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Microsoft tries again in healthcare, this time with cloud, AI

Microsoft tries again in healthcare, this time with cloud, AI

February 17, 2017

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Microsoft is trying again in healthcare, betting its prowess in cloud services and artificial intelligence can help it expand in a market that’s been notoriously hard for technology companies.

A new initiative called Healthcare NExT will combine work from existing industry players and Microsoft’s Research and AI units to help doctors reduce data entry tasks, triage sick patients more efficiently and ease outpatient care.

“I want to bring our research capabilities and our hyper-scale cloud to bear so our partners can have huge success in the healthcare world,” said Peter Lee, a Microsoft Research vice president who heads Healthcare NExT.

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