Software giant Microsoft plans to beef up its position in healthcare information technology with the launch of its new Amalga product line at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting later this month in Orlando, FL.
Amalga replaces and upgrades the Redmond, WA-based company's portfolio of enterprise-class health information system (HIS) technologies for clinical, operational, and financial functions.
Microsoft Amalga, formerly called Azyxxi, is part of a new software category designed to allow hospitals to more efficiently capture, consolidate, store, access, and present data in clinical, financial, and administrative systems.
Microsoft Amalga HIS is the new version of Hospital 2000. Amalga HIS is built around an electronic medical record with modules covering patient and bed management, laboratory, pharmacy, RIS/PACS, pathology, financial accounting, materials management, and human resources.
The Microsoft Amalga RIS/PACS replaces GCS Amalga and is currently available as a standalone system and as an integrated component of Amalga HIS. A radiologist can use a single application to manipulate and study images and access a patient's medical record. The workstation interface is designed to optimize radiologist workflow, including support for predefined templates, an intuitive report editor, and voice recognition capabilities.
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