The Microsoft Office Reference Implementation for Clinical Forms illustrates how Microsoft technology can help emergency rooms better collect, retrieve, and share patient information. Solutions based on the reference implementation can improve clinical staff productivity by replacing paper records with electronic forms and collaboration software.
The reference implementation for clinical forms demonstrates how InfoPath 2003, working in conjunction with BizTalk Server 2004, Windows SharePoint Services, and SQL Server 2000, can be used to empower workers in the healthcare industry to more effectively and efficiently contribute to a common business process. Although the reference implementation focuses on an emergency department scenario, there are many more business processes that require the collection, retrieval, and sharing of information. This implementation is intended to be used by developers and IT professionals to accelerate the development of custom solutions that have similar requirements.