BridgeHead launches public cloud offering which runs on Microsoft Azure
BridgeHead Software has launched a public cloud solution, which runs on Microsoft Azure, for its Independent Clinical Archive (ICA) system, HealthStore.
Infrastructure
University Hospital Southampton staff using Teams for Covid-19 results
Staff at University Hospital Southampton are using Microsoft Teams on their mobile phones to quickly find out who has Covid-19 and who does not.
Clinical Software
NHS partners with tech giants to develop Covid-19 data platform
The platform connects the Government and other national organisations responsible for coordinating the UK’s response to “secure, reliable and timely data”.
AI and Analytics
Microsoft Teams to be rolled out across NHS in response to coronavirus
The roll-out of Microsoft Teams, the software giant’s workplace collaboration platform, is expected to play a prominent role in the NHS’s response to Covid-19.
News
NHS bosses meet with tech giants to discuss commercial patient database
A secretive meeting, held on 24 October, saw discussions around collecting patient data to improve healthcare services and potentially profit from it.
News 2
Nuance and Microsoft announce partnership to tackle clinical burnout
Nuance and Microsoft will work together to help speed up the delivery of ambient clinical intelligence (ACI) technologies.
Clinical Software
Microsoft reports ‘encouraging increase’ of AI in UK healthcare
Nearly half of UK healthcare leaders reported that their organisation used artificial intelligence, reflecting an 8% increase compared to 2018.
AI and Analytics
SilverCloud and Microsoft apply AI smarts to digital therapeutics
The companies hope to identify patterns of successful therapy and support that could be used to improve the effectiveness of digital therapeutics.
AI and Analytics
‘Startling advances’ in natural language processing will ease paper burden
Peter Lee from Microsoft said that advances in machine learning models meant that consumer-facing translation platforms could be repurposed for healthcare.
AI and Analytics
Microsoft adds to health team with chief medical officer
David Rhew, who had the same position at Samsung, joins a growing health team at Microsoft which includes Google Cloud’s former health lead, Greg Moore.
CCIO Network
