Microsoft Health Users Group

Microsoft Health Users Group 2012 Innovation Awards

Healthcare organizations are uniquely positioned to improve the quality and delivery of healthcare through evidence‐based medical innovations and smart technology solutions. The Microsoft Health Users Group 2012 Innovation Awards, now in its fifteenth year, is an opportunity to showcase how your organization and/or your customer’s organization, is using technology to enhance and transform the quality of patient care, reduce costs, streamline clinical and business processes, drive interoperability, improve productivity and workflow, and enable informed decisions.

The Microsoft Health Users Group 2012 Innovation Awards are presented annually to the healthcare organization and technology solutions partner—with which it has collaborated—that best demonstrates industry leadership in using technology to achieve innovation excellence.

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Who should enter?

The award committee will accept nominations from qualifying healthcare-related organization* worldwide, which has developed and implemented a solution independently or working with a technology solution partner, as long as the solution is based on the latest Microsoft technologies. The award emphasizes the innovative application of available software and the creation of new solutions.

*Healthcare organizations examples include: hospitals, health systems, clinics, group practices, public health organizations and health plans.

Why should you enter?

  • Winners will be featured in promotional and marketing activities, such as a press release, web content, as well as possible media interviews.
  • Winners will receive a “Winner” trophy.
  • Winners will receive a marketing document on how to publicize the fact that the organization is a winner. Includes a “winner” specific logo to use for all your marketing materials.

How do we pick the winner?

An independent panel of Judges will pick one winner from the qualified submissions received in each of the five categories below. The solution (or combination of solutions) can be offered by any qualifying company worldwide as long as it is based on the latest Microsoft technologies (please read 2012 MSHUG Innovation Awards Contest - Official Rules download document for complete details).

A full description of each of the categories can be found in the downloadable entry submission form.

  • Health Collaboration

    High-quality healthcare is delivered with effective and timely communication in an integrated information environment.

  • Modernizing Health Systems and Information

    Help improve patient care, enhance care quality, and boost operational performance using information and communications technology and real-time business intelligence.

  • Flexible Mobile Workstyle Solutions

    The use of personal devices, including laptops, tablets, slates, and smart phones, is transforming the way healthcare and the life sciences professions collaborate and access and use information and applications.

    Microsoft Flexible Workstyle Solutions for Health and Life Sciences support the growing consumerization-of-IT trend by providing virtually anywhere connectivity, personalized experiences, and an intelligent infrastructure. Individuals can use their own devices, while information and communication technology (ICT) departments maintain the control and manageability, and security required to help protect patient information and meet compliance regulations.

  • Health Information Management

    Empower users to manage and exchange their information using a common platform; Centralized health Information.

  • Other

    If your entry does not fit one of the above categories, choose Other.

Entries will be judged primarily on the following three criteria:

1. The innovation represents a breakthrough from the industry’s historical approaches.

2. The innovation goes beyond incremental improvements on technologies that already exist.

3. The innovation measurably improves significant business and/or clinical processes that positively impact patient care.

The entry period ends on Friday, February 3rd, 2012, at 5:00 PM Pacific Time. No entries will be accepted after the entry period closes.

 

For more information

For more information, please contact Monika Skibeness at:

  • Email: v-moniks@microsoft.com
  • Phone: (425) 870-4880

    NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to authorized representatives of healthcare organization OR a Microsoft Technology Solution Partner (ISV or System Integrator) who is 18 years of age or older. Residents of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria are not eligible. See Official Rules for complete details.

    You must be an MSHUG member to enter. Visit http://mshug.org/ for your complimentary membership.

    Winners to be announced at the Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, February20-24, 2012, in Las Vegas (though winners will be notified 1-2 weeks prior if they are selected as a winner).

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