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Microsoft Azure will become the preferred cloud platform for Johns Hopkins in Health precision medicine initiative – DOTmed HealthCare Business News

June 20th, 2020 3:46 am

REDMOND, Wash. June 18, 2020 On Thursday, Microsoft Corp. and Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) announced a five-year relationship centered on Microsofts Azure and analytical tools that will support new discoveries as part of JHMs inHealth precision medicine initiative. The work will bring together JHMs leading global research expertise with the power of Microsoft Azure, and its AI capabilities, to help advance JHMs discoveries that will benefit personalized health care. JHM will maintain total control over its data.

inHealth embodies Johns Hopkins commitment to precision medicine, using new tools to understand and manage patients health, informed by their broader health history and environment. This program integrates JHMs longstanding leadership in health care research and delivery with the expertise of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab.

In support of inHealth, JHM has established 16 Precision Medicine Centers of Excellence, where researchers are pursuing breakthroughs in numerous disease settings, such as prostate cancer and multiple sclerosis. JHM aims to have 50 centers in the next five years.

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Ethical use of patient data is a cornerstone of all of JHMs partnerships with patients, including this important work with Microsoft in precision medicine. All projects are compliant with all appropriate privacy regulations, and JHM maintains strict control over all data, including through the use of its Institutional Review Board and its internal Data Trust Council that reviews data use across JHM.

It is a distinct privilege to partner with many of the worlds leading physicians, scientists and engineers at JHM as they use Microsoft Azure and its AI and machine learning capabilities to support some of the most advanced research and breakthroughs in precision medicine, said Gregory Moore, M.D., Ph.D., corporate vice president of Microsoft Health. Im inspired by the collaboration and its bold goals to improve health for all by bringing together some of the worlds best minds in medicine and technology to deliver the future of medical science innovation.

JHM has previously used Microsoft services as JHM developed its pioneering Precision Medicine Analytics Platform (PMAP), a highly innovative data platform that allows collection and analysis information from a broad array of sources in a secure environment. This new agreement will enable inHealth to expand use of other Microsoft resources, such as advanced services, AI, machine learning and analytics.

More information about Johns Hopkins Medicine precision medicine work and inHealth can be found here.

Microsoft (Nasdaq MSFT @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

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