Microsoft has unveiled new capabilities for Cloud for Healthcare users to access, analyse and visualise data, and find multilingual support for text analytics. The new tools include three new AI models in Azure and an expansion of the Azure AI Health Bot. The updates will help healthcare organisations to improve patient experiences, secure health information and better manage data volumes. Microsoft also plans to add de-identification services for structured, imaging and medical tech data in the future.

Bill would expand access to digital therapeutics
Sens. Capito and Shaheen reintroduced the Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act of 2023, aiming to expand access to FDA-approved software treatments for Medicare patients.