WELL Health Technologies Corp. announced it is collaborating with Microsoft to accelerate healthcare's digital transformation. This five-year agreement is set to accelerate the digital transformation of healthcare delivery across North America and beyond, integrating Microsoft Cloud and AI capabilities with WELL's comprehensive digital health platform to innovate and enhance the healthcare experience for both providers and patients.  A key focus will be to substantially elevate WELL's scalability and flexibility as part of its offerings, especially as its organic growth accelerates and it aims to help large enterprise clients such as those in public sector.

Focus areas of the collaboration include: Modernizing and Enhancing Scalability: The collaboration will focus significant time and resources to ensure that WELL's cloud infrastructure is unified, modernized and positioned for significant growth and scale. To do this, WELL will integrate Azure Database for MySQL, Azure SQL Managed Instances and Azure Databricks. This is very important at a time where WELL's organic growth is accelerating, and it has embarked on significant large enterprise opportunities including public sector.

Cost Optimization in Healthcare: This integration focuses on enhancing operational efficiencies. By doing so, it aims to minimize expenses while simultaneously increasing the quality and accessibility of care. Data Privacy and Security Assurance: The collaboration is committed to extend WELL's stringent data protection measures.

This ensures the integrity and confidentiality of patient information through advanced security protocols. Leading Innovative Healthcare Solutions: This collaboration establishes Microsoft as a go-to partner for WELL Health as it continues to infuse leading generative AI technologies into its various digital health solutions. WELL is integrating Azure OpenAI Service to drive transformative change in how care is delivered, enabling tremendous efficiencies for providers and improving patient experiences.