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:

March 2024

Feature Documentation
Healthcare data solutions in Microsoft Fabric (preview) What is Healthcare data solutions in Microsoft Fabric (preview)?

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

Feature Documentation
Reference architecture updates Overview of Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare reference architectures
Care management for payors is now generally available Care management for payors
Unified member view is now generally available Unified member view: A member 360 solution for payors
Patient journey with virtual health data tables is now generally available Configure patient journey with virtual health data tables
Use patient journey with virtual health data tables
Virtual health data table events are now generally available Overview of virtual health data table events
Use virtual health data table events
New version of the Healthcare data pipeline template Dataverse healthcare APIs: Use Healthcare data pipeline template to deploy Azure Logic Apps
Updated documentation for care management (provider experience) Care management: Coordinate care plans and care teams
Azure FHIR sync agent is now retired and isn't included in the Data integration toolkit Overview of Data integration toolkit
Virtual Clinic is now retired Virtual Clinic (retired)

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 additional 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 countries or 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 countries or 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

See also

Enable early access features in Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare