India, Oct. 21 -- Humana (HUM) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) have entered a strategic partnership focused on building modern health care solutions for Humana members. Humana will utilize Microsoft Azure and Azure artificial intelligence to develop on-demand and virtual medical services.
William Shrank, chief medical and corporate affairs officer at Humana, said: "Microsoft technologies offer Humana the ability to apply sophisticated analytics to our members' records and, in turn, provide clinicians and care teams with the opportunities to make a difference in patients' health."
Under the partnership, the companies have committed to a multiyear research and development investment which will include direct funding, dedicated R&D teams and spec...