About Microsoft in Healthcare and Life Sciences
The Microsoft Commitment
Microsoft and its partners help people in healthcare, health plans, and life sciences organizations realize their potential through innovations that enhance their productivity, are simple by design, and help them deliver greater value to the customers they serve.
These innovations are made possible by a dedicated team of medical and life sciences professionals—experienced healthcare executives along with medical practitioners such as doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. Backed by Microsoft investment and endowed with hands-on knowledge of the industry's challenges, this team works to extend Microsoft software and technologies to address the specific needs of healthcare providers, health plans, and life sciences companies.
The Microsoft Vision
Our vision is of an integrated infrastructure where physicians, nurses, researchers, scientists, and other healthcare workers can seamlessly share information, collaborate, and remain focused on improving the state of healthcare at reduced costs.
Key Facts
| • | The Microsoft Healthcare and Life Sciences group is in its 10th year of service to the industry. |
| • | There are 180 Microsoft employees dedicated to this group. |
| • | The group's customers benefit from the unmatched Microsoft focus on technology innovation: $6.8 billion in R&D investment annually. |
| • | Team members include doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other clinical staff with experience working for healthcare and life sciences organizations. |
| • | The Microsoft Healthcare and Life Sciences group is made up of five subcategories to better address the specific needs of each industry: providers, health plans, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and medical devices. |
The Microsoft Value Proposition
The Microsoft value proposition for healthcare and life sciences defines an unparalleled commitment to quality and efficiency for all roles and needs, from practitioners to business staff to customers. It includes communication and collaboration tools that are easy to use, familiar, and ubiquitous; a standards-based integration and application development platform featuring XML Web services; and a partner ecosystem that uses these tools to innovate and support the missions of healthcare and life sciences organizations.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software, services, and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. To achieve this goal for healthcare and life sciences customers on a worldwide basis, Microsoft formed a vertical industry group dedicated to their needs in 1994.
The information contained in this document represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation on the issues discussed as of the date of publication (Date of publication: July 2004). Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information presented after the date of publication.
