21 Microsoft is delivering new healthcare cloud and data capabilities, with the launch of Azure Health Data Services and additional features in the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare. Azure Health Data Services helps organisations protect health information and brings together data sets – like clinical, imaging and streaming data from medical devices – in the cloud. Microsoft has also updated the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare with new features to transform the healthcare journey, give full visibility into data, reduce provider administrative burden and increase workflow automation. These include new features in Microsoft Teams for virtual appointments, enhanced clinical workflow integrations in Teams and enhancements to Azure Health Bot templates. Also new is a preview of the new Patient Insights capability, which enables care managers, patient representatives and others to deliver and capture useful patient insights. The new releases build on Microsoft’s recent activities in the industry, including its acquisition of ambient and AI specialist Nuance Communications. Microsoft delivers new healthcare solutions and experiences New Zealand supermarket chain Countdown has chosen Optimizely’s Full Stack solution to power and scale its experimentation programme for improvements to its website and app experiences. The supermarket, which has 180 stores across the country, is aiming to improve its platforms to manage increasing demand. Full Stack offers omnichannel experimentation with real-time results for the rapid deployment of new products and features. Feature management capabilities allow for quick component swaps, traffic splitting and feature flags. The solution is also able to integrate with other services. Countdown uses Optimizely to power experimentation Photo: Unsplash/Eduardo Soares
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