Healthcare DIVE April 17, 2023
Dive Brief:
- Microsoft and major electronic health vendor Epic announced Monday that the two companies are expanding their partnership and integrating Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service into Epic’s EHR software.
- The integration hinges on generative AI-powered tools, according to the announcement, to increase productivity and enhance patient care. One of the integration’s tools, which helps automatically draft message responses, is being implemented at UC San Diego Health, UW Health and Stanford Health Care, according to the companies.
- Microsoft has been focused on enhancing its medical AI capabilities recently, with the company announcing last month that Microsoft-owned Nuance was integrating GPT-4, OpenAI’s latest large language model technology, into its clinical notetaking software.
Dive Insight:
In addition to tools aimed...