The Redmond software giant took a small but significant step into the consumer healthcare market by acquiring health-information web search engine Medstory. Then Microsoft announced it would distribute for free a series of guidance documents and development toolsets that it said would help healthcare providers integrate their information systems.
The moves are part of Microsoft’s nascent strategy to expand into the rapidly growing United States healthcare IT sector—which research group Gartner says will reach $25 billion this year...
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New acquisition and architecture could someday make Redmond a major healthcare IT player, analysts say.
The moves are part of Microsoft’s nascent strategy to expand into the rapidly growing United States healthcare IT sector—which research group Gartner says will reach $25 billion this year...
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New acquisition and architecture could someday make Redmond a major healthcare IT player, analysts say.
