14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft Healthcare Users Group (MS-HUG) and Microsoft Corp. today announced winners for the ninth annual MS-HUG awards. The honors are awarded by MS-HUG, a membership community of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), in recognition of the breakthrough contributions being made by healthcare organizations and individuals to drive efficiencies across the healthcare system - ultimately containing costs and improving the quality of patient care.
"As healthcare continues to lead as a topic of national concern and debate, Microsoft is committed to working with individuals, organizations and government drivers to leverage the role that technology can play in achieving healthcare transformation," said Steve Shihadeh, general manager of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Microsoft. "With so much truly innovative work being done with our technology throughout the healthcare system, these awards are a way for us to showcase some of the leaders driving remarkable results in efficiency and patient care - results that we think are capable of inspiring broader change across the industry."
Awards are given to customers and partners (independent software vendors and systems integrators) that have demonstrated the best use of Microsoft based products in the patient care arena. Customer and industry partner award winners will be formally introduced during the annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, in the theater at the Microsoft booth, No. 4533, at 11:30 a.m. PST Tuesday, Feb. 14.
"Technology is enabling unprecedented change across the healthcare industry, as evidenced by the remarkable work being honored by the MS-HUG awards program," said Michael Paquin, chairman of the MS-HUG Advisory Committee. "The achievements of these individuals and organizations offer up a high benchmark to which we as an industry can aspire, if we are to drive significant and wide-reaching results in the overall quality and effectiveness of patient care."