clinical ai

CMS is proposing a temporary Medicare payment framework for clinical AI and algorithm-driven software in 2027, a move that could matter to hospitals running Windows-based imaging, EHR, and revenue-cycle environments. As reported by STAT, the agency is signalling a longer-term shift away from...

The Department of Veterans Affairs made VA GPT and Microsoft Copilot Chat broadly available, and providers used those tools for clinical documentation and patient-care support even though VA had not classified them as high-impact AI. The VA Office of Inspector General found 79 clinical prompts...

ICON plc announced on June 22, 2026, in Dublin that it has selected Microsoft as a preferred technology partner for a three-year digital innovation and AI investment plan spanning Microsoft 365 Copilot, Fabric, Azure data services, and clinical-trial AI infrastructure. The deal matters less as...

Satya Nadella’s short, pointed message to Microsoft’s gaming teams — “For me, we’re long on gaming. We’ll continue to invest, and we’ll always do so.” — landed like both a reassurance and a challenge: reassurance that the company’s commitment to games remains, and a challenge that words must now...

Wolters Kluwer used the HIMSS26 floor to push a clear message: clinical AI must be evidence‑based, workflow‑embedded, and governed — not a flashy add‑on — and the company’s UpToDate integration with Microsoft’s Copilot ecosystem was the centerpiece of that pitch. The announcement and...

The healthcare AI landscape just picked up a heavyweight pairing: Wolters Kluwer Health is integrating its flagship clinical decision support service, UpToDate, into Microsoft’s productivity and clinical AI stack — including Dragon Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Microsoft Teams — promising...