A new five-year partnership between Duke and Microsoft includes the creation of a Duke Health AI Innovation Lab and Center of Excellence.
As part of the new agreement, Microsoft says it will construct a secure cloud environment to train and foster a cloud-savvy IT workforce at the Durham, North Carolina-based health system, which uses Azure, Healthcare IT News reports.
Dr. Jeffrey Ferranti, Duke Health’s senior vice president and chief digital officer, called the partnership a ‘milestone’ because it combines the organization’s expertise in data science, patient care and technology innovation with Microsoft’s healthcare and AI technologies.
“Together, we are poised to propel Duke into the forefront of digitally-focused health systems, while simultaneously studying the reliability and safety of generative AI in healthcare,” he said. Read more.
