What's new in Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare
This article provides details about the latest updates to Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare. To see a comprehensive list of released and upcoming features, see the following resources:
- Release plans for Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Cloud for Industry
- What's new and planned for Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare
- Microsoft 365 roadmap: Teams
- What's new in Microsoft Teams
July 2024
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Availability in additional regions | International availability of Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare |
| DICOM data transformation in healthcare data solutions (preview) | Overview of DICOM data transformation in healthcare data solutions (preview) |
April 2024
Note
Patient trends (missed appointments model) was previously offered in preview mode to allow users to test its functionality. However, effective April 7, 2024, the solution is no longer supported, and deployment via the Microsoft Cloud Solution Center is discontinued.
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| FHIRlink connector is now generally available | Set up FHIRlink connector FHIRlink connector samples |
| Orchestrate notebook execution with Fabric pipelines for healthcare data solutions (preview) | Orchestrate healthcare data solutions (preview) notebook execution using Fabric pipelines |
| New supporting tables added to virtual health data tables | Virtualized tables |
March 2024
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Healthcare data solutions in Microsoft Fabric (preview) | Overview of healthcare data solutions in Microsoft Fabric (preview) |
| Healthcare data explorer (preview) in Microsoft Fabric | Healthcare data explorer (preview) in Microsoft Fabric |
December 2023
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| New supporting tables added to virtual health data tables | Virtualized tables |
| FHIRlink connector (preview) | Set up FHIRlink connector (preview) FHIRlink connector (preview) samples |
November 2023
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Patient journeys are now generally available | Configure patient journeys Use patient journeys |
October 2023
August 2023
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Patient journey with virtual health data tables (early access) | Configure patient journey with virtual health data tables (early access) Use patient journey with virtual health data tables (early access) |
| Virtual health data table events (preview) | Virtual health data table events (preview) |
| Azure Health Data Services FHIR service now supports incremental mode for bulk-import | Configure bulk-import settings |
July 2023
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Health document intelligence: Azure Form Recognizer is now rebranded as Azure AI Document Intelligence | What is Azure AI Document Intelligence? |
April 2023
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare is now available in Italy | International availability of Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare |
| Improved care plan experience (general availability) | Care management: Improved care plan experience |
| Improved patient link experience (general availability) | Unified patient view: Configure patient links |
| Improved care team experience (general availability) | Unified patient view: Care teams |
| Virtual health data tables improvements | Overview of virtual health data tables |
| Azure Synapse database templates are now rebranded as Healthcare database templates | Healthcare database templates with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare |
| Device data support in care management (preview) | Configure device data support in care management (preview) Use device data support in care management (preview) |
| Social Determinants of Health (SDoH), ethnicity support, and temporal assertion in Text Analytics for health are now generally available | Enhancing health equity by extraction of Social Determinants of Health from unstructured text |
| Live caption support for Virtual Visits (preview) | Live captions |
| Project Health Insights (preview) | What is Project Health Insights (preview)? |
| Azure Health Bot integration with Azure OpenAI templates (preview) | Extending Azure Health Bot with Azure OpenAI Service |
February 2023
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Preview features in Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare | Enable preview features in Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare |
| Patient journey (preview) | Configure patient journey (preview) Use patient journey (preview) |
| Unified member view (preview) | Unified member view (preview): A member 360 solution for payors |
January 2023
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare trial now supports Patient outreach | Sign up for a free limited trial of Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare |
| Create care plans using templates with the improved care plan experience | Care management: Improved care plan experience |
| Integration of Virtual Clinic capabilities into the Care management and Healthcare Administration applications | Virtual Clinic |
December 2022
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Hospitalizations dashboard in Patient population dashboard (preview) | Patient population dashboard (preview): Hospitalizations |
November 2022
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare trial experience available in more regions and languages | Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare trial FAQ |
| Expanded language support for Text Analytics for health | Language support for Text Analytics for health |
October 2022
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Healthcare data pipeline template to orchestrate FHIR data ingestion into your Dataverse environment | Healthcare data pipeline template |
| Dataverse healthcare APIs now support writeback capability | Overview of writeback for Dataverse healthcare APIs |
| Improved care plan experience in Care management | Improved care plan experience |
| Patient population dashboard (preview) | Configure patient population dashboard (preview) Use patient population dashboard (preview) |
| Teams embedded voice calling with the patient (preview) in Patient service center | Voice calling with the patient (preview) |
| Sync admin for FHIR is now rebranded as Data integration toolkit | Overview of Data integration toolkit |
| Health assistant is now rebranded as Patient insight cards | Configure patient insight cards Use patient insight cards |
| Deprecation of Azure FHIR Sync Agent | Overview of Azure FHIR Sync Agent |
September 2022
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare reference architectures documentation | Overview of Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare reference architectures |
August 2022
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Azure Synapse database templates are now generally available for integration with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare | Azure Synapse database templates with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare |
| Patient trends (preview) | Get started with patient trends (preview) Use patient trends (preview) |
| Patient snapshot control (preview) | Patient snapshot control for patient form (preview) Use patient snapshot (preview) |
| Health document intelligence: Accelerate your business process by automating information extracted from your health documents | What is Azure Form Recognizer? Form Recognizer Studio Get started with Form Recognizer Studio |
July 2022
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare trial experience is available in the United States | Sign up for a free limited trial of Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare trial FAQ |
| Dataverse healthcare APIs are now generally available | Overview of Dataverse healthcare APIs |
April 2022
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Availability in additional regions | International availability of Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare |
| Unified patient view is now generally available | Configure unified patient view Use unified patient view |
| Virtual health data tables are now generally available | Overview of virtual health data tables |
| Get started page for Care management is now generally available | Get started |
| Health analytics and usability improvements for Care management | Care Plan Activities Dashboard |
| Patient links | Patient links |
| Microsoft Cloud Solution Center updates | What is Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare? |
| Tenant-based licensing | How to buy Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare? |
February 2022
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Get started page for Care management (preview) | Get started |
| Health analytics and usability improvements for Care management (preview) | Care Plan Activities Dashboard (early access) |
| Patient links in Care management (early access) | Patient links |
| Cerner EHR support for scheduling (Microsoft Teams virtual appointments) | Virtual appointments with Teams - Integration into Cerner EHR |
December 2021
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Unified patient view (preview) | Configure unified patient view (preview) Use unified patient view (preview) |
| Project virtual health data tables (preview) | Configure project virtual health data tables (preview) |
November 2021
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Sync admin for FHIR | Configure Sync admin for FHIR Sync admin for FHIR FAQ |
October 2021
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Automatic updates | Update Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare solutions powered by Dynamics 365 |
| Availability in additional regions | International availability of Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare |
| Global regulatory compliance | Compliance in Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare |
| Improved modeling of healthcare data in Microsoft Dataverse | Deploy Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare solutions powered by Dynamics 365 Overview of Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare entities |
| Patient links improvements | Configure patient links Patient links |
| Microsoft Solution Center updates | Deploy Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare solutions powered by Dynamics 365 |
June 2021
| Feature | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Use multiple medical identifiers | Multiple medical identifiers |
| Merge patients with patient links | Patient links |
| FHIR Sync Agent update provides expansion maps | Add expansion maps |