REDMOND, WA – The Microsoft Corporation will launch an online video series on healthcare IT beginning Nov. 10.
According to a spokesman of the Redmond, Wash.-based company, Microsoft Health Tech Today will address "the intersection of health and information technology" and "highlight the latest industry trends and feature examples of proven solutions that are improving health and changing lives for clinicians, patients and consumers worldwide."
The show is dedigned to highlight sustainable solutions that improve patient services – increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of care while simultaneously reducing costs, the spokesman said. It's expected to feature "compelling personal stories" and interviews with the world's top thought leaders in health and global health issues.
The first show will include Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who, via Web cam and Windows Live Messenger, will discuss eHealth as the "great equalizer between rich and poor, healthy and well."
Microsoft has been active in the healthcare IT sector.
The platform has been praised by healthcare providers, patient activists and device manufacturers and passes muster with one of the industry's toughest privacy rights advocates – Deborah Peel, MD, founder of the Patient Privacy Rights Foundation, one of 50 organizations that comprise the Coalition for Patient Privacy.
Microsoft also offers a health search under Bing.
A preview of Microsoft Health Tech Today can be viewed online at http://www.microsoft.com/industry/healthcare/healthtechtoday/default.aspx.
