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Case study: U of Pittsburgh develops with vendors

December 3, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

At the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), execs are on to something really cool. Sure, they've deployed EMRs to 18 of their 19 hospitals, but that's already a given. What's really interesting is the extent to which execs at UPMC have taken the vendor-buyer relationship to a new level. Within the past 18 months, CIO Dan Drawbaugh signed an eight-year, $402 million deal with IBM to overhaul the facility's three data centers and a $300 million deal with Alcatel to upgrade …

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SPOTLIGHT: Dim the hype on EHR?

July 30, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

There's plenty of good, bad and ugly when it comes to EHR. But as we bandy about futuristic claims for the technology we may also be lacking a little patience, no pun intended. Just ask Ravi Kalla. As a healthcare software executive with offices in Madison and India, he is pretty well plugged in to the happenings of international software, and as a member of Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle's eHealth Care Quality and Patient Safety Board, he's …

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Microsoft steps up focus on healthcare IT

July 30, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

The big fish just got more interested in a big market. Microsoft said last week it had agreed to acquire healthcare software that brings together all types of data from hundreds of sources to make it available to doctors electronically. Microsoft will take Azyxxi, a system devised at Washington Hospital Center, and continue its development so it can be offered to hospitals worldwide. Under the terms of the deal, Microsoft has formed an alliance with Columbia, MD-based MedStar …

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