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Microsoft HealthVault

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Bob

Everybody is talking (WSJ-Health Blog, MedGadget, Health IT Guy, and many more) about the introduction of Microsoft HealthVault. This seems to be a step in the right direction for personally controller health records. The direct device interfaces are particularly interesting. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft and the Health Care IT Market

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Bob

Here’s a good read about Microsoft and the health care IT market: Vertical Markets: Prescription for Profit. Redmond Channel Partner Online is a magazine for the Microsoft partner community so the article is geared more towards third party opportunities. It … Continue reading →

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Mind Reading Software

Posted on September 5, 2007 by Bob

I spent quite a few years developing diagnostic Electroencephalography (EEG) systems and software. I always get a kick out of articles with titles like this one: Microsoft Working On Mind-Reading Software. It’s the mind-reading part that gets me because your … Continue reading →

Posted in EEG, HCI, Medical Devices, Microsoft | 8 Comments

Google, Microsoft, and Health

Posted on August 15, 2007 by Bob

I think the recent New York Time’s article entitled Google and Microsoft Look to Change Health Care missed the bigger picture. The article talks about other Internet companies (like WebMD), but it does not make any mention of the Federal … Continue reading →

Posted in EMR, Google, Interoperability, Microsoft, PHR | 4 Comments

Microsoft Robots and Medicine

Posted on August 5, 2007 by Bob

In this months IEEE Spectrum magazine there’s an interesting article about Microsoft’s efforts in robotics called Robots, Incorporated by Steven Cherry. The article describes the team that created Microsoft Robotics Studio, how the group came to be, some of the … Continue reading →

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First Look: Microsoft Health Common User Interface (CUI)

Posted on July 24, 2007 by Bob

My initial impression is that the current implementation of the Microsoft Health CUI (v1.0.114.000) is strong on depth and weak on breadth. Because of the limited number of components available this software is too early in its implementation of be … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Health Common User Interface (CUI)

Posted on July 23, 2007 by Bob

This looks like an interesting initiative. Links (originally found here): Microsoft Health Common User Interface (CUI) Controls and Library from CodePlex From the CodePlex site: The Toolkit controls developed for this release conform to the recommendations contained in the Design … Continue reading →

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