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Hospitals Can’t Afford to Lag Behind on Cloud Adoption, Microsoft Exec Argues

Healthcare has historically trailed other industries when it comes to the adoption of new technology. But providers that fail to get serious about bucking this trend are putting their businesses at risk for closure, according to John Barto, Microsoft’s chief digital transformation officer. Many clinicians end up leaving behind institutions that make them feel like they are stuck with archaic workflows and data management systems, he said.

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Google, Microsoft execs: AI should be designed to support, not replace, clinicians

As Google and Microsoft compete over their cloud capabilities for healthcare, both companies are touting tools to make clinicians’ lives easier by streamlining documentation or making records searchable.  At MedCity INVEST Digital Health, executives from both companies agreed on one thing: these tools should play a supporting role for clinicians while keeping patients at the center.