Fierce Healthcare April 17, 2023
CHICAGO—As the use of generative AI in healthcare starts to get off the ground, health IT giant Epic tapped Microsoft to integrate large language model tools and AI into its electronic health record software.
Microsoft and Epic have collaborated for a number of years and the two companies are now expanding their partnership to focus on combining the Azure OpenAI Service with Epic’s EHR software. The aim is to harness generative AI to help healthcare providers increase productivity with less administrative burden while shifting their focus to patient care, the two organizations said.
One of the initial solutions is already underway with UC San Diego Health, UW Health in Madison, Wisconsin, and Stanford Health Care...