Knowledge driven Health--Microsoft vision for future health care.

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Knowledge driven Health--Microsoft vision for future health care. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2008;141:11-8 Authors: Purcarea O Today's healthcare systems are facing huge challenges related to the aging of population, availability of resources, development and availability of new technology and individual empowerment. A Microsoft Healthcare belief is that people are the key to success, whether success is measured by healthy patients or a healthy bottom line, that knowledge is a strong enabler of transformation of healthcare delivery, that IT is an agent of change and last, but equally important, Health IT needs to be available to many, not just some. The article will provide some arguments about heath IT contribution and Microsoft vision regarding the future of delivery of health care. PMID: 18953120 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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