The Ohio State University and Microsoft announce five-year strategic partnership to accelerate innovation across clinical care, education and research

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on Tuesday announced a five-year strategic partnership that brings together The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s leadership in healthcare, research and education with Microsoft’s AI and cloud technologies to strengthen patient care, accelerate scientific discovery, support the healthcare workforce, and expand opportunities for students and communities across Ohio. Together, Microsoft and the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center are co-developing a smart hospital model, modernizing clinical and research applications and workloads through the cloud, building a more unified data foundation, and using AI to support care teams. Microsoft is a software and software development company based in Redmond, and its products and services include Azure.

“Artificial intelligence represents one of the most significant opportunities to transform and improve how hospitals care for patients,” said John J. The smart hospital platform is already in use at the Richard M.

The work will inform how the medical center’s new University Hospital operates and create a reusable foundation for continued innovation across the health system. “Ohio State is demonstrating what it means to modernize healthcare with purpose — connecting cloud, data and AI to empower the people who care for patients and advance discovery,” said Hether Danforth, vice president, US State, Local and Education, Microsoft.

The partnership will focus on four interconnected areas: Co-developing the smart hospital of the future Ohio State Wexner Medical Center and Microsoft will advance a smart hospital model designed to connect facility, operational and clinical-support systems so technology can help care environments become more adaptive, efficient and responsive. Ross Heart Hospital and the James Outpatient Care facility, where initial work is improving energy efficiency and resource use while establishing a common technology foundation powered by Microsoft Azure and IoT capabilities.