Malaysia: BP Healthcare partners with Microsoft to improve its digital health services
Singapour - Publié le jeudi 11 mai 2017 à 14 h 00 - n° 3558 BP HealthcareBP Healthcare Group, a Malaysian primary healthcare provider, announced on May 3, 2017 that it had signed a partnership with MicrosoftMicrosoft Malaysia to digitally transform its continuum of care and provide new healthcare services.A Memorandum of Understanding to formalize this alliance was signed between Ali Health, a member of the BP Healthcare group of companies, and Microsoft.
Doctor2U : a healthcare ecosystem developed on a single application
Partner efforts will focus on the digital health application Doctor2U, developed by Ali Health. The goal is to create a entire healthcare ecosystem integrated into a single application.
As part of this collaboration, Doctor2U will leverage on Microsoft’s cloud-based services to integrate artificial intelligence and machine learning into its platform. These technologies will enable Doctor2U to harness users’ data and offer more effective treatments plans for patients.
The main service of the device is a service called « Doctor House Call », which allows to bring a doctor to the patient’s home within sixty minutes. The app also offers a video consultation feature and a medication delivery service.
High Tech : Microsoft provides its expertise to develop BP Healthcare eHealth services
Doctor2U is build on Microsoft Azure, the US-based group’s cloud computing platform, and uses the Microsoft’s bot framework for its live chat feature, that allows patients to exchange with doctors, pharmacists and nutritionists for free.
Microsoft will also partner with BP Healthcare to promote the service through a series of digital campaigns.
« Our partnership with Microsoft has helped us embrace cutting-edge technology that gives us the flexibility to scale our business as quickly as we need to. Microsoft’s data security infrastructure also provides our app with an added layer of trust and reliability, which is so important in the healthcare industry, » said Doctor2U co-founder Keegan Flynn.
« s we look to expand regionally and broaden our offerings to include services such as ambulance, nursing and physiotherapy, we will work closely with Microsoft to leverage their expertise and solutions to improve our services. »
Microsoft
■ Fondée par Bill Gates et Paul Allen en1975
■ Création de Microsoft France en 1983
■ Alain Crozier est le président de Microsoft France
■ Entreprise d'informatique et de micro-informatique multinationale américaine
■ Son activité principale consiste à développer et vendre des systèmes d’exploitation et des logiciels
BP Healthcare
Créé en 1982, BP Healthcare a traversé plus de 30 ans d'innovation et de transformation au sein de l'industrie de santé. Aujourd'hui, le groupe possède :
- 70 laboratoires;
- 50 centres de diagnostic;
- 50 centres d'aide auditive;
- 50 dispensaires et pharmacies;
- 50 centres d'essais alimentaires et industriels;
- 5 centres spécialisés;
- 3 cliniques dentaires spécialisées.
Avec ce réseau à échelle nationale et en expansion, de nombreux prix remportés, BP Healthcare Group est l'un des leaders dans l'industrie de la santé en Malaisie.
Au service de plus de 35 millions de clients au cours des 30 dernières années, l'entreprise fournit des soins de santé complets dans toutes les disciplines afin de couvrir les besoins des médecins praticiens, des hôpitaux et des clients corporatifs.
