Fierce Health Payers December 2, 2021
CVS Health is tapping into Microsoft’s technologies, including cloud computing and artificial intelligence, to accelerate its “digital-first” strategy.
The pharmacy retail company announced Thursday a new strategic alliance with the tech giant focused on developing innovative solutions to provide more personalized care to consumers. The tech collaboration also will provide CVS Health’s more than 300,000 employees with tools to better serve more than 100 million people, company executives said.
Microsoft’s capabilities and the Azure cloud computing service will provide CVS with a “technology-forward, digital-first” foundation as it works to ramp up its consumer-centric digital strategy, Roshan Navagamuwa, CVS’ chief information officer, told Fierce Healthcare.
“Business services at this scale require a new level of partnership. Our collaboration with Microsoft will...