What's new and planned for Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare
Important
This content is archived and is not being updated. For the latest documentation, go to What's new in Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare. For the latest release plans, go to Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform release plans.
This topic lists features that are planned to release from April 2022 through September 2022. Because this topic lists features that may not have released yet, delivery timelines may change and projected functionality may not be released. For more information, go to Microsoft policy.
- For a list of the previous wave's release plans, go to 2021 release wave 2 plan.
- For a list of the next wave's release plans, go to 2022 release wave 2 plan.
In the General availability column, the feature will be delivered within the month listed. The delivery date can be any day within that month. Released features show the full date, including the date of release.
This check mark (
) shows which features have been released for public preview or early access and for public preview, early access, and general availability.
Empower health team collaboration
Provider solutions by Dynamics 365 and Power Platform enable healthcare providers to coordinate safe and effective care.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guided tours for Care management | Users, automatically |
Feb 1, 2022 |
Apr 1, 2022 |
| Usability improvements for Care management | Users, automatically |
Feb 1, 2022 |
Apr 1, 2022 |
Enhance patient engagement
Improve patient experiences with their providers.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient trends for missed appointments | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Aug 9, 2022 |
- |
| Azure Health Bot template gallery supports new templates | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Nov 30, 2021 |
Apr 1, 2022 |
| Patient view updates | Users, automatically |
Dec 7, 2021 |
Apr 1, 2022 |
Expand healthcare solutions to payor and pharma verticals
Enable pharma and payor customers to start participating in Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payor data model support | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
May 6, 2022 |
- |
| Decentralized clinical trials data model support | Users, automatically |
Jul 15, 2022 |
- |
Improve clinical and operational insights
Healthcare provider solution connects data from across systems to improve patient care and operational efficiencies through data interoperability.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Improve healthdata ingestion with FHIR mapping support | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Jul 15, 2022 |
- |
| Enhanced data model | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - |
Apr 1, 2022 |
| Enabling virtual entities for data ingestion improvement | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Dec 6, 2021 |
Apr 1, 2022 |
| Enhanced patient links | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Feb 1, 2022 |
Apr 1, 2022 |
Security, compliance, privacy, and availability
Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare helps healthcare customers with safer solutions broadly.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global expansion phase 2 | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Apr 1, 2022 |
| Upgraded sample data for healthcare solutions | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - |
Apr 1, 2022 |
Description of Enabled for column values:
Users, automatically: These features include changes to the user experience and are enabled automatically.
Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically: These features are meant to be used by administrators, makers, marketers, or business analysts and are enabled automatically.
Users by admins, makers, or analysts: These features must be enabled or configured by the administrators, makers, or business analysts to be available for their users.
For a list of the countries or regions where Dynamics 365 business applications are available, go to the International availability guide. For more information about geographic areas and datacenters (regions), go to the Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform availability page.