Health Management Technology March 1, 2018
While Amazon and Apple are looking at healthcare from the employee-consumption side, Microsoft is focusing on using its cloud assets to meet the needs of researchers and doctors.
Last February, Microsoft announced it was creating a new healthcare-focused research unit, Healthcare NExT. On Feb. 28, a week ahead of the HIMMS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) medical IT conference, Microsoft is rolling out more healthcare “intelligent health” services and software.
Microsoft is making its Microsoft Genomics service generally available. This service, which runs on Microsoft’s Azure cloud, is a precision medicine/genomic-processing service for medical professionals. Microsoft additionally is making generally available its Azure Security and Compliance Blueprint for HIPAA/HITRUST. This guidance document is designed to help health organizations move...