What You Should Know:
– Merck Manuals, an independent medical reference resource announced a significant collaboration with Microsoft to integrate its comprehensive professional medical content into the healthcare agent service within Microsoft Copilot Studio.
– The initiative leverages the power of Generative AI (GenAI) to provide clinicians with reliable, in-depth, and evidence-based medical information precisely when and where they need it most – at the point of care.
Integrate Medical Information Resources into Healthcare Agent Service in Microsoft Copilot Studio
This integration marks a pivotal step in enhancing clinical workflows by seamlessly embedding the Merck Manuals’ authoritative content directly into Microsoft’s healthcare agent service within Copilot Studio. This empowers healthcare technology developers to build sophisticated generative AI-driven healthcare agents capable of accessing and utilizing this high-value medical knowledge. As the Merck Manuals are known as MSD Manuals outside of the US and Canada, the platform will recognize and utilize the MSD Manuals name accordingly.
The healthcare agent service in Microsoft Copilot Studio provides healthcare organizations with the tools to develop generative AI-powered agents while incorporating reusable healthcare-specific features. This includes pre-built intelligence sourced from reputable medical references like the Merck/MSD Manuals, along with clinical, chat, and compliance safeguards.
The collaboration will extend across both Microsoft’s third-party and first-party applications, notably including Microsoft Dragon Copilot. Within voice-enabled and ambient clinical documentation workflows in Dragon Copilot, clinicians will gain the ability to seamlessly surface credible medical information through GenAI, further streamlining their access to vital knowledge.
“Clinicians and healthcare organizations worldwide depend on the Merck Manuals and MSD Manuals for accurate and reliable answers to their clinical questions,” stated Dr. Sandy Falk, Editor-in-Chief of the Merck Manuals. “Through this collaboration with Microsoft, we are building solutions to deliver our comprehensive, evidence-based content to meet the needs of healthcare professionals. By providing seamless access to trusted medical information, we are supporting clinicians in providing the best patient care.”
