Microsoft unveils new vaccine management software to address earlier failures

Microsoft unveiled new technology to boost government and health care organizations’ vaccine management systems, including scheduling shot appointments and monitoring results, to fix shortcomings weeks after the company’s initial custom-built programs ran aground in a few states.

The Microsoft Vaccine Management product released Friday is made up of features and new apps that the software company said will improve upon and fix the glitches that occurred when its previous effort, the Vaccination Registration and Application System, failed to work properly in New Jersey and Washington, D.C.

The new software “incorporates lessons learned from VRAS regarding scalable architecture, improved user experiences for residents and health care workers,” the company said in an email. It also uses health care standards for information transfer so data can be exported more quickly to other record systems, such as electronic medical records. The software also addresses other issues that hampered the previous option, including requiring users to preregister before seeking a COVID-19 vaccine appointment and providing a way to proactively handle spikes in demand.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft-unveils-new-vaccine-management-software-to-address-earlier-failures/

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Reposted topic from last night

Microsoft is in the Vaccine software biz

Trying to market to states including CA.