Sep 26, 2008 microsoft will offer philips speechmagic to customers using microsoft amalga hospital information system amalga his and amalga ris pacs, with the goal of helping healthcare providers generate accurate information and turn it into actionable information that is sharable, searchable and contributes to making clinical improvements. Oct 17, 2011 orion health will acquire microsoft s hospital information system his software assets, including ris pacs, previously known as amalga his. Oct 14, 2008 microsofts licensing deal with philips speech recognition systems to integrate the firms speech recognition technology in its amalga health software is unaffected by the sale of the philips business unit. Microsoft amalga and philips isite pacs connected solution in. Orion health acquires microsoft products, announces partnership. As a result of this new alliance, microsoft clients using the amalga hospital information system amalga his and amalga ris pacs will now be able to leverage philips speechmagic to capture and generate precise data and convert it into useful, sharable, and searchable information for better clinical outcomes. Orion health asia pacific has signed an agreement to purchase microsofts hospital information system his software assets, including radiology information system picture archiving and communication system rispacs software, previously known as amalga his. Amalga his is built around an electronic medical record emr, with functions that include bed and patient management, laboratory, pharmacy, radiology information system and picture archiving and communication system rispacs, pathology. Microsoft purchased amalga, then known as azyxxi, from medstar health, a hospital system in the washington and baltimore areas, in 2006. Dynamically engineered vna ramsoft radiology ris and pacs. The companies will connect microsoft amalga, a data aggregation.
Microsoft also signed up a 498bed hospital in malaysia, hospital sultan haji ahmad shah hoshas, to its new amalga his hospital information system and amalga ris pacs radiology information. Orion health inks deal to purchase microsofts ehealth. Microsoft amalga and philips isite pacs connected solution. Microsoft has integrated its healthvault service and its amalga patientinformation software, the company announced on april 6. The microsoft amalga rispacs system intuitively responds to the daytoday needs of your hospitals radiology and other clinical departments, providing the sophisticated tools and. Microsoft sells assets previously known as amalga his to. Amalga family members include amalga his, amalga life sciences, and amalga unified intelligence system. Orion health to acquire microsoft his and rispacs assets. Technical articles, content and resources for it professionals working in microsoft technologies microsoft amalga unified intelligence system technet articles united states english technet wiki. Microsoft amalga unified intelligence system technet. The new software will complement the companys existing range of clinical workflow and data integration applications, said officials. Microsoft to provide philips speechmagic with amalga family. Orion health teams with microsoft for expansion health.
Microsoft sheds health solutions group digital health. The microsoft amalga rispacs is an integrated radiology information system ris and picture archiving and communication system pacs available as a standalone imaging system or a seamlessly integrated component of microsoft amalga his. Microsoft amalga rispacs is an integrated radiology information system ris and picture archiving and communication system pacs that is available as a standalone imaging system or a seamlessly integrated component of the microsoft amalga hospital. Microsoft amalga ris pacs microsoft amalga ris pacs is available as a standalone system as well as a component of amalga his. Microsoft has stated that their decision to make the products. Amalga his is built around an electronic medical record emr, with functions that include bed and patient management, laboratory, pharmacy, radiology information system and picture archiving and communication system ris pacs, pathology. Microsoft says amalga speech deal unchanged digital health. Amalga ris pacs is available as a standalone system in developing and emerging markets as well as an integrated component of amalga his.
Microsoft expands work with hospitals in asia network world. Microsoft amalga hospital information system his, a new version of the hospital 2000 product. The microsoft his and ris pacs products were marketed in southeast asia under the brand name amalga his and amalga ris pacs until july 2010 when microsoft discontinued development and sales of the. Microsoft renames azyxxi products under amalga family. According to healthcare it news, the company plans to bundle amalga his with radiology information system ris and picture archiving and. Orion health acquires software unit from microsoft tbk consult. Health hie and microsoft amalga unified intelligence system uis. Microsoft expands work with hospitals in asia pcworld.
