The trend in healthcare today is to enable patients to actively participate in their own care without worrying about exposing information to the wrong people. Today, Sun provides technology that can securely deliver clinical information to patients and providers on virtually any device. The technology offers secure access for providers at the point of care, whether as part of an office visit or at the patient's bedside.
Healthcare is in crisis. While this is not news for many countries, we believe what is now different is that the current paths of many healthcare systems around the world will become unsustainable by 2015. Healthcare systems that fail to transform will likely "hit the wall" and require immediate and major forced restructuring - a "lose-lose" scenario for all stakeholders.
To encourage the creation of health information networks that serve the broadest range of healthcare needs, Microsoft has developed a guideline for eHealth software solutions called the Connected Health Framework Architecture and Design Blueprint. The Connected Health Framework is an architectural approach to developing health information networks with common business and technical design definitions for public and private organizations.