Healthcare

As the Microsoft in Health blog reports, these recipients were chosen for enhancing the quality of patient care, improving clinician productivity, electronic medical record (EMR) optimization and streamlining clinical and business processes.

Leaders from Advocate Health Care, the largest integrated healthcare system in Illinois, challenged their peers to discover their hidden return on investment this week during the HIMSS 2014 conference. Fresh off success in achieving dramatic business and clinical results from a unified communication initiative, the folks from Advocate had this message: it wasn’t just what they did, it was how they did it.

When Hurricane Sandy hit, the nonprofit Community Healthcare Network lost its on-premise email communications, wreaking havoc on the network’s community health centers throughout New York. More than 75,000 people use CHN’s medical, dental and social services. After a few days, Jason Pomaski, CHN’s assistant vice president of technology, turned to the cloud to activate a free trial of Office 365, which helped CHN restore its email capabilities and again focus on serving patients.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) 2014 Annual Conference & Exhibition begins Monday in Orlando, Fla., and shows off the innovative ways Microsoft’s partners and customers are using technology to transform the healthcare industry.

Time is precious for a lot of things, but especially when it comes to saving lives. With enterprise mobility, health organizations can give their workforce instant access to information through mobile applications anywhere, anytime.