Microsoft is working with Providence St. Joseph on on a new high-tech hospital as part of an effort to rethink the health-care experience together.
are also looking into the $3.5 trillion sector, but with different areas of focus, ranging from clinical trials to medical devices.
Another focus is on improving health care and lowering costs by working closely with Seattle's largest employers. Amazon, another Seattle company, is also looking to focus on the employer experience through its partnership with J.P. Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway.The project is still in an early phase, with many details undecided, said Hochman, declining to share details on the exact size on the number of beds or scale of the operation.
Hochman said he decided to team up with Microsoft because it has positioned itself as a partner, rather than a potential competitor. Providence, which owns hospitals in Washington and six other states, has been working for years to position itself as a digitally savvy health system. In recent years, it has snapped up senior leaders from nearby technology companies, including from Microsoft and Amazon. Its chief digital officer, Aaron Martin, previously worked on Amazon's Kindle service, and its chief information officer, B.J. Moore, worked at Microsoft for more than two decades.
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