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Learning how to build a Microsoft Azure Health Bot
The Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors community is for students who want to use tech to solve real-world problems with like-minded peers, establish themselves as mentors and leaders in their community, and amplify their impact. The Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors, Health League…
In the news | Microsoft Azure AI Blog
Azure Health Bot expands its template catalog to amplify the patient voice through PRO collection
In recent years, there has been an increasing focus to place patients at the center of healthcare decisions, improve safety, enhance experience and maximize the value of the provided care. Self-reporting of daily functioning and health outcomes from the patient, rather than caregiver…
In the news | Microsoft Industry Blogs
Explore the new wave of cloud innovation at HIMSS21
It’s hard to believe another year of HIMSS is upon us and given the impact of COVID-19 on our society, we’ve all had to rethink how we approach connecting with community and engaging with audiences this past year. So, we…
In the news | Microsoft Industry Blogs
Empowering better care, everywhere, for everyone with Retail+Health
Over the past year, the pandemic fundamentally changed several industries and impacted the means of consumption and distribution for goods and services globally. With the introduction of social distancing, the decline of indoor interactions and transactions, and unparalleled strain on…
In the news | Microsoft Azure Blog
Azure Health Bot adds eight new regions with additional language support, including India to support pandemic response
Azure Health Bot empowers developers in healthcare organizations to build and deploy artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, compliant, conversational healthcare experiences at scale. It combines built-in medical intelligence with natural language capabilities to understand clinical terminology and can be easily customized to support…
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Improving the Rare Disease diagnosis journey with Azure Health Bot
During the pandemic, we have seen dramatic shifts in technology usage: rapid acceleration of at-home shopping, a transition from in-person to online learning, and much more. In healthcare, telehealth visits have jumped more than 150 percent. This increase of visits…
In the news | Microsoft Industry Blogs
How virtual health is transforming care delivery
COVID-19 caused a massive acceleration in the use of virtual health services and has helped expand access to care at a time when the ongoing pandemic has severely restricted patients’ ability to see their doctors. Virtual health technology is enabling…
In the news | Microsoft Industry Blogs
Helping communities accelerate COVID-19 vaccinations at the last mile
A little more than a year ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic. Since then, COVID-19 has dramatically impacted every person’s life across the globe. We are now experiencing how fragile and…
In the news | Microsoft Industry Blogs
Building resilient models of care with new Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare features
2020 was the year that challenged healthcare professionals to learn, adapt, and grow as they cared for patients through the COVID-19 pandemic. The concepts of quarantine and social distancing became commonplace, as virtual health and remote patient monitoring usage grew…