The massive and complex healthcare industry is a major front in the battle among hyperscalers to capture new cloud workloads.
A vertical that satisfies regulatory compliance, ensures data security and meets other sector-specific IT needs represents one strategy Microsoft has pursued. The company introduced Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare last year and expanded its capabilities to include insurers as well as providers in April.
The EHR solution is a separate Azure feature, the company said. It emerged from a 2022 partnership with IT consulting firm Accenture to facilitate Mount Sinai’s cloud migration.
