http://medicaltravelsite.com/blog/2007/10/29/microsoft-buys-bangkok-based-global-care-solutions/ Medical tourism in Thailand Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:46:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://medicaltravelsite.com/blog/2007/10/29/microsoft-buys-bangkok-based-global-care-solutions/#comment-2132 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:29:02 +0000 http://medicaltravelsite.com/blog/2007/10/29/microsoft-buys-bangkok-based-global-care-solutions/#comment-2132 [...] Another item in the survey that really sticks out is that once in the system 32% of patients reported suffering a medical mistake. That’s a huge percentage and it may happen because the U.S. ranked last when it came to doctors having access to patients’ medical records at the time of the visit. Now that’s something that’s been beautifully accomplished by Bangkok-based Bumrungrad International Hospital using Bangkok-based Global Care System’s hospital IT solution, which was recently purchased by Microsoft. Thailand leads the world in this area. [...] […] Another item in the survey that really sticks out is that once in the system 32% of patients reported suffering a medical mistake. That’s a huge percentage and it may happen because the U.S. ranked last when it came to doctors having access to patients’ medical records at the time of the visit. Now that’s something that’s been beautifully accomplished by Bangkok-based Bumrungrad International Hospital using Bangkok-based Global Care System’s hospital IT solution, which was recently purchased by Microsoft. Thailand leads the world in this area. […]

]]> http://medicaltravelsite.com/blog/2007/10/29/microsoft-buys-bangkok-based-global-care-solutions/#comment-2125 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:49:43 +0000 http://medicaltravelsite.com/blog/2007/10/29/microsoft-buys-bangkok-based-global-care-solutions/#comment-2125 [...] Want to stay informed about advances in IT in the healthcare field? Then the Healthcare IT blog is a good place to do that. I stumbled upon it when I was researching additional background information on the Microsoft purchase of Global Care Solutions. There is a good analysis of what the impact of the purchase will be on competing hospital management software systems. There are a lot of other good articles there as well. I’ve added them to my blog roll for future reading. [...] […] Want to stay informed about advances in IT in the healthcare field? Then the Healthcare IT blog is a good place to do that. I stumbled upon it when I was researching additional background information on the Microsoft purchase of Global Care Solutions. There is a good analysis of what the impact of the purchase will be on competing hospital management software systems. There are a lot of other good articles there as well. I’ve added them to my blog roll for future reading. […]

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