What's really behind Microsoft's healthcare push?
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| If and when Microsoft does launch a Live Healthcare service,
| it would mark the first time Microsoft has discussed a vertical
| Windows Live service.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=285
Ballmer: Healthcare is our "greatest opportunity"
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| If Microsoft's biggest threat is open source, and it?s biggest
| opportunity is health care, then wouldn?t an open source healthcare
| company be its biggest competitor?
|
| Like, maybe, MedSphere?
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http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2007/02/ballmer_healthcare_is_our_grea.html
http://tinyurl.com/yrgdxf
Palm and Tolven Bring Open Source Electronic Patient Health Records to Treo
Smartphones
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| Palm, Inc. and Tolven Inc. today announced the availability of
| open source electronic Personal Health Record solutions on Palm Treo
| smartphones.
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http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=13407724
Earlier:
McKesson First to Offer Red Hat Enterprise Healthcare Platform
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| As a leading provider of technology solutions to the healthcare
| industry, McKesson has been at the forefront of innovative
| technologies, deploying many of its advanced Horizon Clinicals
| applications on Linux running on Intel-based hardware. Hospitals
| with these deployments have already realized cost savings of up
| to 60% compared with traditional system deployments.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070226/20070226005175.html?.v=1
Related:
openEMR Successfully Completes IHE Connectathon Testing
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| The Possibility Forge and Mandriva successfully completed the
| testing requirements for openEMR at the 2007 IHE Connectathon
| in North America.
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http://www.linuxmednews.com/1172259040
Leading Healthcare Technology Provider Chooses Red Hat
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| Sage Software provides integrated electronic health records, electronic
| data interchange (EDI) applications and practice management systems to
| more than 20,000 ambulatory care practices throughout North America.
| These systems enable physicians and practice managers to better
| manage their practices and improve profitability.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070123/20070123005179.html?.v=1
Editor's Corner (on Open Source in Healthcare)
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| Suggesting that a private healthcare provider switch from
| proprietary software to open source-based applications is one
| thing. But when an official affiliated with as august a body as
| the United Nations suggests that all member countries adopt open
| source for their healthcare applications, that's a much bigger deal.
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http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/editor-s-corner/2006-10-09
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