Microsoft is passionate about healthcare because it's an industry where our proven technology can not only help the business of healthcare run better, it can directly improve people's health and lives. That is why we are committed to delivering Knowledge Driven Health solutions that help transform healthcare delivery and improve health around the world. Microsoft® Knowledge Driven Health encompasses solutions, technologies, products and services from Microsoft and our partners that connect people to systems and data, improving collaboration and informed decision making.
Caregiver collaboration solutions for healthcare providers Clear communication is central to the practice of safe and effective medicine. Good communication improves compliance with treatment plans, raises patient satisfaction, and enhances the quality of care.
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Business intelligence solutions for healthcare providers To survive in today's business environment, healthcare organizations must respond and adapt to changing requirements with speed and accuracy. To help healthcare organizations achieve new levels of business agility, the Microsoft Collaborative Health initiative includes business analysis and business intelligence tools for caregivers and administrators.
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Clinical and administrative forms automation solutions for healthcare providers Forms-processing is extremely expensive for healthcare providers. According to industry statistics, 70 percent of all healthcare transactions require manual processes. The administrative cost of a paper filing can be as much as $20 (U.S. dollars). As a result, administrative spending accounts for 25 percent of the cost of healthcare, one of the highest rates for any industry.
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The Microsoft Office reference implementation for clinical forms The Microsoft Office reference implementation for clinical forms illustrates how Microsoft technology can help emergency room staff collect, retrieve, and share patient information better. Solutions based on the Microsoft Office reference implementation can improve clinical staff productivity by replacing paper records with electronic forms and collaboration software.
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Electronic medical record and clinical information system solutions for healthcare providers Microsoft and our partners can assist healthcare providers in developing electronic record storage systems that help integrate data from a wide range of systems. These solutions improve collaboration between people and departments, which ultimately leads to increased productivity and quality of service. Through these solutions, physicians and other staff can make full use of data quickly and easily.
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Infrastructure integration solutions for healthcare providers Microsoft and our partners can help healthcare organizations solve infrastructure integration challenges through Microsoft Collaborative Health. This initiative gives healthcare organizations an easy way to manage integration, more cost-effective methods for communicating information, fast methods for developing and implementing interfaces among systems, and a cost-effective way to take advantage of the Health Level 7 (HL7) standard.
