Microsoft has introduced new advances to its Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare solution to simplify care experiences, improve team collaboration, and provide clinical and operational insights.
The company added new AI models in Azure AI Studio, enhanced data tools in Microsoft Fabric, a healthcare agent service in Copilot Studio, and an AI-powered nursing workflow solution.
Microsoft healthcare and life sciences solutions and platforms corporate vice president Joe Petro said: “We are at an inflection point where AI breakthroughs are fundamentally changing the way we work and live.
“Across the broader healthcare and life sciences industry, these advancements are dramatically enhancing patient care and also rekindling the joy of practising medicine for clinicians.
“Microsoft’s AI-powered solutions are helping lead these efforts by streamlining workflows, improving data integration, and utilising AI to deliver better outcomes for healthcare professionals, researchers and scientists, payors, providers, medtech developers, and ultimately the patients they all serve.”
The advanced multimodal medical imaging foundation models on the Azure AI model catalogue are Developed in collaboration with partners like Providence and Paige.ai.
Healthcare organisations can use the foundation models to integrate and analyse diverse data types, form from medical imaging to genomics and clinical records.
Also, they can rapidly build, fine-tune, and deploy AI solutions customised to their specific needs, while minimising the extensive compute and data requirements, said Microsoft.
Providence Genomics chief medical officer and Prov-GigaPath study co-author Carlo Bifulco said: “The development of foundational AI models in pathology and medical imaging is expected to drive significant advancements in cancer research and diagnostics.
“These models can complement human expertise by providing insights beyond traditional visual interpretation and, as we move toward a more integrated, multimodal approach, will reshape the future of medicine.”
Microsoft Fabric offers healthcare data solutions that allow healthcare organisations to change the way users access, manage and act on data with a single, unified AI-powered platform.
The company made the healthcare security application templates for Microsoft Purview, an advanced suite of features designed to manage healthcare data, available in public preview.
In addition, conversational data integration, social determinants of health (SDOH) transformation, CMS claim and claim line feed (CCLF) data are launched in public.
Epic R&D vice president Corey Miller said: “AI is transforming nursing workflows by streamlining administrative tasks, allowing nurses to focus more on patient care.
“Together with Microsoft, we’re using AI-powered ambient voice technology to populate patient assessments. Nurses using the tool are already sharing positive feedback on how it enhances personalised patient interactions.”
Microsoft has announced the public preview of the healthcare agent service in Copilot Studio, to enhance appointment scheduling, clinical trial matching, and patient triaging, among others.
Healthcare organisations can use the healthcare agent service to help create connected patient experiences, improve clinical workflows, and empower professionals.
Cleveland Clinic, as an early adopter, is already using the advancements to enhance patient experiences and improve operational efficiency.
Furthermore, Microsoft is developing AI-powered nursing workflows in collaboration with top healthcare institutions to reduce administrative tasks and allow nurses to focus on patient care.
Duke University Health System senior vice president and chief nurse executive and Duke University School of Nursing clinical affairs vice dean Terry McDonnell said: “For nurses, the integration of AI-driven solutions into our workflows is a game changer.
“It allows us to focus more on patient care rather than the administrative burden of documentation.
“By automating tedious tasks, Microsoft’s ambient AI solution helps alleviate burnout and gives us more time to connect with our patients at the bedside, where we truly make a difference.”
