Microsoft pushes into health care
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft has initiated a new program to push its software into the health-care industry, the company announced at the World Health Care Congress, which begins Monday in Washington, D.C.
Microsoft said 22 other software vendors and health-care companies are backing Knowledge Driven Health Plans, an initiative which it says aims to improve service and decrease costs.
The goal, Microsoft said, is to allow different health-care organizations to exchange information across disparate IT systems.
The move is not unlike efforts in many other industries that seek IT systems to more easily share information.