Healthcare IT Today February 11, 2020
Microsoft is working with Walgreens to pilot-test a new type of healthcare service, which it calls “health corners,” bringing a new and more technology-focused form of healthcare to its retail locations.
The project stems out of a deal Microsoft struck with the Walgreens Boots Alliance roughly a year ago, in which the two organizations agreed to jointly develop healthcare solutions over the next seven years. Among the facets of the deal were plans to create the health corners.
Under the terms of the partnership, Microsoft manages Walgreens’ data storage and the retail pharmacy chain agreed to use the tech giant’s AI platform and retail solutions, according to a Becker’s Hospital Review piece.
The deployment of health corners marks a significant...
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