Microsoft and Epic Systems, two leading technology companies, have announced a strategic partnership that will leverage Open AI’s GPT-4 machine learning algorithm to parse healthcare records and generate automated responses for healthcare professionals. This move was made to reduce the burden on healthcare personnel and to make data retrieval more efficient.
The Chief Information Officer of UW Health in Wisconsin, Chero Goswami says that this new integration of GPT-4 will help increase productivity for medical professionals. Eric Boyd from Microsoft, who is responsible for the AI platform of the company, has also stated that this collaboration with Epic Systems is a “comprehensive approach” to helping healthcare systems determine effective solutions and deliver beneficial healthcare outcomes.
Epic Systems has already made use of similar technologies in its software SlicerDicer, which uses data exploration and natural language queries to look for trends in medical records. This partnership has made many people, including regulators, draw concerns regarding personal security of medical records, as GPT-4 has been known to generate false information.
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Chero Goswami is the CIO of UW Health in Wisconsin. He takes charge in digital technology and administration policies of the organization. Chero Goswami has held the management roles in a wide variety of healthcare organizations since the mid-1990s and is currently involved in various programs and initiatives aimed at furthering access to healthcare for vulnerable and marginalized groups.
