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Microsoft for Healthcare is working hard to help healthcare throughout the COVID-19 crisis and to plan for what comes after the pandemic. Our guests discuss how Microsoft is responding to the current COVID-19 crisis as well as their mission in healthcare and the future of the industry.Our guests describe how they work with partners to find the right capabilities enabled by Microsoft solutions. Additionally, we discuss several Microsoft healthcare-focused products in use today. Learn how Microsoft technologies are being used to solve real world problems related not only to the current pandemic, but other important healthcare problems.The panel discusses the partnerships occurring between competitors to combat COVID-19. Learn about Microsoft partner solutions available to help "flatten the curve" during this crisis.TranscriptShow NotesMicrosoft for HealthcareMicrosoft Industry Health BlogMicrosoft 365 and healthcareMicrosoft for Healthcare on LinkedIn Microsoft’s Covid-19 ResponsePatient outreach & triage (Healthcare bot, PlasmaBot)Track allocation of resources & supplies - Protecting People EverywhereCommunication for crisis managementDeliver & manage continuous care (Virtual Visits)Dissemination of accurate information (COVID Open Research Dataset (CORD19), Contact Tracing)Supporting your healthcare organization and community during crisesComplimentary 6-month Office 365 E1 to help connect employees during COVID-19 responseEnabling the NHS to continue delivering frontline healthcareGE Healthcare is extending its longtime collaboration with Microsoft to launch a cloud-based COVID-19 patient monitoring software for health systemsLearn about Microsoft’s Healthcare Bot service that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help respond to patient inquiriesBuild a crisis management site to connect people and informationUse this preconfigured template to rapidly share information across facilities and collect employee updates with Power Apps Crisis Management templateQuickly optimize Office 365 traffic for remote staff and reduce the load on your infrastructure Balancing cloud services continuity for crucial health and safety organizationsWork remotely, stay secure—tips for CISOs Artificial Intelligence in HealthcareUses of AI for health include the work to fight COVID-19 is already underway. A handful of key partnerships include the following.The COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium, a private-public effort spearheaded by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, for which Microsoft is providing researchers access to the world’s most powerful computing resources, which can significantly speed the pace of scientific discovery in the fight to stop the virus. Around the world, Microsoft’s research scientists, spanning computer science, biology, medicine and public health, are collaborating on projects in the consortiumThe Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), a global health research organization at the University of Washington School of Medicine, is releasing a set of COVID-19 data visualizations and forecasts that the White House, FEMA, governors and hospital administrators have started using to mobilize resourcesThe Washington State Department of Health is working on a new dashboard that aims to increase timeliness, accuracy and speed of data reporting to the public. The dashboard relies on data reported by local health jurisdictions, healthcare facilities and labsFolding@home, a global organization that uses distributed computing is researching COVID-19 proteins that could help with designing therapeuticsThe Sepsis Center of Research Excellence (SCORE-UW), part of the University of Washington’s Department of Medicine, is a global collaboration between a network of hospitals, industry, blood banks, universities and funding partners. Using clinical data, radiologic imaging and other patient biomarker responses, SCORE-UW is developing novel algorithms to predict, and improve, healthcare and socioeconomic outcomes of COVID-19 positive patientsTake, the Brazilian leader in chatbots and the smart contacts market, developed a bot to bring official and credible information to the public and connect potential patients to medical teams to avoid overloading Brazilian hospitalsGuestsGareth HallSenior Director - Microsoft WorldWide Health SolutionsGareth leads the team driving the worldwide solutions strategy for the Microsoft Health business, focused on working with Microsoft product teams and partners to build solutions on the Microsoft cloud platforms (Azure, Dynamics 365 and Office 365).LinkedInJohn DoyleDirector, Cloud & AI, Microsoft HealthcareAs a Director within the worldwide commercial business industry team at Microsoft, John Doyle is responsible for the development of business strategy and partnerships across the healthcare industry, globally. John, engages with industry customers and partners, developing strategies and repeatable technology solutions that harness the power of cloud and AI to drive innovation and industry transformation.LinkedInDavid HouldingDavid is the Director of Healthcare experiences on Microsoft Industry Experiences team. He has extensive experience in working with partners for healthcare in applicable technologies, most lately the cloud, blockchain, and AI.LinkedInTwitter