Oct 18, 2011 at the time of the 2010 demise of amalga his and ris pacs, microsoft said it would focus on another healthcare product, amalga unified intelligence system uis, a data aggregation and analytics platform. With the speed of multithreaded routing, the intelligence of dicom scripting to automate data cleansing, the flexibility of segregating data by facility, modality, or custom criteria, and the optional embedded mirth interface engine, this universal dicom router and vna can solve the most. Microsoft bolsters ris pacs with amalga product launch by staff writers. Microsoft links healthvault service with amalga software. Microsoft announces the amalga family of health enterprise. Microsoft buys software for amalga ehealth platform pcworld. The products, which were acquired from global care solutions by microsoft in 2007, were withdrawn from sale in 2010. Also in the new blended family is microsoft amalga his and rispacs. Microsoft amalga unified intelligence system formerly known as azyxxi was a unified health.
The new version of the product formerly known as gcs amalga is now available as a standalone system as well as an integrated component of amalga his. Microsoft amalgamates healthcare offerings internetnews. Microsoft also signed up a 498bed hospital in malaysia, hospital sultan haji ahmad shah hoshas, to its new amalga his hospital information system and. Philips and microsoft collaborate to streamline radiology workflow. Oct 28, 2011 orion health auckland, new zealand will acquire microsofts his and rispacs assets to address needs of asia pacific hospital market. Orion health, an independently owned software company that offers hie, integration, and clinical portal products, will announce later today that its subsidiary, orion health asia pacific, has signed an agreement to acquire the microsoft software suite formerly known as amalga his and amalga ris pacs.
According to healthcare it news, the company plans to bundle amalga his with radiology information system ris and picture archiving and communication system pacs technology that it has also acquired from microsoft and market the whole shebang as a health process management suite. The microsoft his and rispacs products were marketed in southeast asia under the brand name amalga his and amalga rispacs until july 2010 when microsoft discontinued development and sales of. Oct 20, 2011 orion health, an independently owned software company that offers hie, integration, and clinical portal products, will announce later today that its subsidiary, orion health asia pacific, has signed an agreement to acquire the microsoft software suite formerly known as amalga his and amalga ris pacs. February 18, 2008 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. To complete the proposition microsoft is also to tackle the rispacs market. Amalga, amalga hospital information system his and amalga rispacs. A microsoft amalga and philips isite pacs connected solution will be made available to organizations in the healthcare sector that desire to increase data accessibility for their radiologists. Amalga ris pacs will be the new member of microsoft amalga. Amalga, amalga hospital information system his and amalga ris pacs.
Feb, 2008 microsoft has packed under the same umbrella brand a total of three products. New health enterprise systems tackle clinical, operational. Orion health teams with microsoft for expansion health data. Hospital to implement the new microsoft amalga his 2009. Microsoft renames and integrates its healthcare software line. Microsoft s licensing deal with philips speech recognition systems to integrate the firms speech recognition technology in its amalga health software is unaffected by the sale of the philips business unit. Feb 22, 2011 a microsoft amalga and philips isite pacs connected solution will be made available to organizations in the healthcare sector that desire to increase data accessibility for their radiologists. Casecontrol study randomized controlled trial relative risk statistical hypothesis testing. New version of microsoft amalga now available to hospitals. Microsoft amalga unified intelligence system technet articles. The microsoft amalga family of enterprise health systems is a unified health enterprise platform distributed by microsoft corp. The amalga product lineup is a portfolio of enterpriseclass health information system solutions spanning clinical, operational and financial functions. Orion health acquires microsofts former his product.
Microsoft partners on worldwide health information exchanges. Microsoft announces the amalga family of health enterpri. Amalga rispacs is available as a standalone system in developing and emerging markets as well as an integrated component of amalga his. Microsoft bolsters rispacs with amalga product launch. Epic provides both cardiology and radiology software.
All of amalgas components were integrated using middleware software that allows the creation of standard approaches and tools to interface with. Feb 27, 2009 microsoft also signed up a 498bed hospital in malaysia, hospital sultan haji ahmad shah hoshas, to its new amalga his hospital information system and amalga ris pacs radiology information. Both products implement standard integration following ihe profiles. Another healthcare solution from microsoft is the microsoft healthvault even though microsoft has always been a pure it solutions company. Orion health and microsoft collaborate to provide hie solutions to the global ehealth market. Oct 30, 2011 orion health has announced the acquisition of a suite of microsoft health software solutions marketed throughout southeast asia under the brand names amalga his hospital information system and amalga ris pacs. The amalga product lineup is a portfolio of enterpriseclass health information system solutions. This interface enables the epic system to receive messages for new or changed demographic information, visits adt, registration information guarantors and insurance coverages, allergies, and bed status updates.
It will also take responsibility for microsoft amalga customers, including. Oct 17, 2011 health information exchange software vendor orion health has acquired microsoft corp. Microsoft seeks developers victor macedas technical blog. Microsoft announces that its now in the his business, renaming azyxxi thanks. Microsoft has packed under the same umbrella brand a total of three products. In two complementary agreements, orion health and microsoft corp. The following is a list of software packages and applications licensed under an opensource.
The two companies will also collaborate to comarket their health information exchange and data aggregation and analysis products. The integrated architecture means that a radiologist can use a single application to manipulate and study images and access the patient medical record. Order information and textual result information available through radiant and cupid epics radiology and cardiology modules can be communicated to external systems such as a pacs or transcription system using hl7v2 interfaces. Health information exchange software vendor orion health has acquired microsoft corp. Gcs amalga can now be purchased either as a standalone system or integrated with amalga his.
Microsoft also signed up a 498bed hospital in malaysia, hospital sultan haji ahmad shah hoshas, to its new amalga his hospital information system and amalga rispacs radiology information. Microsoft launches health it product suite digital health. There is one version of the hisrispacs assets and orion owns this and. Ramsofts advanced option upgrades the gateway dicom router into the industrys leading solution. System and amalga rispacs solutions to orion health asia pacific. In this scenario, patient identity and registration changes can be made in your system. Health asia pacific, has signed an agreement to acquire the microsoft software suite formerly known as amalga his and amalga rispacs. Orion health will acquire microsofts hospital information system his software assets, including rispacs, previously known as amalga his. Amalga his is built around an electronic medical record emr with complete patient and bed management, laboratory, pharmacy, radiology information system and picture archiving and communication system ris pacs, pathology, financial accounting, materials management, and human resource systems. Orion health inks deal to purchase microsofts ehealth assets. May 14, 2008 a third microsoft healthcare solutions group product called amalga rispacs is available as a standalone system as well as an integrated component of microsoft amalga his and this manages image workflow for radiologists in conjunction with patients medical records.
Microsoft sells assets previously known as amalga his to orion. Microsoft amalga rispacs microsoft amalga rispacs is available as a standalone system as well as a component of amalga his. The microsoft his and ris pacs products were marketed in southeast asia under the brand name amalga his and amalga ris pacs until july 2010, when microsoft discontinued development and sales of the products. In september philips announced it had signed a deal with microsoft to license its speech recognition technology into his. Amalga his is built around an electronic medical record emr with complete patient and bed management, laboratory, pharmacy, radiology information system and rispacs, pathology, financial accounting, material management and hr systems. Unified intelligence system uis hospital information system. This software solution is geared toward meeting the specific needs of healthcare organizations and businesses. Microsoft amalga unified intelligence system formerly known as azyxxi was a unified health enterprise platform designed to retrieve and display patient information from many sources, including scanned documents, electrocardiograms, xrays, mri scans and other medical imaging procedures, lab results, dictated reports of surgery, as well as patient demographics and contact information.