CHICAGO and REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 20, 2004 — Microsoft Healthcare Users Group (MS-HUG) and Microsoft Corp. today announced a call for entries for the MS-HUG Annual Awards. The awards from MS-HUG, a part of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Users Group Alliance Program, recognize innovative providers of healthcare, leading independent software vendors (ISVs) and, for the first time, systems integrators (SIs) using Microsoft®
technology to advance the delivery of healthcare. Awarded since 1997, the MS-HUG Awards have been given to individuals and organizations responding to the needs of the healthcare industry by developing or using Microsoft-based solutions that provide tangible business benefits and improve patient care.
Healthcare Customer Awards Categories
Three finalists will be chosen in each of the following categories:
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Microsoft Clinic of the Year
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Microsoft Health Plan of the Year
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Microsoft Hospital of the Year
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Microsoft Nurse of the Year
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Microsoft Physician of the Year
Healthcare Partner Awards Categories
Three finalists will be chosen in each of the following categories:
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Acute Care: Clinical or Patient Information Systems
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Administrative and Financial Systems
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Ambulatory Care: Clinical or Patient Information Systems
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Enabling Technologies
Awards Schedule
An online entry kit and full details are available on the MS-HUG Web site at http://www.mshug.org/ASP/awards.asp . Entries must be submitted online by 5 p.m. PST on Friday, Nov. 19, 2004. More information about the awards is available by contacting Monika Skibeness at [email protected] or (425) 316-3079.
Solutions from the finalists in each of the partner categories will be demonstrated at the 2005 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, Feb. 13–17, 2005, in Dallas. All finalists will be recognized at the MS-HUG Technology Forum luncheon during the conference. Award winners will be announced during the conference and highlighted on the MS-HUG, HIMSS and Microsoft Web sites.
About MS-HUG
Microsoft Healthcare Users Group is a membership community within the HIMSS Users Group Alliance Program, providing technology leadership and knowledge for improving healthcare delivery and efficiency. The alliance provides HIMSS with targeted industry expertise to help broaden its professional and industry contributions, and provides MS-HUG members with the opportunity to reach new markets with educational and professional development programs.
MS-HUG is the leading healthcare industry forum for exchanging ideas, promoting learning and sharing solutions for information systems using Microsoft technologies. MS-HUG works to provide industry leadership, drive appropriate standards and develop associated requirements in support of healthcare solutions. The diverse membership of MS-HUG is united by a shared interest in implementing vendor- and user-developed software based on Microsoft technology to improve quality and efficiency in healthcare. More information can be found on MS-HUG’s Web site at http://www.mshug.org .
About HIMSS
HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) is the healthcare industry’s membership organization exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology and management systems for the betterment of human health. Founded in 1961 with offices in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and other locations across the country, HIMSS represents more than 14,000 individual members and some 220 member corporations that employ more than 1 million people. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare public policy and industry practices through its advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives to promote information and management systems’ contributions to ensuring quality patient care. Visit http://www.himss.org for more information.
About Microsoft in Healthcare and Life Sciences
Microsoft provides standards-based products and technology to help the healthcare and life sciences industries break down information barriers between the disparate IT environments across provider organizations and physicians, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, government and private-sector employers, health insurers, and consumers. With Microsoft technology in place, healthcare organizations and individual workers collaborate more effectively, are more productive, and are able to spend less time managing their IT infrastructure and more time delivering high-quality patient care. More information about Microsoft in Healthcare and Life Sciences can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/healthcare .
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