions & Strategy, Microsoft With an aging population, the incidence of chronic disease is skyrocketing with worrying implications for the health of patients and the U.S. healthcare system. 19 April 2011 | Jack Hersey , General Manager, U.S. Public Sector Health and Human Services, Microsoft This week, Microsoft announced the public beta of Office 365, expanding it to millions more people, in more regions, and languages. This is great news for health organizations, all of whom face increasing pressures to reduce costs and complexity... 18 April 2011 | Steve Aylward , General manager, US Health & Life Sciences Solutions & Strategy, Microsoft It’s not every year that the Institute for Health and Productivity Management (IHPM) chooses to recognize the efforts of an individual for international leadership in employee health and wellness. In fact, only two such announcements have been made... 12 April 2011 | Neil Jordan , General Manager of Health Worldwide for Microsoft Now in its 14th year, the awards program honors health organizations and independent software vendors and systems integrators who create the most impactful and innovative health solutions with Microsoft-based products. 22 March 2011 | Steve Aylward , General manager, US Health & Life Sciences Solutions & Strategy, Microsoft It’s that time of year again. Today, we open our call for entries to the annual Microsoft Life Sciences Innovation Awards. 08 March 2011 | Michael Naimoli , Worldwide Managing Director, Microsoft Life Sciences This year’s HIMSS Conference once again showed us what a difference a year makes. Though we started this show as we do each year – with a welcome reception to reconnect and network with our valued Microsoft Health User Group members (MSHUG) 25 February 2011 | Jack Hersey , General Manager, U.S. Public Sector Health and Human Services, Microsoft The market for health-related mobile phone apps is booming. There are about 17,000 mobile health apps in major stores today, from symptom reference guides to calorie counters to programs for tracking blood glucose and blood pressure levels. 18 February 2011 | Steve Aylward , General manager, US Health & Life Sciences Solutions & Strategy, Microsoft Imagine it’s the middle of the night and a surgical resident urgently needs to consult with you, the on-call attending physician. The patient’s condition is worsening, a surgery is growing complicated, and a phone call just won’t do it. 18 February 2011 | Chris Sullivan , National Managing Director, Microsoft Health Provider Solutions There are many aspects of a colonoscopy that might make you cringe, but drinking that terrible tasting laxative bowel cleansing drink the night before has to be one of the worst parts. Good thing researchers at a Massachusetts Hospital have developed a... 11 February 2011 | Chris Sullivan , National Managing Director, Microsoft Health Provider Solutions Rising health care costs. Burdensome regulation. Intensifying competition. Inflexible legacy systems. High consumer expectations. Unrealistic deadlines. Margin compression. Welcome to the New Health Economy. 09 February 2011 | Dr. Dennis Schmuland , Chief health strategy officer, U.S. Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft Microsoft announced that it is getting into the Health Insurance Exchange market with new turnkey technology solutions to help states quickly and cost-efficiently roll out new Insurance Exchanges. 08 February 2011 | Jack Hersey , General Manager, U.S. Public Sector Health and Human Services, Microsoft |
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