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The new lineup of health information solutions spanning clinical, operational and financial functions will be showcased for the first time at

HIMSS 2008.

REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced the Microsoft Amalga Family of Health Enterprise Systems. The Amalga product lineup is a portfolio of enterprise-class health information system solutions spanning clinical, operational and financial functions. The Amalga family of products will be demonstrated publicly for the first time at the health IT industry's largest conference, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2008, Feb. 24-28 in Orlando, Fla.

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"One of the healthcare enterprise's biggest issues is that providers and executives can't access patient information when, where and how they need it," said Steve Shihadeh, general manager for Microsoft's Health Solutions Group. "Microsoft's Amalga products offer proven solutions that bring together information from across the healthcare enterprise into one, easily accessible view. In fact, the name 'Amalga' is based on the Latin word 'amalgama,' meaning to bring together different elements."

The Amalga family of products includes the following:

-- Microsoft Amalga. The new version of the product formerly known as

Azyxxi, Amalga is part of a new software category called Unified

Intelligence Systems that allows hospital enterprises to unlock the

power of all their data sitting in isolated clinical, financial and

administrative systems. Without replacing current systems, it offers an

innovative way to capture, consolidate, store, access and quickly

present data in meaningful ways for use by clinicians and executives of

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