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

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 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

Related information

• Enable preview features in Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare
• Enable early access features in Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare