HIMSS10 Vendor Spotlight - Microsoft by Anticlue

Microsoft continues to try to break on into the HCIT and there was quite a bit of muss and fuss about the Microsoft Booth. It was hard to get around to see everything, but I was able to check out HealthVault Community Connect, Amalga Unified Intelligence System, and Microsoft Surface.

HealthVault Community Connect is a new product which enables patients and their referring physicians to access their visit's patient data. Before the patient arrives for their scheduled visit, they have to create a HealthValut personal e-health record account. When they are discharged, the information is moved to the HealthVault Account. While let it be said it is great to get the information distributed into the patient's and referring physicians hands, I'm concerned about capturing with each patient a nuance of which PHR they use, and distributing it. Afterall XML to XML is another whole set of integration standards and exchange, given that most physician practices are beginning to invest in an EHR. It has a way to come, but there is a glimmer of that interoperable future.

Amalga Unified Intelligence System provides a dashboard view of your determined key performance indicators. Once again, getting the data will be crucial, however the look and feel of the application lead me to envision it on executive's desktops right next to MS Exchange. I wonder if Microsoft will develop an "Active Synch" like component, so the executives can get the dashboard on their iphone or blackberry.

Finally, the technology of Microsoft Surface has portrayed as a conference table for communications. There was a custom developed application running by I think Linksys. Anyway, this technology would be helpful from a facility design perspective for space and telling who is who. However the downfall is that the apps must be made to work upon the technology, so its adoption will need to be with the vendors. After all investing in a McKesson system and then throwing the $90 million out the window for counterspace will not be working.

All in all I liked the Microsoft booth, but I'm going with a 3 out of 5 stars.

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