Microsoft to acquire healthcare software specialist Sentillion

Microsoft Corp. said yesterday that it intends to acquire Sentillion Inc, a privately-held company specialising in software tools for the healthcare industry for an undisclosed sum.

Andover, Massachusetts-based Sentillion is the only identity and access management company whose solutions are used daily by over 500,000 caregivers in leading healthcare organisations across North America and Europe.

Sentillion has successfully combined patented technology with a deep understanding of the healthcare industry to deliver a comprehensive set of solutions for single sign-on, identity management, clinical workstations and desktop virtualization.

Sentillion's clients include University of Pennsylvania Health System, the US Department of Veteran's Affairs, Kettering Health Network, and Texas Children's Hospital.

Combining Sentillion's products with Microsoft Amalga Unified Intelligence System (UIS) will make it easier for healthcare professionals to deliver better patient care by streamlining access to multiple IT applications and patient data, said the Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft.

By combining Sentillion's context management and single sign-on technologies with Amalga UIS, a real-time data aggregation solution, Microsoft aims to give clinicians new insight about patients in real time and enable them to perform the appropriate task with unprecedented speed. At the same time, the workflow of clinicians will be simplified, allowing them to spend less time navigating different IT systems and more time with patients.