Healthcare IT News January 15, 2019
Mike Miliard

The companies will use Azure to expand and develop new platforms and networks for digital health, care management and patient engagement – and compete against companies such as Amazon.

Walgreens Boots Alliance and Microsoft are partnering for a project they say will lead new delivery models and technology for consumer health – and will offer new competition as companies such as Amazon continue to make inroads in the healthcare space.

The collaboration will be based around Microsoft’s Azure cloud and artificial intelligence platoform, and will take shape through various new investments and retail innovations for access to outpatient healthcare, the companies say.

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