When customers hear about “Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare,” they often don’t quite know what that means.
In short, the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare is synonymous with using the Microsoft Cloud used to address needs in healthcare organizations. That makes sense. However, there are some additional, optional, licensed for a set of solutions that has nearly the same name. Enter the confusion. These solutions fall under two general categories:
- Solutions for EMR-integrated virtual visits that make it easy for a practitioner to launch a virtual visit from an encounter record.
- Solutions that help a customer get farther, faster in addressing scenarios like patient outreach, care management, and others.
The latter set of solutions make use of Microsoft's business application platform. Until recently, it took a lot of effort to get access to a trial of these, which resulted in many taking a “wait and see” approach. For those in that camp: the wait is over!
I recorded a quick 10-minute video, during which I provision a new trial (in real time) and discuss a handful of things that can make your first experience just a little bit easier.
An important suggestion: come with a scenario or use case in mind for the trial experience. The Cloud for Healthcare can include the entirety of the Microsoft Cloud, but its value is in how it can help you get further, faster, when trying to address a use case.
Without further ado, let’s stand up a trial!
Getting started with the trial
During the video I cover the following:
- Solution Center Deployment
- Discussion of the trial environment (while it deploys)
- Components: Some free, some licensed, and some usage-based
- Exploring the trial components
- Inviting additional users/teams
- Next steps
Links and additional resources
During the video I referenced several resources directly and alluded to others. Here are the goods!
- Use the care management app – the app that I focused on in the video, built on Power Platform
- Getting started with Dataverse Healthcare APIs – for the tech folks that want to get hands on with loading some of their own data
- Use the Patient service center app – the app I referenced that makes use of Dynamics 365 Customer Service
- Patient Outreach – this app is deployed and can be explored in the trial, even if it’s not one of the “featured” experiences it’s often involved to define and guide patient journeys
- Azure Health Data Services – can be used in conjunction with the trial, or stand-alone, for FHIR, DICOM, and MedTech data