Today Microsoft made Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) available for download. I was able to participate in a case study done on SP1 with Microsoft, Misys, and Veracity Solutions specifically using ADO.NET Data Services and the Entity Framework. You can read the full case study here, though here’s a small snippet:
“For more than a decade, Misys Healthcare Systems and Veracity Solutions have partnered to develop innovative applications that meet the needs of healthcare providers while improving the quality of patient care. To help medical staff reduce manual, paper-based processes, Misys Healthcare Systems and Veracity Solutions collaborated to create FreeNatal, a Web-based application that provides prenatal care providers with an easy-to-use, secure interface for managing patients’ records. Using Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 SP1 and the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, eight members from the Misys-Veracity team created the application. By taking advantage of these powerful technologies, the team increased development speed by 60 percent, enabling accelerated market delivery and further strengthening their respective positions in the healthcare informatics industry.”
FreeNatal “Face Sheet” view.
FreeNatal application architecture diagram.