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Microsoft Introduces AI To Streamline Nursing Tasks And Boost Care Delivery
- Written by Kiara Fabbri Former Tech News Writer
- Fact-Checked by Justyn Newman Former Lead Cybersecurity Editor
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- Microsoft unveiled new healthcare innovations through its Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare platform.
- Microsoft Fabric improves healthcare data access, management, and analysis with a unified platform.
- AI-driven nursing workflow solution reduces documentation time, allowing nurses to focus on patients.
On Thursday, Microsoft announced several new innovations within its Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare platform, designed to improve care delivery, enhance collaboration, and provide healthcare workers with AI-driven tools.
One of the central components is the new healthcare AI models which enable healthcare organizations to integrate and analyze a wide variety of data types—from medical imaging to genomics—allowing for more efficient deployment of AI solutions tailored to specific needs.
For example, MIT recently announced a new AI tool, ScribblePrompt , which speeds up medical image analysis and reduces annotation time by 28% compared to other models.
Additionally, a recent study found that an AI model achieved 98.71% accuracy in diagnosing diseases by analyzing patients’ tongues. It can detect conditions like diabetes, stroke, anemia, asthma, liver issues, COVID-19, and various vascular and gastrointestinal problems.
This approach is expected to drive progress in fields such as cancer research, where AI can offer insights that complement traditional diagnostic methods.
A significant development in this suite of updates is the AI-driven nursing workflow solution. This tool, created in collaboration with several healthcare institutions, automates the drafting of nursing documentation, which allows nurses to focus more on patient care rather than administrative tasks.
“With the World Health Organization (WHO) predicting a shortage of 4.5 million nurses by 2030, the urgency to deliver technology to support the nursing profession is felt more than ever” the company noted.
Corey Miller, vice president of R&D at Epic, highlighted how this AI solution is transforming nursing workflows.
“AI is transforming nursing workflows by streamlining administrative tasks, allowing nurses to focus more on patient care,” he said. The tool uses ambient voice technology to populate patient assessments, reducing the time spent on documentation.
Terry McDonnell, senior vice president and chief nurse executive at Duke University Health System, added, “By automating tedious tasks, Microsoft’s ambient AI solution helps alleviate burnout.”
CNBC noted that according to a report from the Office of the Surgeon General , nurses spend up to 41% of their time on documentation.
Microsoft also introduced a new healthcare agent service to help health-care organizations address challenges like staff shortages, rising costs, and high patient demands.
The healthcare agent service enables organizations to create their own AI-powered agents with reusable healthcare features and credible intelligence. The service supports various use cases, such as automating appointment scheduling and clinical trial matching, and allows plugin extensions for customization.
According to CNBC, many of the solutions Microsoft unveiled on Thursday are still in early development or available only in preview. Health-care organizations will test and validate these tools before Microsoft releases them more widely. The company did not disclose the pricing for the new tools.
Tesla Announces New Robotaxi Called CyberCab
- Written by Andrea Miliani Former Tech News Expert
- Fact-Checked by Justyn Newman Former Lead Cybersecurity Editor
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- Tesla’s new robotaxi model, Cybercab, does not have pedals or steering wheel
- The company will produce the new vehicle in 2026
- Another model, the Robovan, will fit up to 20 passengers
Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, showed the company’s new robotaxi, Cybercab, this Thursday at the “We, Robot” event at Warner Bros. Studios in California.
According to The Guardian , the billionaire and a man dressed in a spacesuit arrived on the stage in the new vehicle. Musk announced that the new robotaxi does not have pedals or a steering wheel and that the price is expected to be below $30,000.
The new vehicle will be produced in 2026. At the event, there were 20 more Cybercabs and 50 more autonomous vehicles for visitors to test. Musk mentioned that the new vehicles could be used as Uber-like taxis and shared his vision of parking lots being replaced by parks and people watching movies when moving to a different location. “It’s going to be a glorious future,” he added.
Musk also announced a new larger vehicle, the Robovan, with capacity for up to 20 people, but didn’t disclose the price.
As reported by Reuters , Musk assured visitors that “autonomous cars could be 10 times safer than humans and drive five to 10 times longer.” He shared his excitement about the future and the possibility of getting “time back” with the new technology.
The CEO also explained that the Cybercab cost of energy will be around 20 cents a mile, that it will not require plugs as the charging process will be inductive, and that the Robovan will be cheaper, around 5 cents a mile.
The presentation lasted less than 30 minutes and over 4 million X users watched it on the platform online.
Tesla has also been developing humanoid robots and recently shared a new job position to train the new models.
