Episode 1: Tackling complex healthcare challenges

  • Jonathan M. Carlson, Microsoft; Will Guyman, Microsoft; Matthew Lungren, Microsoft; Cameron Runde, Microsoft; Smitha Saligrama, Microsoft

In this episode, Microsoft Research and Microsoft Health and Life Sciences leaders reflect on how AI is beginning to ease real-world challenges in healthcare. From reducing the burden of clinical documentation to improving data access and coordination, the team shares how collaboration across research, product, and industry is helping translate innovation into tools clinicians can actually use. They also discuss what it takes to responsibly scale AI in a space as complex and personal as healthcare.

Note: This episode includes forward-looking statements, including predictions and expectations about future developments in AI and healthcare. These statements are based on current assumptions and projections and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual outcomes may differ materially.