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Microsoft aims to take on iPad in healthcare

By Forbes.com | July 02, 2013

When internist Nitin Patel called up Microsoft in May to rave about its Surface Pro tablet, Dennis Schmuland, the company’s head of health strategy for U.S. Health & Life Sciences, was taken aback. “I was surprised, because he was so excited,” says Schmuland. “We...
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Groups develop privacy framework for health IT

By Joseph Conn | April 04, 2013 | Basic Web

A consortium of privacy supporting organizations and individuals, the Texas-based Patient Privacy Rights Foundation, Microsoft Corp. and consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers have developed what they're calling a “trust framework” for health information technology systems.
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Getting Microsoft contract figure is a macro-pain

By Andis Robeznieks | July 20, 2012 | Basic Web

Because no one else has told you, I'm compelled to let you know that the Veterans Affairs Department, recognized as a leader and pioneer in health information technology, will spend around $77 million on Microsoft equipment and services in its coming fiscal year.
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GE, Microsoft venture announces name, new execs

By Jaimy Lee | February 14, 2012 | Basic Web

General Electric Co. and Microsoft Corp. said the previously announced joint venture for their healthcare information technology businesses will be called Caradigm.
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