Kaiser Permanente Accelerates its Use of Cloud in Strategic Collaboration with Accenture and Microsoft
04 February 2021 - 2:59AM
Business Wire
Multi-year agreement will leverage Microsoft
Azure to improve digital experiences for Kaiser Permanente
clinicians and members
Kaiser Permanente is collaborating with Accenture (NYSE: ACN)
and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) to enhance its innovative,
scalable hosted cloud environment that supports its 12.4 million
members and more than 85,000 clinicians. Together, these three
companies will accelerate Kaiser Permanente’s journey to improve
their cloud capabilities.
The work under this agreement will help Kaiser Permanente
continue to deliver relevant digital experiences for its members
and clinicians.
“This collaboration will help Kaiser Permanente better serve our
members by providing our care teams with increased access to
cloud-based services, which will enable them to deliver
personalized digital experiences and make more data-informed
decisions,” said Diane Comer, senior vice president, interim chief
information officer, Kaiser Permanente.
Digital health options are expanding, and the need to quickly
adapt to different patient expectations and new health challenges
will guide the collaboration. With stronger cloud computational
power and data insights readily available to care teams, Kaiser
Permanente members will receive even more timely and personalized
care, with data privacy and security continuing to be a top
priority.
“Kaiser Permanente’s bold move to the cloud at speed and scale
builds on its decades-long history of innovation,” said Julie
Sweet, chief executive officer, Accenture. “By collaborating with
Accenture and Microsoft to re-platform digital assets and further
leverage insights and intelligence, Kaiser Permanente is empowering
their clinicians and patients to customize care with more and
better data.”
“Delivering personalized, accessible care through technology is
crucial to meeting the needs of millions of Kaiser Permanente
members across the nation,” said Judson Althoff, executive vice
president, Microsoft’s Worldwide Commercial Business. “By
collaborating with Kaiser Permanente and Accenture, we’re helping
move the healthcare industry toward a cloud-driven future that will
enable better care and advance innovation.”
Kaiser Permanente will benefit from the well-established
relationship between Microsoft and Accenture, as the two companies
have been working closely together for more than two decades to
help organizations lead transformation in their industries.
About Kaiser Permanente For 75 years, Kaiser Permanente
has been committed to shaping the future of health and health care
— and helping our members, patients, and communities experience
more healthy years. We are recognized as one of America’s leading
health care providers and not-for-profit health plans. Since July
21, 1945, Kaiser Permanente’s mission has been to provide
high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the
health of our members and the communities we serve. We currently
care for 12.4 million members in 8 states and the District of
Columbia. Care for members and patients is focused on their total
health and guided by their personal Permanente Medical Group
physicians, specialists, and team of caregivers. Our expert and
caring medical teams are empowered and supported by
industry-leading technology advances and tools for health
promotion, disease prevention, state-of-the-art care delivery, and
world-class chronic disease management. Kaiser Permanente is
dedicated to care innovations, clinical research, health education,
and the support of community health.
http://about.kaiserpermanente.org
About Microsoft Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft)
enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud
and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and
every organization on the planet to achieve more.
About Accenture Accenture is a global professional services
company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security.
Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more
than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive,
Technology and Operations services — all powered by the world’s
largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations
centers. Our 514,000 people deliver on the promise of technology
and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120
countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and
shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and
communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
From the back office to the doctor’s office, Accenture’s Health
practice combines unmatched experience, business and clinical
insights with innovative technologies to help clients around the
world embrace the power of change to deliver more effective,
efficient and affordable healthcare. To learn more, visit
www.accenture.com/health.
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