Microsoft Announces Amalga Family of Enterprise Health Systems

Microsoft has announced (http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/feb08/02-13AmalgaPR.mspx) the Amalga (formerly Azyxxi) family of Enterprise Health Systems.

Components of the Amalga family include:

• Amalga - a unified intelligence system that provides a single point for unified access to the wealth of information present in a healthcare organization.
• Amalga Hospital Information System (HIS) - a fully integrated, single solution hospital information system.
• Amalga RIS/PACS - an integrated Radiology Information System (RIS) and Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).

For more information see: http://www.microsoft.com/amalga/default.mspx

It will be interesting to see how Tablet PC technology will be integrated into these Microsoft healthcare technologies.