Epic, Microsoft expand partnership to accelerate generative AI in healthcare
Healthcare Dive 8/22/2023
Dive Brief:
- Epic and Microsoft announced on Tuesday an expanded collaboration focused on integrating generative artificial intelligence tools in the vendor’s electronic health records system.
- The partners are working to “rapidly deploy dozens” of AI technologies, including clinical note summarization, medical coding suggestions and data exploration tools that aim to fill gaps in clinical evidence by using real-world data.
- The expanded partnership is intended to speed the development of AI tools in healthcare, bringing the technology as “quickly as possible, responsibly and in partnership with providers,” according to a blog post by Eric Boyd, corporate vice president of AI platform at Microsoft.
