Cortana began in 2014 as a direct competition to Alexa which was released the year before. Windows and Office are already prevalent in the healthcare space, this puts MS in the heart (get it?) of hospital operations and processes.Ĭortana, it was the best of times it was the worst of times: Did you know that Windows 10 was Cortana’s big debut in the desktop space? Yeah neither did anyone else. We’re not talking just dictations or document management, we’re talking EHR, billing, and diagnosis software.
This hospital bill is brought to you by Microsoft: Nuance makes the majority of their money from the healthcare sector. This will be a huge boosts to Microsoft’s already huge R&D commitment in this space. This is a huge cache which will no doubt be useful for the upcoming AI wars. Here are my crystal ball predictions: The patent play: Nuance comes with over 2000 patents. I’ve not been able to stop thinking of this move and I’ll be the first to admit that it surprised me, but the more I think about it and the more I talk to others in the industry this is an absolutely brilliant move. Bloomberg reports that Microsoft “is in advanced talks” to purchase Nuance.