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Medline Mpower is an AI-powered digital control tower for healthcare supply chains, co-developed with Microsoft and built on Azure AI and Microsoft 365. The system aims to improve inventory management, clinical substitution workflows, and supplier orchestration through cloud-native, AI-driven decisioning. Early pilots involve Northwestern Medicine and Providence, with a planned general rollout in early 2026. Discussions on WindowsForum cover the technical architecture, integration with Microsoft Copilot, and the strategic implications for healthcare logistics and enterprise IT.
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    Mpower: Medline's AI Cloud Control Tower for Healthcare Supply Chains

    Medline’s announcement that it will co-develop Mpower—an AI-powered, Microsoft Azure-backed “digital control tower” for healthcare supply chains—and that Northwestern Medicine and Providence will pilot the system represents a deliberate, high-stakes push to move inventory decisioning, clinical...