Health systems have been partnering with Big Tech on artificial intelligence-powered clinical documentation and cybersecurity. Here are eight collaborations Becker's has reported on in the past month.
1. The DAX AI clinical documentation "co-pilot" from Microsoft subsidiary Nuance is integrated into Epic Haiku, the EHR vendor's mobile app, and being used by over 150 clinicians a month at Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health, Becker's reported June 21.
2. Greenwood (Miss.) Leflore Hospital and Rolling Fork, Miss.-based Sharkey Issaquena Hospital have entered into a cybersecurity partnership with Microsoft, the Greenwood Commonwealth reported June 20, after the Biden administration secured commitments from Microsoft and Google to offer free and low-cost cybersecurity resources to rural hospitals.
3. A Microsoft-backed AI consortium known as the Trustworthy and Responsible AI Network that includes such health systems as Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health, Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health and Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine is extending its reach to Europe, the company said June 17.
4. Five hundred physicians affiliated with Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital will be using ambient AI dictation technology from Microsoft's Nuance to help with documentation, the hospital said June 11.
5. Madison, Wis.-based UW Health's collaboration with Microsoft and Epic in their AI pilot program, aimed at facilitating the drafting of physician messages to patients, has resulted in the creation of more than 5,000 messages, the health system said June 6.
6. Hundreds of Amazon Echo Dots are stationed across Houston Methodist to help with medication questions, the system's director of pharmacy informatics told Becker's for June stories.
7. Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health migrated its Epic environments to Azure, a cloud computing platform developed by Microsoft, a health system official said May 30.
8. Detroit-based Henry Ford Health signed a five-year collaboration deal with Michigan Central, becoming a founding member with Google in a consortium aimed at developing next-generation mobility technologies, the Michigan Chronicle reported May 28.