AI Revolution in Healthcare: Microsoft and Epic Join Forces to Transform Your Doctor’s Visit 🚀🩺

Get ready to experience a healthcare revolution! Microsoft and Epic are joining forces to bring groundbreaking AI technology to the medical world, transforming the way doctors work and enhancing patient care. 🤯🏥

Microsoft and Epic announced the expansion of their strategic collaboration on April 17, 2023, with the integration of Azure OpenAI Service and Epic’s industry-leading electronic health record (EHR) software. The partnership will focus on developing generative AI-powered solutions to increase productivity, enhance patient care, and improve the financial integrity of health systems globally. 🌐💊

One of the first solutions, currently being tested at UC San Diego Health, UW Health in Madison, Wisconsin, and Stanford Health Care, aims to automatically draft message responses for healthcare providers. Chero Goswami, CIO at UW Health, stated, “Integrating generative AI into some of our daily workflows will increase productivity for many of our providers, allowing them to focus on the clinical duties that truly require their attention.” 📈👩‍⚕️

Another solution will bring natural language queries and interactive data analysis to SlicerDicer, Epic’s self-service reporting tool. This will help clinical leaders explore data in a conversational and intuitive way. Seth Hain, SVP of R&D at Epic, said, “Our exploration of OpenAI’s GPT-4 has shown the potential to increase the power and accessibility of self-service reporting through SlicerDicer.” 📊🔍

With US hospitals facing financial challenges, industry experts recognize the urgent need for increased productivity and technological efficiency. Eric Boyd, Corporate VP of AI Platform at Microsoft, emphasized the importance of this partnership, saying, “The urgent and critical challenges facing healthcare systems and their providers demand a comprehensive approach combining Azure OpenAI Service with Epic’s industry-leading technology.” 💰🤖