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They have a nice system, unfortunately, the health information system landscape is a horrid mess of multiple proprietary data stores. Yes, I know there's DICOM,
by angstrom 16y ago
They have a nice system, unfortunately, the health information system landscape is a horrid mess of multiple proprietary data stores. Yes, I know there's DICOM, HL7, etc. The problem is that those standards don't preclude the difficulties of converting the TBs of proprietary niches behind them. This is going to be a multi-year endeavor; a marathon due the glacial pace of healthcare reform. It can take months to convert just one site. The tablet/slate/ipad war is a sprint. Otherwise, I agree, the potential profits Microsoft can reap from the healthcare vertical are enormous.