Terry Myerson, former Microsoft’s Windows and Devices chief, announced his new healthcare company “Truveta” today. Myerson says that he has launched this new initiative to drive innovation and develop new patient-care therapies.
Microsoft yesterday announced that it is now offering its new self-swab kits to help people collect their coronavirus (COVID-19) samples at home, and then mail them for testing to labs.
Microsoft hires Tom McGuinness as new Corporate Vice President to support their growing healthcare business.
To protect healthcare providers and front line workers in the fight against COVID-19, Microsoft announced today that they are making their AccountGuard threat notification service available to healthcare providers and humanitarian organizations worldwide at no cost. Organizations can begin signing ... Read more
Microsoft has hired Dr. Gregory Moore as its corporate vice president of health and technology alliances, and will work alongside the company’s vice president of Microsoft Healthcare Peter Lee.
Microsoft has just announced several new tools to help health organisations collaborate and communicate more effectively.
The Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has partnered with Microsoft to provide the pharmaceutical company access to the tech giant's Azure cloud computing software, which will help them "develop new health care delivery models, technology and retail innovations to advance and improve the future of health care," according to Microsoft.
Yesterday, at the CMS Blue Button 2.0 Developer Conference in Washington, DC, the Redmond giant along with Amazon, Google, IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce released a shared statement to announce a joint effort to support healthcare interoperability.
Video games can be a really addictive thing, which is why the Wolrd Health Organisation has recognized a new type of mental health condition which it called “gaming disorder.”
With surgeons wearing customized versions of HoloLens, surgeons can see CT scan data, ultrasound data and other key stats from a patient right in front of their eyes during a surgery.
Government of Telangana has announced an agreement with Microsoft India to adopt cloud-based analytics for Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK), its health care screening program for children under the National Health Mission. The state will also adopt Microsoft Intelligent Network ... Read more
Team X.GLU of the Czech Republic are the 2017 Microsoft Imagine Cup champions with an innovative project designed to help people with diabetes.
I had a chance to talk to Intermountain's Dr. Bill Beninati and discuss how the healthcare company is using virtual healthcare solutions powered by Skype for Business.
But after reading Ed Yong's book I Contain Multitudes, Bill Gates has changed his opinion about the microscopic 'threat' of microbes.
Microsoft today announced new virtual health templates for Skype for Business.
Microsoft's Azure cloud allowed two different genome sequencing methods to run seven times faster than before, providing critical time savings to medical professionals.
Microsoft is trying to close the digital divide by partnering with local partners willing to work on broader solutions beyond Internet connectivity.
Surgeons and engineers at Duke University are currently testing Microsoft’s HoloLens headset to expand surgeons’ field of view during operations.
Microsoft has published a lengthy story to explain the fascinating work from scientists at Microsoft’s research labs who are using computer algorithms and machine learning to help biologists better understand cancer.
Doctors in the UK are using the Microsoft Band to be alerted in real time when patients suffer an epileptic seizure.
Adding to the list of niche (but very important) scenarios the Surface helps to address is the support of Shirali’s Cardiac High Acuity Monitoring Program.